Animals
Sparkie Williams, famous budgie
Sparkie Williams is apparently one of the most famous birds of all time, but I just found out about him.
Sparkie Williams (stuffed)
Some details about him from Animal Facts and Feats by Gerald Wood:
More details from Wikipedia:
The BBC's archive on Facebook has a video of an interview with Sparkie's owner, with stuffied Sparkie beside her.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 01, 2023 -
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Category: Animals
Robin orders sparrow to be shot
Aug 1979: Frustrated by a sparrow that was chirping in his church when a guitar recital was going to be recorded, Rev. Robin Clark ordered the bird to be shot.I'm sure that, after that, no one made a sound during the recital.
The Vancouver Columbian - Aug 8, 1979
I couldn't find a recording of the sparrow-death recital, but here's some music by Konrad Ragossnig.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 31, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Music
Visit Gay’s Lion Farm
The Wikipedia page.A very detailed article on the place, with lots of photos.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 02, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Eccentrics, Hollywood, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Wild Hog Hop
The sound effects make it special.Encyclopedia entry on the musician.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 19, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Music, 1950s
Win a Pony!
Maybe this 1950s contest was the inspiration for the famous episode of THE SIMPSONS where Bart won an elephant.A survey of newspaper records indicate the contest ran multiple times from 1952 to 1955. I wonder how many ponies were actually accepted and delivered?
But Roy and Dale could never cause any trouble, could they?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 18, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Television, Children, Cereal, Wild West and US Frontier
Artwork Khrushchev Probably Would Not Have Liked 48
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 26, 2023 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Cryptozoology, Nineteenth Century
Glock Stallions
Glock is well-known as a gun manufacturer. What's less well known is that they also sell horse semen. link: Glock Stallions
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 09, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Weapons
Poronkusema
As explained by Ziya Tong in The Reality Bubble: how science reveals the hidden truths that shape our world (2019):I found a Finnish-language book titled Poronkusema, but the google-translated blurb is somewhat incomprehensible and doesn't mention anything about urinating reindeers.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 07, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Instruments and Measuring Devices, Body Fluids
Wingless Chickens
Because he disliked "gnawing on stringy chicken wings," Peter Baumann bred wingless chickens. This was back in the 1940s. Evidently his wingless chickens failed to interest the chicken industry. I haven't been able to find out what became of his flock.To illustrate the helpless quality of these wingless birds, photographer Francis Miller dropped one from six feet to show how it failed to fly, as opposed to a winged chicken that glided downwards.
Images from Life - July 18, 1949:
"Wingless chicken (below) plummets helplessly downward when dropped from 6-foot height, while normal bird settles gently with wings spread"
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 13, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, 1940s
Playing Music With Animals
Here is one track from this album (tracklist below). If you wish to listen to the rest, visit the Internet Archive and choose the Spotify option.The human's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 26, 2022 -
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Category: Animals, Music, 1980s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
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