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Nearly Sane

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And now bird flu
« on: December 05, 2020, 03:46:21 PM »

The good old days of bird flu return

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55201167

Steve H

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Re: And now bird flu
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2020, 04:04:49 PM »
Are they avian a laugh?
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Re: And now bird flu
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2020, 04:58:14 PM »
I don't know feather to laugh or fly!
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Re: And now bird flu
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2020, 05:01:56 PM »
Bird flu? Well, of course it did - that's what birds do!
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Re: And now bird flu
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2020, 05:13:59 PM »
So, why can't they just geve 'em pain killers till it goes away? Oh.... Parrotsetmol. Sorry.
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Re: And now bird flu
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2020, 05:34:05 PM »
 ;D
I came to realise that every time we recognise something human in creatures, we are also recognising something creaturely in ourselves. That is central to the rejection of human supremacism as the pernicious doctrine it is.
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