Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On Thu, 5 Jun 2025 21:55:32 -0400, Tony Nance <tnusenet17@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 6/5/25 8:56 PM, Jay Morris wrote:

On 6/5/2025 11:54 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

In article<6ud34kde5lu015vj0j6b9vl37fju2g54ic@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person<psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

Urban ecology is fascinating, in some ways. The dinosaur-descendants
are also interesting, even the tiny ones.

At work, I encountered a squirrel trying to activate a self-opening
door. No luck, but the fact it tried at all means it's either smart
enough to have deduced from watching humans that that button would
open that door, or there's a door somewhere on campus where that
trick works.

 
Videos online that show animals who have learned how to use the door
entering convenience stores and stealing food. Also a stray dog that
watched people handing over pieces of paper at a food stand and getting
food so it picked up a leaf, went up to the counter and dropped. It was
rewarded with a bite so now does it daily.

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I just saw a short item today that some cockatoos in Sydney have figured
out how to use a drinking fountain. They grip the handle with their feet
and lean forward.

IIRC, somewhere in Australia (or was it New Zealand?) the locals are
waging a virtual war with birds who, whatever the people do to try to
prevent this, always figure out how to open the garbage bins and do
their thing.
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