A mammal is about to win New Zealand’s Bird of the Year contest

Originally published at: A mammal is about to win New Zealand's Bird of the Year contest | Boing Boing

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Who’s running this contest? Calvin?

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Clearly this is the sort of mayhem you can expect when you fire your Wizard!

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If a mammal can dominate a bird of the year contest, you can do anything.

I can? Guess who’s going to be next year’s Bird of the Year!
Cue training montage.

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Plot twist: a bird is about to win their mammal of the year contest

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When I was a kid I took my pet turtle to a pet parade in a red wagon and won the Best Bird award cuz no one brought a bird and they didn’t have an award for turtles.

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This has to be personally devastating to NZ Bird of the Year aficionados The Beths.

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they evolved to fly separately

… from who (or what)? They don’t like flying in groups? What evolutionary pressure led to that?

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On the other hand, it is bat week.

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I for one welcome this step towards increasing diversity in the hitherto taxonomy-dominated field of Living Being Of The Year awards.

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Nana nana nana nana - Bat-Bird!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

No, it’s BATMAN!

Das kann so stundenlang weitergehen… :slight_smile:

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According to the Bible, bats are birds and you shouldn´t eat them
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Leviticus 11:13-19

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