Sentimental coal-miners carried canary resuscitators to revive their feathered lifesavers

[doctorow]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/06/04/chirp-thud.html

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[Brainspore]

[NashRambler]

[Medievalist]

This in turn led to the development of the little-known Budgie Bagpipes.

[bobtato]

I suppose it wouldn’t really work if the miners didn’t somewhat care about the canary; the thing with boring tank-based pets you don’t care about is that it can take quite a long time to notice when they’re dead, which in this case would be a problem

[PsiPhiGrrrl]

@bobtato

I suppose it wouldn’t really work if the miners didn’t somewhat care about the canary

I wondered which came first - the realization that replacing a canary was a pain, or the caring that developed from having the same canary around for a while. Also, given the function of the canary, I’d be inclined to keep a real close eye on it, whether I cared about it or not!

[Apache]

Why the hyphen in “coal-miners”? Oh-- Cory.

[knappa]

@bobtato

I suppose it wouldn’t really work if the miners didn’t somewhat care about the canary

Canaries are kind of noisy, being songbirds.

[Sludge]

Except for the canary with that tattoo.

[Beanolini]

@knappa

Canaries are kind of noisy, being songbirds.

Even in the dark?

[knappa]

@Beanolini

Even in the dark?

Probably not, but miners tend to bring lamps.