BULLETIN UPDATE ON JOE THE PIGEON

A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band was fake.

(Thanks to pharmaross and EricY)

Comments

[JG]

The prank was revealed when a stool pigeon told all

[cfjk]

The red flags went up when they caught him putting vegemite on his birdseed.

[man tom]

Thank god all of Australia's precious venomous, lethal, toxic, dangerous, nocuous and deadly wildlife is safe.

[Le Petomane]

Unfortunately, before news of the reprieve reached the pigeon, it had already been eaten by what was described as "A very big and hungry snake."

[man tom]

I snapped a Security Cam shot of this Australia Hooded Pitohui, a terrifying unwanted biosecurity risk, casing my mailbox this morning. I am in the planning stages of an Assassination attempt as soon as I can confirm it is carrying a fake I.D.

[man tom]

Twelve years later, with the help of the Papua New Guinea locals, Jack discovered that the pitohuis were getting their batrachotoxins from the small melyrid beetles they fed on. One of them ate Paul!

[Mad Hatter]

snork @ cfjk

[pharmaross]

https://youtu.be/yhuMLpdnOjY

[Mike in Dayton]

I was skeptical when I saw the first story. A pigeon, unlike a human airline pilot, does not have have access to the navigation equipment needed to let it know when its time to roll 180 degrees as it flies across the equator.