tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335299432629417967.post3442622537608874289..comments2023-12-20T08:34:52.903+00:00Comments on BTO Bird Ringing - 'Demog Blog': Buzzard meets Chimpanzeecarl_barimorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10109244405746789457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335299432629417967.post-20240210362965668152009-04-09T21:48:00.000+01:002009-04-09T21:48:00.000+01:00Forty years ago, visiting London Zoo, we saw a mal...Forty years ago, visiting London Zoo, we saw a mallard come off the pool in a tiger enclosure to sun itself on the bank. The tiger wandered nearby and then suddenly bounded and caught the bird. Clearly he wasn't hungry so didn't need to eat it. He played with it - letting it go and pouncing again and again, gradually stripping all the feathers off. One members of the public watching was so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335299432629417967.post-31116292272612459052009-03-12T15:01:00.000+00:002009-03-12T15:01:00.000+00:00As if this wasn't bizarre enough, it was rapidly f...As if this wasn't bizarre enough, it was rapidly followed yesterday by two reports of birds found dead in Dublin Zoo - a Mallard was found half-eaten in the Snowy Owl enclosure and a Coot met its end in the Sumatran Tiger enclosure!Mark Granthamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846208560470995839noreply@blogger.com