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Author:  DrMcMoist [ 30 Aug 2010, 22:26 ]
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Can anybody tell me what manner of beast this is? I found it floating down the harbour, and can't for the life of me figure out what the hell it is. I stood there staring at it for ages, and at first I was convinced it was a seagull. But on closer inspection, I'm really not sure. I was pretty close to climbing down there and flipping it over, but obviously that would be something of an error of judgement. I'd hate to have drowned cause I was turning over a dead animal. That's a very lame way to go.

Anyway. Somebody tell me what this is.

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Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 31 Aug 2010, 01:17 ]
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A puffin.
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 31 Aug 2010, 01:26 ]
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Shrimp? Maybe? the brown claw things is it mouth and the orange things are the antenna! :5:

EDIT: for the NAY sayers! howard! :evil:
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Author:  DrMcMoist [ 31 Aug 2010, 01:34 ]
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Using some extensive CSI style enhancing, I've enlarged and zoomed and took some DNA. So hopefully it will clear it up. Ditch is convinced it's a loon... :roll:

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Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 31 Aug 2010, 01:36 ]
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Ok, i was wrong, its not a prawn and its definitely not a bird. :|
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Author:  [SpA]Howard [ 31 Aug 2010, 01:44 ]
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Still going with Guillemot.
http://www.usscots.com/article/detail/Guillemot/
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 31 Aug 2010, 01:44 ]
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:roll: its not a loon ditch, dont be silly!
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Author:  DrMcMoist [ 31 Aug 2010, 01:50 ]
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Yeah, we've come to the conclusion that it's a Guillemot. We could be wrong of course, but that's certainly the breed we've agreed on for now.

If anybody can shed some light on what it actually is though, then that would be fine. :)
Author:  ditch [ 31 Aug 2010, 01:52 ]
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we didn't agree!!!
Author:  DrMcMoist [ 31 Aug 2010, 02:42 ]
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It's not a loon...
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 31 Aug 2010, 02:49 ]
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Which ones the loon? :|

Edit: ditch. ^^
Author:  Amyl [ 31 Aug 2010, 12:26 ]
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Oh quiz!!!!!!!!

I would say its a bird.

:-)

or .... it was.

Im sorry i cant think straight im lolling at bigbird.
Author:  Amyl [ 31 Aug 2010, 12:51 ]
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it must be a sort of seagul...

since he has an all white puinguin like belly and a yellow beak in the same shape
if only we'd known what he looked like from behind we could figure it out

i suggest you go back and turn it round
Author:  [SpA]Burni [ 31 Aug 2010, 15:19 ]
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It's a pokémon. It's legendary. (<- wtf lol)
Author:  [SpA]gibboss28 [ 31 Aug 2010, 15:28 ]
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[SpA]ProtectMyBalls wrote:
:roll: its not a loon ditch, dont be silly!
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Author:  sebas [ 31 Aug 2010, 15:51 ]
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IS IT ZEBRA????

I LIKE ZEBRA!!!!!

:D

:D

:D
Author:  [SpA]Burni [ 31 Aug 2010, 16:11 ]
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its a panda!
Author:  [SpA]wankin [ 31 Aug 2010, 18:24 ]
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I've got it, its a plastic bag you can tell from the handle
Author:  [SpA]Minimoose! [ 01 Sep 2010, 01:02 ]
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motherfucking Ho-Oh
Author:  KarlJW [ 17 Sep 2010, 22:02 ]
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I missed this thread, but I'm glad I stumbled across it as I can tell you what it is because I'm quite knowledgeable when it comes to wildlife.

Due to spending 5 years working for the RSPCA and WWF, I have come across many species of animal which some seem strange, weird and outright daft. This is not the first time I have seen a photo of what appears to be a bird in the lake, on its back looking what we could say is dead.

I have spent 2 and a half hours studying this photo at different angles and my conclusion, which I think is slightly over professional (I didn't want to come across to big headed with my experience here, but I think I may have to), is that this create is not a bird, but in fact a donkey.
Author:  DrMcMoist [ 17 Sep 2010, 22:04 ]
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You asshole Karl, I actually thought you were going give us a decisive answer! :lol:
Author:  PetePorty [ 18 Sep 2010, 01:32 ]
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dude, after the first line, and reading Karl's other posts you can conclude he was joking.
Author:  [SpA]Scatterbrain [ 18 Sep 2010, 09:43 ]
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PetePorty wrote:
dude, after the first line, and reading Karl's other posts you can conclude he was joking.
umm. what? :s
Author:  DrMcMoist [ 18 Sep 2010, 13:00 ]
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PetePorty wrote:
dude, after the first line, and reading Karl's other posts you can conclude he was joking.
Not necessarily. The guys a photographer, so it's perfectly feasible that he would work with wildlife.

Judging from the photo's he posts up here, he still does. :P
Author:  [SpA]cardboard [ 18 Sep 2010, 13:08 ]
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Its a Common Murre, or Common Guillemot the difference is only the name really... it also looks like its already got its winter coat as it seems lighter feathers on the underside of its head have come in.
Author:  Greasy_greabo [ 18 Sep 2010, 14:37 ]
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Its a loon.
Author:  ProtectMyBalls [ 18 Sep 2010, 14:39 ]
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Yeah i think greasy got the right answer, good thinking dude, looks pretty loonish to me
Author:  KarlJW [ 18 Sep 2010, 21:33 ]
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[SpA]DrMcMoist wrote:
You asshole Karl, I actually thought you were going give us a decisive answer! :lol:
That was the plan. :lol:
PetePorty wrote:
dude, after the first line, and reading Karl's other posts you can conclude he was joking.
I don't know what you're on about, mate. I never joke. I'm a very serious man that takes everything incredibly, erm, seriously.
Author:  DrMcMoist [ 20 Sep 2010, 01:40 ]
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[SpA]cardboard wrote:
Its a Common Murre, or Common Guillemot the difference is only the name really... it also looks like its already got its winter coat as it seems lighter feathers on the underside of its head have come in.
Yeah. We (As in, all of us in this thread) came to the conclusion that it was a Guillemot, yeah.
Author:  ditch [ 20 Sep 2010, 02:10 ]
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[SpA]DrMcMoist wrote:
Yeah. We (As in, all of us in this thread) came to the conclusion that it was a Guillemot, yeah.
NOT
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