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Video: Crazy-Ass Goose!
In this video, a self-righteous goose attacks a mild-mannered dog, whose owner says things like “Dadgummit!” in reaction to stress. You will be pleased to hear that the anonymous cameraman and his coward of a dog are forced to flee the area, hopefully never to return.
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Image: The Smoking Feather
Behold the remains of the bird that brought down Flight 1549. This feather was found in the plane's engine and “suspiciously bears the gray-black coloration of a Canada goose.”
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Link: US Airways Probe to Last a Year
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Investigating what happened with Flight 1549 will probably take a year, says the National Transportation Safety Board. But why? We already know it was an escalation in the ongoing Human-Bird Wars.
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Video: Video of US Airways Flight 1549 Crash-Landing
Surveillance cameras around New York captured US Airways Flight 1549's crash-landing into the Hudson River. This video has that shot from a few different angles.
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Link: How To Survive A Plane Crash
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1872154,00...
95.7% of people involved in a plane crash survive. Click through to learn how. Most interesting anecdote: the five-row rule, aka sit near the exits.
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Bird Strike
Culture Buzz The technical term for what brought down the US Airways flight: A bird strike. A fancy way of saying a plane hit a bunch of birds and some went in the engine.
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The Human-Bird Wars
Science Buzz OK people, this has gone on long enough. There is most definitely an unspoken Humans Versus Birds war going on, and we need to address it head-on. The birds struck first with the Avian Flu. But then, humans struck back with Randy Johnson's 95-mile per hour public bird execution. That'll show them, we thought. But now? Now they're taking down our freaking planes! Run and hide, humans. Run. And. Hide. I have a feeling this is only beginning.
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Plane Crashes into Hudson River
Culture Buzz A US Airways passenger flight just crashed into the Hudson River at 57th street, and the rescue effort is underway. A flock of birds may have hit the plane, disabling both engines. Never underestimate the power of flying geese.
