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In article <DOCONNOR.94Nov18162741@sedona.intel.com> doconnor@sedona.intel.com (Dennis O'Connor) writes:
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>You're not kidding.  My wife has been vicously attacked by chickens
>many times : don't enter a pen of chickens without a sturdy branch
>or better !  Chickens have very nasty claws, and coupled with their
>limited flying ability and propensity to attack when you've turned
>your back, it's dangerous.

Well, as long as we're getting sidetracked, I'll mention that
no one should understimate the dangerous aspects of a bird.  Pet
parrots, even relatively small ones, are much stronger and dangerous
than they appear.  I've read stories of people who have been seriously
maimed (eyes and ears lost) by their parrots.  Given their beak, claws,
intelligence, and dispositions, think of them as cranky three-year-olds
with a set of wire cutters, or little pit bulls with feathers.  A large
parrot can snap a broomstick with its beak, and a medium-sized one once bit
my little finger so hard my vision went blurry and I sank to my knees.
Parrots can hold grudges for years, too.

Now that I've scared everyone away, let me mention that they actually
make fantastic pets and companions, but like dogs, you have to be
sensible and realize that they're not entirely harmless, either.
Drop into rec.pets.birds for more information.

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