On Nov 29, 7:14*am, JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:02:12 -0800 (PST), GC Boater
wrote:





Ornithological experts have recently begun to question whether certain
birds exhibit signs of metal illnesses.

According to Erma Evertrue, DVM, Professor of Veterinary Medicine at
the University of Georgia, certain species are being studied.

“You take the cardinal and the jays,” Dr. Evertrue said. “They always
seem perfectly normal going about their business in an efficient,
highly evolved manner.

“However, on the other hand,” continued Dr. Evertrue in a recent
interview with The Atlanta Constitution, “there are other species
which exhibit what appears to be abnormal behavior. *In particular, we
are studying the species Krausii Liesallthetime Marylandus. *This bird
often exhibits neurotic, sometime even psychotic behaviors that are
not considered normal in the natural world.

“We can’t attribute the aberrant behaviors of the species Krausii
Liesallthetime Marylandus,” Dr. Evertrue explained, “to any
evolutionary advantage for the species. *Therefore we suspect the
species carries a mutant gene that somehow manifests itself in
deviant, counterproductive behaviors.”

Dr. Erma Evertrue is avian medicine department head of the School of
Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia.

Additional experts are being consulted. *More to follow as warranted.

I'd seen nothing in the past few days, and was worried that the species had
become extinct.
--
John H

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Actually, the species is far from extinct and may be expanding its
range. However, most experts believe the bird lacks the strength and
means to migrate very far, so Maryland will probably continue to be
the center of the species’ population.

Genetic experts are concerned that the suspected mutant gene within
the species might become dominant within the population of the Krausii
Liesallthetime Marylandus. In this case, Dr. Gertrude Tellthetruth of
the University of Maryland, said some “remedies” might have to be
considered. The mutant gene is suspected of causing the psychotic
behavior in some of the birds in Maryland located south of Baltimore.

In the past, Dr. Evertrue explained that in other species where this
problem existed, the affected animals were captured and neutered.

Dr. Tellthetruth is a professor of genetics. “We are all concerned,”
she said, “when genetic mutations become dominant and cause the kind
of deviant behaviors we’ve observed in this bird.”

Story developing…. More to follow.