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    Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    This is a story of a family taking a walk...hopefully people will be mindful of where they throw away these gums...



    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-set-free.html
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    Re: Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    Didn't find the story about the hummingbird but lot's of other sensational stories.

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    Re: Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    Your link didn't work. It opened a page full of headlines that were quite a depressing reminder of the current state of mankind

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    Re: Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    OK...fixed the link...sorry. I copied the first one from my email but this edit one is from the webpage itself.

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    Re: Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    Nice story.

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    Re: Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    That's pretty cool. I suspect the bird's contact with the gum was not a random event. It was likely attracted by the smell/color. When we go boating they routinely fly hundreds of yards from shore to check out brightly colored slickers, kayaks, etc. that we carry on the boat. Once at the boat they seem to be attracted to odors as well.

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    Re: Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    Cool link Izzie, that little guy was one of the lucky ones

    David

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    Re: Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    Nice Izzie, I like a happy ending

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    Re: Why you should not dispose of chewing gum irresponsibly...

    Thank you all for the comments...I think the little bird is the lucky one, David...
    Dan, I didn't know about that kind of character in that bird. In Oz we have a bird (satin bowerbird) that is only attracted to blue things, no matter what it is, as long as it is blue, it pick it up and collect them to attract a mate.
    Greg..love happy endings too...
    As usual, thanks for commenting too, John...

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