Re: Parrot
John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Fri, 23 Jul 93 09:03:47 +0000
>>Barry, does your parrot live in your greenhouse? I've
>>always wanted to have a parrot flying around in my
>>greenhouse. I'd like a python in there too but my
>
>No, the bird is in the house. Frankly, birds and greenhouses
>don't mix. Parrots are very mobile creatures, inquisitive, and
>destructive. Its beak can shear through thin metal and destroy
Destructive is definitely the word. My parents were telling me about a native
pine tree that they saw on a hike somewhere. Apparently, one or more Cockies
had decided to strip off *every* new tuft of pine needles of the tree, and then
just drop them to the ground. Now imagine what one could do in a greenhouse
when it got bored... ;-)
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