Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia
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Re: Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia
#2Stating the obvious, this clearly shows man is not the only animal to use fire as a tool.
Re: Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia
#3Reminds me of the fire starting birds in Vernor Vinges "Marooned in Realtime", awesome book.
Re: Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia
#4Stating the obvious, this clearly shows man is not the only animal to use fire as a tool.
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#5This is super cool, if a bit scary. Man Australia has it all though, 8/10 of the deadliest spiders, half the deadliest snakes, crocodiles, rockfish, and now firebirds.
Inhabiting Australia is a testament to man's arrogance.
Re: Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia
#6Stating the obvious, this clearly shows man is not the only animal to use fire as a tool.
oh god I thought it was a team name not an actual animal.
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#7So we're not the only:
- tool-using animal
- fire-using animal
- language-using animal
- animal which domesticates other animals
- animal which builds complex structures
Aha! I know! We're the only animal which continually comes up with reasons why we're special.
Re: Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia
#8So we're not the only: - tool-using animal - fire-using animal - language-using animal - animal which domesticates other animals - animal which builds complex structures Aha! I know! We're the only animal which continually comes up with reasons why we're special.
> Aha! I know! We're the only animal which continually comes up with reasons why we're special.
Nope, that'd be cats.
Re: Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia
#9"Journal of Ethnobiology"
"Though Aboriginal rangers and others who deal with bushfires take into account the risks posed by raptors that cause controlled burns to jump across firebreaks, official skepticism about the reality of avian fire-spreading hampers effective planning for landscape management and restoration. Via ethno-ornithological workshops and controlled field experiments with land managers, our collaborative research aims to situate fire-spreading as an important factor in fire management and fire ecology."
I'll believe this when I see video proof, thanks. In the meantime I'm going to mentally file it with UFOs that are alien spacecraft, and reptilian overlords.
Re: Intentional Fire-Spreading by “Firehawk” Raptors in Northern Australia
#10So we're not the only: - tool-using animal - fire-using animal - language-using animal - animal which domesticates other animals - animal which builds complex structures Aha! I know! We're the only animal which continually comes up with reasons why we're special.
> Aha! I know! We're the only animal which continually comes up with reasons why we're special. Nope, that'd be cats.
Cats don't need to come up with reasons why they're special. They just are.