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Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the water, you find that birds in Australia have learned to use fire to set fires; all in the name of the circle of life.
"FOR THOUSANDS of years Australia's indigenous people have spoken about 'firehawk' raptors that intentionally spread bushfires in order to corner their prey.
Now, a new study has documented and confirmed the bizarre ritual of these firehawks, finding that at least three raptor species "act as propagators" of wild fire."
The birds will "pick up smoldering grass and sticks from raging bushfires and transport them up to a kilometre away". They use these 'tools' to set fires in non-burning areas to start a frenzy of small animals running for safety; or, out of the fire and into the frying pan.
Time for small animals everywhere to unite and form their own fire departments... Volunteers only, please.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday November 11 2019, @03:34PM (1 child)
Oh, well, over 6% I prefer rum.
Otherwise, if you are after Guinness Book of Records (rather than the Guinness stout) you may like to look at at a 67.6 ABV ale [laughingsquid.com]? (I know I don't).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 11 2019, @07:40PM
AC you replied to here.
Not looking for records. I mentioned it as it's actually pretty tasty. And I don't even *like* beer. If it was strength I was interested in, I would have mentioned the stronger version, Double Bastard Ale [beeradvocate.com] which is 11%.
As for rum, except for Cachaça [wikipedia.org] the only thing rum ever did for me is make me puke. Which I guess is good, as there's more for you!