Friday, December 02, 2005

Dead Pigeon

I parked the car alongside a fence at St Michaels, and as I stepped out, there was a dead pigeon. It (probably) wasn't bird flu, but it gave me a small chill.

Should I go back and put it in a plastic bag, and take it to the Microbiology Department? (...and risk infection?)

On Radio Sonder Grense (Radio Without Boundaries) while I was driving back from the Wild Coast, they discussed Migration of Birds in Diere Maniere (Animal Habits). The woman being interviewed suggested, that if you start finding dead birds (in South Africa), bag them and take them to a national department that can do an autopsy.

WASHINGTON - If a super-flu sweeps the globe, who will haul away the garbage? Keep the factories running, making cars and computers and tissues?

No comments: