Are roadrunners good to eat?

[mangeorge]

@kaylasdad99

That’s kind of counterintuitive, isn’t it? I mean, as they approach c, shouldn’t they get shorter?

You mean as they approach light speed?

[kaylasdad99]

Of course. Does c stand for something else where you’re posting from?

[mangeorge]

@kaylasdad99

Of course. Does c stand for something else where you’re posting from?

Oops, I posted in haste. Didn’t see the “c”.
Unless you did a quick edit.
Nah!
BTW; I live in Berkeley. I know things like that through osmosis.

[Irishman]

@Colibri

They’re much smaller than a typical hen, weighing about 300 gm (10 ounces), and are roughly the same weight as a domestic pigeon.

2 ft tall is a pretty big pigeon.

Roadrunner species generally range in size from 18 inches (46 cm) to 24 inches (61 cm) from tail to beak.

Roadrunner

Okay, I realize about half of that is tailfeather. Hmm, that puts the bird 9 to 12 in. Okay, I guess that is roughly pigeon-sized.

[Musicat]

@kaylasdad99

That’s kind of counterintuitive, isn’t it? I mean, as they approach c, shouldn’t they get shorter?

There once was a thin bird named Harold,
A delicacy thought to be rare-old.
But he scampered away
To live one more day,
At a lightspeed quite like Fitzgerald.

[gaffa]

@jayjay

Unless you have a very tiny whisk.

Best thread ever!

[mbh]

@TravisFromOR

Here’s the real question. One that has plagued me since the day I realized cartoons were not documentaries: Do coyotes actually chase and eat roadrunners?

@jayjay

From Wikipedia, though I don’t know if it’s tongue-in-cheek or factual:

I have seen domestic dogs try to catch them. I have never seen one succeed. The roadrunners seemed to regard it as a game. One roadrunner would let my parent’s dog chase it, and then, just as the dog was about to catch it, the roadrunner would fly up into a bush, just out of reach.

[Klytus]

@mbh

I have seen domestic dogs try to catch them. I have never seen one succeed. The roadrunners seemed to regard it as a game. One roadrunner would let my parent’s dog chase it, and then, just as the dog was about to catch it, the roadrunner would fly up into a bush, just out of reach.

Yet another fine example of how real life will often emulate cartoons…

[astorian]

@TravisFromOR

Here’s the real question. One that has plagued me since the day I realized cartoons were not documentaries: Do coyotes actually chase and eat roadrunners?

Like any predator, a desert coyote is an opportunist, and if he got the drop on a roadrunner, he wouldn’t hesitate to eat it.

BUT… roadrunners are relatively hard to catch and there’s not that much meat on them. A coyote wouldn’t turn down a roadrunner dinner if it were available, but there are easier and yummier meals available, even in the desert. A nice rabbit, for instance.

Of course, a SMART coyote moves to the city and gorges itself on the goodies in human trashcans.

[PlainJain]

@mbh

I have seen domestic dogs try to catch them. I have never seen one succeed. The roadrunners seemed to regard it as a game. One roadrunner would let my parent’s dog chase it, and then, just as the dog was about to catch it, the roadrunner would fly up into a bush, just out of reach.

I used to have a wolf/dog hybrid who chased them all the time though I suspect it was more for his entertainment. He never really came close.

[Corner_Case]

@astorian

…but there are easier and yummier meals available, even in the desert. A nice rabbit, for instance.

But not a wascally one, I presume. It would take a Suuuper Geenius to catch one of those!

[Turek]

@Corner_Case

Suuuper Geenius

<wiley coyote>I like the sound of that.</wc>

[mangeorge]

@Corner_Case

But not a wascally one, I presume. It would take a Suuuper Geenius to catch one of those!

Actually, I don’t think that jack rabbits are all that different from road runners. Not as a meal anyway.

[Siam_Sam]

I used to see the occasional roadrunner from my apartment balcony in Albuquerque. Always looked cool. I was in the inner city but next to a rather undeveloped area and a golf course, so there were a few desert critters running around.

[Turek]

Here’s a pic I took in Big Bend. Looks like a lot of feathers, beak and feet. Not much meat.

[mangeorge]

@Turek

Here’s a pic I took in Big Bend. Looks like a lot of feathers, beak and feet. Not much meat.

Cool. Takes me back to Bakersfield.
Nice pic, by the way.

[BigT]

@runner pat

Haven’t found one but it might be possible to enlarge the image to poster size.

With Inkscape I can get really good looking line art, but the text looks horrible. If I were blowing this up, I’d have to figure out what font was used.