# Spy Stork Murdered in Egypt

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-stork-murdered-in-egypt/668284>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 7, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-stork-murdered-in-egypt/668284 "2013-09-07T21:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-stork-murdered-in-egypt/668284/1 "2013-09-07T21:30:09Z")

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In a followup to this thread - [NSA now using Storks? - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=701022) - NSA now using Storks?  
[Stork detained as spy in Egypt found dead | CTV News](http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/stork-detained-as-spy-in-egypt-found-dead-1.1444679)

Stork detained as spy in Egypt found dead. Picture from link shows the stork in a jail cell - priceless.  
“… controversy trails the bird into death. An Egyptian wildlife organization claimed on its Facebook page the bird was “eaten by local villagers.” Hassib denied that the bird had been eaten, though he didn’t know an exact cause of death.”

Fowl play suspected [it writes itself]

Put me down for Ricin or Polonium.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-stork-murdered-in-egypt/668284/2 "2013-09-07T22:03:02Z")

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Especially funny because it looks like the bird could just walk right out between the bars…

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spy-stork-murdered-in-egypt/668284/3 "2013-09-09T01:05:18Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> Especially funny because it looks like the bird could just walk right out between the bars…

Where would he go? al-Flaak?