[QUOTE=Colibri]
Since I’ve seen hummers chase off hawks and macaws (admittedly they were probably more annoyed than scared) I don’t think a roadrunner would have a chance.
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Well, if you saw a huge, ugly SUV barreling towards you, you’d run, too.
[QUOTE=Colibri]
Since I’ve seen hummers chase off hawks and macaws (admittedly they were probably more annoyed than scared) I don’t think a roadrunner would have a chance.
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They must use a different company than Acme.
[QUOTE=samclem]
Yeah! What’s with that phenomena? You see smaller birds chasing crows all the time. Are they just annoyed?(the crows)
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Most bird predators rely on surprise to take their prey. They are less maneuverable and so can’t catch a bird that is aware of them. So birds that see a predator will gang up on it and harass it until it becomes so peeved it leaves the area. Small birds harass crows, which rob nests of eggs and nestlings, and crows often mob and chase owls and hawks.
But hummingbirds do it mainly because they’re mean little bastards.
Whether you go after your prey with wings, wheels, or lips, a hummer can’t be beat.
Take it from me, or my name isn’t Monica Lewinsky 
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth]
Anyone who speaks proper English?
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How would you know - you speak Canadian.
[QUOTE=Colibri]
Since I’ve seen hummers chase off hawks and macaws (admittedly they were probably more annoyed than scared) I don’t think a roadrunner would have a chance.
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[QUOTE=SkipMagic]
They must use a different company than Acme.
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I MUST KNOW THEIR SECRETS!
[QUOTE=Triskadecamus]
Why is Colibri a moderator?
They had a lottery. He lost.
Tris
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It isn’t fair, it isn’t right!
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]
When I’m done reading the thread, I’ll let you know my decision.
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Yeah, yeah, we know: it’s not easy being you!
[QUOTE=elucidator]
Pack hunters. Tiny, feathered piranha.
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True. You’ve never read an account of the dreadful fate of someone attacked by a flock of hummingbirds out on the hunt, have you?
That’s because nobody has ever survived to tell the tale.
[QUOTE=Polycarp]
True. You’ve never read an account of the dreadful fate of someone attacked by a flock of hummingbirds out on the hunt, have you?
That’s because nobody has ever survived to tell the tale.
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Dun Dun DUN!!!
Have we worn out asking why Colibri is a moderator? Can we move on to someone else? How about that SkipMagic guy, I hear he’s awfully light-weight.
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons]
Have we worn out asking why Colibri is a moderator? Can we move on to someone else? How about that SkipMagic guy, I hear he’s awfully light-weight.
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TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Ten-yard penalty for unnecessary roughing.
[QUOTE=TokyoPlayer]
I keep closing the website window but all I get in my Windows desktop design.
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Truth must be different on this side of the world. I get a picture of Elle MacPherson, Kathy Ireland and Rachel Hunter.
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]
TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Ten-yard penalty for unnecessary roughing.
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Are you callin’ Ponder Stibbons twee?
[QUOTE=zoid]
Are you callin’ Ponder Stibbons twee?
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http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315282&highlight=SkipMagic+twee
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]
TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Ten-yard penalty for unnecessary roughing.
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Oh, it was necessary, alright. 
That twee bastard’s got it coming to him.
[QUOTE=Finagle]
And he studies hummingbirds which are hot-tempered and have tiny, tiny brains – this experience should serve him well as a moderator.
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Hummingbirds? Damn! So, Colibri, does the hummingbird violate all known laws of physics and thus prove the existence of god?