As my Behavioral Psychology teacher once said, "Sexual attraction is a strong motivator falling somewhere between primary and secondary reinforcement depending on the species."
"These birds get their English name from their ability to turn their heads almost 180 degrees. When disturbed at the nest, they use this snake-like head twisting and hissing as a threat display. This odd behaviour led to their use in witchcraft, hence to put a "jinx" on someone."
Thus, it is a threat display and not food searching.
Excellent point, Cortez. Alex, thank-you for the second map. Now we can examine the mismatch between the borders and wonder about the economic associations they imply.
Having just watched a few slow motion videos of woodpeckers, it can be seen that if the bird was pecking, its body would be moving as well as its head. This might be one looking left and right for where it will peck next.
I find it amusing that in the 70's Shatner embraced Star Trek wholeheartedly while Nimoy wrote "I am Not Spock." A decade ago Shatner gave interviews dumping on fans while Nimoy was working on the prequel.
The questions in the poll imply that the male currently earns more than the female. Where are the options such as "She does and I am spending us into the poor house."?
This is interesting. I wonder if there is enough data to view the same information for metropolitan areas. As well, I am interested in the last location of bills before they disappear.
The Austin High School prank reminds me of a 4th of July parade I watched with my brother's family in upstate New York. Besides having the reigning Mrs. New York State, the first drum and bugle corps ran back to the starting line and was also the last.
They gave us a serenade because we were the first people to recognize that they did it.
A bit derivative, but I am dying to see what they had planned for their next performance. Got to step it up a notch everytime, you know.
"These birds get their English name from their ability to turn their heads almost 180 degrees. When disturbed at the nest, they use this snake-like head twisting and hissing as a threat display. This odd behaviour led to their use in witchcraft, hence to put a "jinx" on someone."
Thus, it is a threat display and not food searching.
They gave us a serenade because we were the first people to recognize that they did it.