Wednesday, May 16, 2007

West Nile virus decimates suburban birds

The birds act as an early warning system for humans, said Wesley Hochachka, assistant director of bird population studies at Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

"If you start seeing crows dying and dying in numbers, that means there could be a human outbreak," said Hochachka, who was not involved with the study.


Meanwhile, you-know-who has figured out why the bees are dying. (One word: "hyperdimensional.")

2 comments:

Peter Watts said...

Dude! I know that guy! We went through grad school together! He was a cleric in AD&D! We brewed beer together! He slept on my couch!

His uncle was a bit of a dick, but he's dead now so no harm done.

And oh yeah, shame about those birds...

Mac said...

You know Richard Hoagland? ;-)