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August 05, 2006
When nature attacks!
There I was, Linda Mar beach, 2pm, beautiful day, and all was right in the world. Hunger drove me to the beachfront Taco Bell where I ordered "the regular" a bean burrito, a taco, and a water. Everything seemed normal until SPLAT. I felt a warm gooey substance on my head like someone had spit on me or something. I looked down to my leg where part of the substance had gone and found it to be bird droppings...
For all you science nuts out there:
"Birds excrete nitrogenous waste products in the form of uric acid in a white semi solid state. This is because birds drink little water and cannot afford to excrete voluminous amounts of urine. Not carrying a big bladder full of urine also cuts down weight which is essential for the evolutionary success of birds which fly. Humans, however excrete nitrogenous waste as urea* which dissolves in urine. Freshwater fishes which absorb lots of water effortlessly through osmosis excrete nitroge-nous waste in the form of ammonia dissolved in plenty of dilute urine."
Well, at first I was a bit bummed but then I remembered one of my favorite new products from aM done by Shibby & Colus the Anatomy of a Sparrow shirt and it made me feel a bit better. I really need to get a camera phone or start taking my minicam around with me because this picture would have been priceless... I actually considered leaving it on my head until I got home so I could take a pic!
Oh well... Next time.
Posted by pocket at August 5, 2006 04:16 PM