RE: Introduction & Thanx

[GROSS CORY WALTER <GROS4891@ADC.MTROYAL.AB.CA>]

Date sent:      Wed, 17 Jan 1996 07:50:48 -0500 (EST)
From:           farlow@CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU
Subject:        RE: Introduction & Thanx
To:             GROS4891@ADC.MTROYAL.AB.CA

>Ah, but we have friendly ostriches here in Fort Wayne.  At least the 
>females.Males can be nasty, like most of the rheas I've met.  And 
>emus are nice, at least here and in Australia.

    Howdy, 
        Just thought I'd pass this along, with my own comments of 
course...

        I guess I should have been more precise; It's the male 
ostriches that act like they have something stuck up their... Females 
are generally a lot more mellow but their...curiousity...tends to 
taint the results of observation. They're a bit absorbed with 
watching "the pinks" in their natural habitat. Emus are absolute 
darlings. Some of them are almost like pets, except for the 
occasional one who will jump on your back when you feed them. 
Strangly enough, emus are more violently territorial than ostriches; 
mature males having been known to literally tear each other apart in 
close quarters.

        Side note: I said "possible behavior" in the initial post 
because, let's face it, no matter how much comparison and speculation 
we make, truely being able to grasp these things about dinosaurs is 
like trying to imagine a new colour...it can't be done.(This should 
get a few folks hummin').

Cory Gross
artist,writer,philosopher,scientist
gros4891@adc.mtroyal.ab.ca

            "No one outside knows what it means to me to be
             set free"-Christian Death "Deathwish"