Of Birds and Frogs
A few days ago I saw a dead baby bird splattered all over the sidewalk where I work. I assumed that it fell from the top of the building. As you can see from this picture that would be quite a fall:
Now on Friday I see a dead frog that is absolutely squirted all over the place. Again, I assume from the signs of high impact that we've got another case of an animal coming off the top of the building.
Now I can figure out how a bird gets on top of the building. It probably fell from the nest. But I find it harder to believe that the frog just happens to make its way up five flights of stairs by accident. No sir, I think it was a suicide…
Update
On Thursday, 9/28/06, I was walking into the office and saw something on the ground. It wound up being a one eyed owl that appeared drunk and unable to fly. It was in the exact same spot as the dead bird and the suicidal frog. Sure there's a reasonable explanation: that spot was likely cursed by gypsies. Walk over it at your own risk.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
[...] As I mentioned before, I keep finding dead things on the sidewalk outside of the building where I work. Well, it has done it again. This time it's a bird that has mysteriously died in roughly the same location as several other small creatures. While not as spectacular as the impact spray from the possibly suicidal frog that appeared to have jumped off of the roof, it is still worth documenting here. You know, for science: [...]