what I learned today

[maribou]

Airports often employ FALCONERS (and their falcons/hawks) to keep other kinds of small birds/mammals scared away, hence cutting down on animal-related accidents / wear and tear. How keen is that??? I am truly delighted, and Dorval and Pearson Airports just went up about 5 orders of magnitude on my esteem meter (you can almost *see* them now).

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[banger7.livejournal.com]

And just in case the falcons don't work, jet designers test their engines with the chicken gun (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_170b.html)!