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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Doo-Doo Dodo

See what qualifies as rigorous academic inquiry at Bristol University:

Birds prefer their droppings to be on white cars, according to a scientific study.

Student teacher Charles West, 37, carried out the survey for his department of education at Bristol University.

He enlisted the help of 40 researchers and counted bird droppings on 2,000 motors reports The Sun.

The team concluded that birds were less likely to dirty navy blue and black.

Bird expert Dr Derek Toomer said they might "bomb" white cars because they associate the colour with predators.

He added: "Birds do respond to colours."


One research grant, coming right up! Cure for cancer? What's that?

posted by Jar(egg)head at 08:55

1 Comments:

Blogger Fundy said...

Bird expert Dr Derek Toomer said they might "bomb" white cars because they associate the colour with predators.

That is a racist statement if I have ever read one. Damn, should not have mentioned it. I could have taken their study and applied for my own grant. I would need about a million or so dollars to research if the birds were enslaved by the white man.

11:02  

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