Spare a thought for this scrub turkey unable to open that nut. I watched the bird struggle with it for quite a while at Alexandra Bay, Noosa National Park, on November 24, 2008.
If only I’d had a parang, I would have opened the nut for the turkey.
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Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
don’t get me started on Bush Turkeys. I lived very closely with them for 5 years – the male is a total arsehole and the women are no better! just like the rest of nature I suppose. 🙂
From Wiki-Parang is a type of music with Caribbean and Latin American cultural influences. The word is derived from the Spanish word parranda, meaning ‘merry-making’ or ‘a group of serenaders’.
OK, Jen, Let’s dance of did you mean Parang, the Malaysian Machete
Geoff, I spent many of my formative years in Indonesia – there I learnt to open coconuts with a parang which I guess is the same as a machette or cane knife.
Jabba feels the turkey would find it less challenging whilst in repose within the confines of Jabba’s feeding tray ;-))
I would be inclined to leave the nut and open the Turkey with a machette. These things belong in the freezer, their sinuous drumsticks diced across the grain to aid digestion.
C’mon you blokes, give the turkeys a fair go. In spring
The wattled turk does all the work,
The hens say “See you later,
We’ll be back when all this tack
Works like an incubator”.
They are great survivors and to be admired, but Jen, if you have a coconut and no parang, a suitable rock will do the trick.
You probably wont get much milk though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6MBquAgNFs
And if you still want to dance, we can to Barack Barack Barack – Presidential PARANG