http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/03/on-new-year%e2%80%99s-eve-2000-dead-birds-rained-down-on-arkansas/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/03/on-new-year%e2%80%99s-eve-2000-dead-birds-rained-down-on-arkansas/comment-page-1/#comment-62662 Chris Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:19:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=15330#comment-62662 Didn't this happen on FlashForward? Didn’t this happen on FlashForward?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/03/on-new-year%e2%80%99s-eve-2000-dead-birds-rained-down-on-arkansas/comment-page-1/#comment-62657 Carolyn Rutherford Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:18:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=15330#comment-62657 Weren't there some powerful Tornados in AR about the same time? Could be a flock was caught up in the upward wind gusts, taken many miles away as they were battered about, before coming down in one tragic fall to earth in Beebe? Weren’t there some powerful Tornados in AR about the same time? Could be a flock was caught up in the upward wind gusts, taken many miles away as they were battered about, before coming down in one tragic fall to earth in Beebe?

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/03/on-new-year%e2%80%99s-eve-2000-dead-birds-rained-down-on-arkansas/comment-page-1/#comment-62655 James Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:18:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=15330#comment-62655 It gets even more strange. According to the Ark. pathologist the autopsies show that the birds died of 'multiple blunt trauma to their vital organs,' very strange. It gets even more strange. According to the Ark. pathologist the autopsies show that the birds died of ‘multiple blunt trauma to their vital organs,’ very strange.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/03/on-new-year%e2%80%99s-eve-2000-dead-birds-rained-down-on-arkansas/comment-page-1/#comment-62654 Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:12:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=15330#comment-62654 @Douglas: "The birds were collected, and about 65 were sent for testing to see if researchers could determine the cause of death." Guess it takes a while to autopsy 65 birds. @Douglas: “The birds were collected, and about 65 were sent for testing to see if researchers could determine the cause of death.” Guess it takes a while to autopsy 65 birds.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/03/on-new-year%e2%80%99s-eve-2000-dead-birds-rained-down-on-arkansas/comment-page-1/#comment-62652 Douglas Watts Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:05:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=15330#comment-62652 They could do autopsies ... just saying ... They could do autopsies … just saying …

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