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is an animal that is not to be trusted... it is not normal to have such soft, vulnerable bodies bookended with slashing beaks and razor-sharp claws.

With a few exceptions, birds are not to be trusted... it is not normal to have such soft, vulnerable bodies bookended with slashing beaks and razor-sharp claws. It is as unnatural as an armed marshmallow. Mallory Ortberg

is not a higher form of imagination than we are, but its ability to fly symbolizes one, and men usually assign wings to what they visualize as superior forms of human existence.

not a higher form of imagination than we are, but its ability to fly symbolizes one, and men usually assign wings to what they visualize as superior forms of human existence.

is secretly a little robot that recharges by sitting on power lines

Maybe birds are secretly little robots that recharge by sitting on power lines

 does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.

is thought to sound so pretty and affirming of nature and the coming day in its chirping, might actually be saying 'Get away' or 'This branch is mine!' or 'This tree is mine! I'll kill you! Kill, kill!'

...and suddenly it occurred to him that the birds, whose twitters and repeated songs sounded so pretty and affirming of nature and the coming day, might actually, in a code known only to other birds, be the birds each saying 'Get away' or 'This branch is mine!' or 'This tree is mine! I'll kill you! Kill, kill!' Or any other manner of dark, brutal, or self-protective stuff—they might be listening to war cries. The thought came from nowhere and made his spirits dip for some reason.

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