...although those of us who are fans of poultry gaze on in wonder as two irate guinea fowl give an inquisitive young puppy a run for his money.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.
The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.
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Guinea fowl are quite aggressive towards dogs. I had an 85 pound golden retriever-boxer cross (I have photos, if you'd like to see what that cross looks like!) that loved chasing wild turkeys and flushing grouse, but one day she came across a dozen of the neighbors' guinea fowl. They went after her. They stood in formation, screaming all sorts of what I assume are guinea fowl expletives.
She backed down with her tail between her legs. These were the first and only "turkeys" that ever ran her off.
I assume that they do this same behavior in Africa when confronted by a jackal or a leopard. It's pretty good survival strategy.
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