'terror bird'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/aug/18/terror-bird-andalgalornis-steulleti
A flightless meat-eating bird that stalked South America 6m years ago overcame its prey by pecking the creatures to death with its huge skull and hooked beak, researchers say.
The bird, which resembled an emu, landed precision jabs on its victims, before withdrawing to a safe distance then attacking once more. Once its prey was dead, Andalgalornis steulleti, a species in the phorusrhacidae family or "terror birds", moved in and swallowed its victim whole or used its beak to tear morsels of flesh from the carcass.
posted by ds at 1:52 AM
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Terror birds - very nice!
And did you know that a strucc is hybrid?
ostrich
early 13c., from O.Fr. ostruce (Fr. autruche ), from V.L. avis struthio , from L. avis "bird" (from PIE *awi- "bird") + L.L. struthio "ostrich," from Gk. strouthion "ostrich," from strouthos melage "big sparrow." The Greeks also knew the bird as strouthokamelos "camel-sparrow," for its long neck.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
You have struck gold!
Ostrich
A notional term for five under par (−5).[10] A hole-in-one on a par six. This score has never been recorded and is widely considered impossible, given that par sixes are extremely long (and very rare).
(Wikipedia: rules of golf, par, scoring)
VW Golf
The front-wheel drive Golf was Volkswagen's first successful replacement for the air-cooled Volkswagen Beetle. Historically, it is Volkswagen's best-selling model and the world's third best-selling model, with more than 25 million built by 2007[1].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf
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