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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_oRWtObtldeeMyD2yzd+iZQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi, all- A crow died this morning, in the south end of Halifax. Not an unusual event, except that this passing was witnessed by a few people and several crows. It was this way: Around 11:00 there was a loud bang and a flash, all the lights went out and then came back on again. Some of the friends we were with happened to be looking out their living-room window at the time, and said that it was a crow, a crow had been electrocuted. There is a high-voltage transmission line passing near their house (along the railway right-of-way) and they saw the dead bird spiralling downward beside the tower, ending up in the weeds at the base. So much for the shock, now the grief(?). The question mark is to defend myself against charges of anthropomorphism. Just after the bird died, another crow flew over and perched on the lowest rung of the tower, apparently looking down at his//her dead companion. The living bird remained for some time, and while staring down it alternately raised and lowered its wings a little in an unusual way. Meanwhile other crows arrived, perched in the tower and stared down at the departed one. Finally, after perhaps 15 minutes, they all left. It's dangerous to extend our own emotional experience to that of other creatures, especially animals so far removed from us in the evolutionary tree, but it's hard to believe that they didn't experience some sort of unusual sensation on seeing one of their own kind die so dramatically. They certainly reacted to the event with some interest. Regards Peter Payzant --Boundary_(ID_oRWtObtldeeMyD2yzd+iZQ) Content-type: application/ms-tnef; name=winmail.dat Content-transfer-encoding: base64 Content-disposition: attachment; filename=winmail.dat eJ8+IgoXAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQOQBgA4CAAAHwAAAAsAAgABAAAAAwAmAAAAAAAeAHAAAQAAACMA AABDcm93czogdGhlIHNob2NrIGFuZCB0aGUgZ3JpZWYgKD8pAAACAXEAAQAAABYAAAAByCMqAcKU RNnJyPpKuId8EWjvArCRAAALAAEOAAAAAAIBCg4BAAAAGAAAAAAAAABqCw+GH2anTr2dq5m61a3X woAAAAMAFA4BAAAAAgEJEAEAAAAQBQAADAUAAOAGAABMWkZ1trzkzgMACgByY3BnMTI1FjIA+Atg bg4QMDMzTwH3AqQD4wIAY2gKwHOwZXQwIAcTAoB9CoCdAAAqCbAJ8ASQYXQFsRpSDeBoCYAB0CA1 LkA1MC45OS4B0DCSOQKAXHYIkHdrC4B0ZDQMYGMAUAsDC7UgkEhpLCAHQGwtCqJTCoQKgEEgBQBv B+BkoQiQZCB0aAQAIARgOwSgC4BnFkALgBgRZSA2cwhgGCAgCfAYAG9mRxYQB0AGkGF4Lgewb4MF QAORdW51c3UHQBUZwHYJ8HQWQGV4Y/5lBTEYIBKgGBQKsAQQGLHMIHcdUB2waXQScAQQSRfxYnkW UCBmB9Fw/GVvC1AZUABwGAARIBvQ1xKQAyAXgnMasEkFQB3C8xgjHcB5OharA2AbQBgA+DExOhQQ GSIJcB2zHtB9CQB1HoEPER+THtELYHOOaBZDGSMaYGdodB3hPxvhGgAZkB+TGTEDoGNhMweAJGFj axoAA6BhZ/sLcRqwUwNwGVAaERkyA1D/CJAU0CZiJnEjkh4QGbAQ8G5wHzAScBgBbx6QJfFv3m8U sR2gJtIZMWkFwBpg+xRwDyAtA2ADcB3xFNAXofscwxlQdAdxFkEfsgtwGAL/HMEeECO1F4IWQRd0 EPAegacJ4RnAH3BjdANgYxmQ+wmAGrBUI3MYQR7QGDAmMPwtdgbwAZASUBgQEpAAgPptBAFpKEEa YBJwHTcScJsKwSykaAhgESAgKAdA/wIgHaAZMhKQAxAhkTeAJiLqLRoQLSGRKScGHrAvQL8H4Bky AQAxUizQH8FwLND3FmEdgi3xbh3AOnErsACQfwEALlQXoASQHBEU0B2Cdf5wGPYmgAmAI+EuRCRw ESD/GrAWqijgGGAVEBmwAhA2A+8ZYDaAKBAWQG4XoRkyCcAhCJBmKD8pMpMgcd0KUHMuoChBAMBy KCAYQacrgQEBGdJteREgbBog/yhzQwAXcBDxElAEIBoRAHBbGCADYHADcAWwcBgxbf0asEobYBrx AYAEkD6UOmJ/F9Iu4hrgI3EXdA7wB9Fv9yABH5MfMHITEigyJdM8of1FQXIbQCxBKUQ8lSsBCsB9 G+FsHrAr5jtSLiIYMS/uL0kiOgMFoG0KsAMAAiD/QnQtBDpECXAAwDURGABAgvcZcCfBLqh3GDAf cUMACsDvThcv4QdAR7FuEqAx0Dfx/wtwHmIfokuCCXEv0R3iDyD/I+MeEE2QMvEoURsoIZEasL5N NeA7gFMzSQgj4XIFEP8b0EixSpYZBTyTH5RTkRfxv05WOcQKsTJhKDE/EUYLgH0WYXkWQUejSpEq 8QQgMe41GGALgDJRcxZAOTMlklsfcAGALhaqINAnBCBk/w8RBJA2kStyHDAyYBniCHC/GgBOcVFw GuA0wRuSeEqRfynBHFArchyjGhFJBjXgdO8IcGBSB5AfMGMHMU2hT/H9AMBsBCAZcB7gCsFRYUoB /1HRA2EbMAQgGQUbwAbwGZC9ZIJyHrAyEAngFkBiJuH/HhBiURDxK2UaYBvBHJY5UfEX0GRuJwVA ZOlSMxlw/wAgGgIbRhEgAIASoDTCKEH/ESAswCwyNSEpNCzRTmIUsvsXwmhyZBKQAMAuoCegXqH/ MpMesBxQACALcVUSNeAyAP8rVGokJpIqo1IzC4BHsULxeWFrUmUogAsgELAWuVDrETBHwVAhoHpG IRakEeECAHrwAwDeP59OAAADAAlZAwAAAAsAAoAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAAAOFAAAAAAAA AwAEgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAEIUAAAAAAAADACWAy6dxxqnRy0eMHsl4yMaflAEAAAAm AAAARQBtAG8AbgAgAFMAYwBhAG4AbgBlAHIAIABCAHUAaQBsAGQAAAAAAFASEQALACmACCAGAAAA AADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAGhQAAAAAAAAMAKoAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAAAGFAAAAAAAACwAz gAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAADoUAAAAAAAADADaACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAYhQAA AAAAAAsATIAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAAIKFAAAAAAAACwAfDgEAAAACAfgPAQAAABAAAABq Cw+GH2anTr2dq5m61a3XAgH6DwEAAAAQAAAAagsPhh9mp069nauZutWt1wMA/g8FAAAAAwANNP0/ BQADAA80/T8FAAIBFDQBAAAAEAAAAE5JVEH5v7gBAKoAN9luAAACAX8AAQAAADEAAAAwMDAwMDAw MDZBMEIwRjg2MUY2NkE3NEVCRDlEQUI5OUJBRDVBREQ3ODRERTI3MDAAAAAAAwAGEA+1ytUDAAcQ 5AQAAAMAEBAAAAAAAwAREAAAAAAeAAgQAQAAAGUAAABISSxBTEwtQUNST1dESUVEVEhJU01PUk5J TkcsSU5USEVTT1VUSEVORE9GSEFMSUZBWE5PVEFOVU5VU1VBTEVWRU5ULEVYQ0VQVFRIQVRUSElT UEFTU0lOR1dBU1dJVE5FU1NFAAAAAFoz --Boundary_(ID_oRWtObtldeeMyD2yzd+iZQ)--
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