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Marabou?? - Dryrod - 09-12-2006
[cool][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Marabou? Sounds like a place on the coast of SoCAL. Being inquisitive I did a little search in Google. God why didn't they have computers when I went to school. Could have save many hours by not going to the library. Well back to the subject and here is the answer which you all probabably knew already.[/size][/green][/font]marabou n 1: large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments [syn: [url "http://dict.die.net/marabout/"][#660000]marabout[/#660000][/url], [url "http://dict.die.net/marabou%20stork/"][#660000]marabou stork[/#660000][/url], [url "http://dict.die.net/leptoptilus%20crumeniferus/"][#660000]Leptoptilus crumeniferus[/#660000][/url]] 2: downy feathers of marabou storks used for trimming garments[font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Didn't know that these stocks liked carrion like a turkey buzzard.[/size][/green][/font]
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Re: [Dryrod] Marabou?? - lunkerhunter2 - 09-14-2006
Always cool to hear something you didn't know.[cool]
Here's one for ya: Do you know the reason deer are always on the sides of the highway?
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Re: [lunkerhunter2] Deer - Dryrod - 09-14-2006
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Re: [Dryrod] Deer - lunkerhunter2 - 09-14-2006
You are thinking right, but just shy of the answer.
Answer: There was a study done in kansas to figure out why deer are always on the roadsides. They concluded that it is a direct result of the application of salt in the winter month's that becomes saturated in the soil and plants that are there. The idea is basically like a deer using a salt lick to get a certain mineral they need. Except they are getting it from the roadside. Take it or leave it. I believe it, because we use alot of salt to de-ice our highways. If you walk the roadside in the spring you can see the salt deposits.[cool]
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Re: [Dryrod] Marabou?? - Scruffy_Fly - 09-18-2006
I believe all the marabou for fly tying is chicken feathers - the fluffy floaty feathers.
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