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...moas were not alone in their death agony. A giant woodhen (Aptornis) and a goose (Cnemiornis), half again as big as a barnyard goose, were also bogged down. Nor was the slime their only foe. As they struggled, huge eagles (Harpagornis) swooped down and tried to pick some meat from the enveloping "aspic." Some of the eagles became mired too, and left their remains (bigger than the great monkey-eating eagle of the Philippines) in Pyramid Valley's death trap...
...lulu." Once married to her, he starts composing verses about roses and nightingales in the garden outside her bedchamber. When the poems fail to impress the pouting bride, Lund turns on the nearest nightingale and roars: "You silly ass!" In reply, the soundtrack lets out a squawk like a barnyard...
...days Colorado's valleys and pine-clad mountain slopes had echoed the whap-whap of rifles. The big game season was on, and it was Colorado's biggest ever. About 100,000 armed men roamed the fields, hundreds poked their guns through barnyard fences to take pot shots at anything that moved...
...takes to kill a normal fly. A fit few were still buzzing after a triple dose. While the bureau saw no danger of a race of superflies, there was still a possibility that such a race might evolve. Lately the bureau has received reports that a few barnyard flies in various parts of the U.S. have already learned the trick...
Presiding over R.F.D. America is Joe Kelly, a veteran quizmaster (Quiz Kids') and radio hayfoot (National Barn Dance). Wearing a violent plaid shirt, overalls and straw hat, and spouting wheezy barnyard jokes, Kelly is the only jarring note among the soberly dressed, well-scrubbed men & women who participate in the show...