3 yr old HP Spalding mating attempt, Epic fail.

PavoFowl said:

I take it that's not how it's supposed to happen? I've only seen my male get as far as the gaspy trumpet phase and then the hen runs away.

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barkerg said:

I thought you guys would enjoy this.

Gerald Barker

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Birdrain92 said:

Imagine that peacock being a guard dog and that's the call it makes before charging. Do you know how many people will think you have a velociraptor if they've seen any of the Jurassic Park or Jurassic World? It always makes me think of the velociraptors and I find it really cool.

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barkerg said:

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I remember reading way back when, that they got really creative and searched out a lot of "new" animal -- and especially bird -- sounds when they were making the first movie. If I recall correctly, they also thought about birds a lot when they were creating the models and getting them to move. I looked it up, and the velociraptor "hiss" was from goose hissing -- not such a stretch to sound like a pea. Heavens, when they are doing their guard bird alarm honks, you'd think I had a whole flock of geese in the back yard.

Here's a bit of one of the stories I found:

And I loved this quote about the original hissing geese:


So there's goose hissing and African crane calling and tortoise mating... what a list!

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Garden Peas said:

I remember reading way back when, that they got really creative and searched out a lot of "new" animal -- and especially bird -- sounds when they were making the first movie.  If I recall correctly, they also thought about birds a lot when they were creating the models and getting them to move.  I looked it up, and the velociraptor "hiss" was from goose hissing -- not such a stretch to sound like a pea.  Heavens, when they are doing their guard bird alarm honks, you'd think I had a whole flock of geese in the back yard.

Here's a bit of one of the stories I found:

And I loved this quote about the original hissing geese:


So there's goose hissing and African crane calling and tortoise mating...  what a list!

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