22 - Feathered Foes

Jul 15, 2020

In episode 22, Jen and Nilo share stories of a variety of avian attacks, from magpies mobbing cyclists to starlings crashing planes to the terrifying exploits of the living velociraptor known as the cassowary. Then they discuss some of the best animal horror movies ever put to celluloid – The Birds and The Lighthouse – and possibly the worst film ever made, Birdemic. But the most fun entry this go-round was the 1987 schlockfest, Beaks (aka Birds of Prey).

Sources:

Gordon Grice, Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals

https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/26/us/owl-attacks-officer/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/14/jair-bolsonaro-bitten-by-bird-during-coronavirus-quarantine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/behind-scenes-national-zoo-worlds-most-dangerous-bird-180960704/

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/mobile/stubborn-peacock-claims-entrance-to-victoria-apartment-as-mating-ground-refuses-to-leave-1.5011228

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/goose-attack-leaves-ottawa-cyclist-shaken-and-scarred-1.2686751

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/animals/swarms-of-birds-hold-shoppers-captive-in-texas/vi-BB12UKVk?fbclid=IwAR0LOvhlSVP7rX6Kc7aynLKvakVi7cxXBzlGl-u97Cc1tWRXp1rogNjXlbE

https://quietthinker1.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/birdemic-confusion-disgust/