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From: sauder@nbs-amrf.UUCP (Jeff Sauder)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: exploding seagulls
Message-ID: <130@nbs-amrf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 09:32:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 09:32:47 1986
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Not having seen too much discussion on net.rumor in the last month
or so, I am still unsure as to whether I am posting this to the
correct category.  Sure, what I heard is a rumor, but is this group
for certain kinds of rumors?  Anyway, the rumor I heard is that one
can cause a seagull to explode by throwing alka seltzer in the air
and having the gull swoop down and eat the alka seltzer.  The
reasoning behind this is the following:  seagulls' stomachs do not
allow for the release of gas (belching), thus anything that
releases air bubbles will swell the stomach to the point where it
bursts.  Now don't tell me I'm gross and don't tell me to go out
and try this, and then report back to the net.
-- 
Jeff Sauder     {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!sauder