What I discovered today....
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OK, so this is probably a blatant waste of PH server space, and if this ever appears as a result in someone's search in the future, then it will be a strange day indeed, but here are 3 things I learned today:
1. Despite going under two wheels of the car in front, a flat pheasant can reinflate itself to just higher than the ground clearance of a T350 in under 1 second
2. The fibreglass of the front end of a T350 is stronger than a partially rendered pheasant
3. The windshear generated under a T350 travelling for an extended period at 70 miles per hour is not sufficient to remove all parts of a partially rendered pheasant from under the car
So that's what I discovered today.
1. Despite going under two wheels of the car in front, a flat pheasant can reinflate itself to just higher than the ground clearance of a T350 in under 1 second
2. The fibreglass of the front end of a T350 is stronger than a partially rendered pheasant
3. The windshear generated under a T350 travelling for an extended period at 70 miles per hour is not sufficient to remove all parts of a partially rendered pheasant from under the car
So that's what I discovered today.
I bet the words going through your mind at the time in slow motion were s**t!
d I 'scooped up' last year tried to peck me to death as I attempted to liberate it from the scoop on the tam. How it did not (a) die or (b) go through my rad god only knows!Kernow67 said:
I did once hit a pigeon on my motorbike (to clarify that, the pigeon wasn't on my motorbike - I was). Aaaanyway, hit me on the foot and promptly "detonated". Had to hose my leg down.
I've done a number of pigeons before with my cars over the years, a few hares and rabbits, but the most messy was when a badger crossed infront of my old FTO doing 70mph.That made an interesting piece of expressionists artwork on the front of my car + trophy.
Was fairly easy to repair, but made a bit of a mess removing the bits from the grill when I got home. I was surprised the FTO got off so lightly myself. It only had grill damage and needed the splitter replacing. Great little car that one!
alex_gray255 said:
The picture I remember the most was of a Porsche which had had a pheasant go through the windscreen and retrim the inside leather in a lovely shade of red with pink bits.
I probably have it somewhere but I'll leave it to people's imaginations...
I have that one somewhere - I will look it up.....I probably have it somewhere but I'll leave it to people's imaginations...
Years ago when I was boy my mother ran over a pheasant with her cortina she stopped thinking that will be nice for dinner, after picking up said pheasant she was walking back to the car and it's neck proceeded to extend to a length of about four feet! Interesting image for a young boy. The cortina survived undamaged, the pheasant did not. :-)
GR1FF1F said:
I had no idea they could go that quickly. Will have to be on the look out next time I'm in the woods
This one was turbo charged! It flew across the A414 I was driving along at 1am in the morning. Must have been a prototype as I've never encountered another one along there. 
I have had a pheasant through the front grill of my Cupra R, didn't realise it was still sitting in there four days later. Another took one of the kidney grills out of the front of my 3 series. One of the downsides of living in rural Wiltshire. By the way use of the horn is pointless. Is this where we get the term " bird brain".
not a pheasant, but my Tuscan tried eating this rook last year. The rook, which was flying left to right, survived the 60(ish)mph impact, a further couple of miles to the next layby, a quick photo opportunity, then being hooked free with a suitable stick. To say I was a bit shocked when it flapped it's wings and flew off is a bit of understatement 
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