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joshamania433 karma

cassowary

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LbccUVbSRd8/Sg3FZpyme5I/AAAAAAAAEqI/2zRbNdG_rRU/s400/Cassowary%2BAttack.JPG

...yow.

edit: the more I think about this question the funnier it gets. I'm guessing the question was looking for something like, afraid I broke some eggs or pecked by a swan or dive bombed by a bald eagle or something. Of course, Sir David then pulls out the closest living thing to a Velociraptor.

joshamania54 karma

I have this image in my mind that you're about two feet taller than he.

joshamania34 karma

Busywork people can be such idiots.

joshamania23 karma

You're there as much to watch it as do it. Like a human e-stop.

joshamania20 karma

That long?

One of my favorite documentaries was a Nova episode entitled "Death Star" (not Death of a Star). About the history of GRBs and how they were initially discovered (by the NSA/NRO of all outfits!)

Is it because of the proximity of Betelgeuse to Earth that it will be visible so long?