Great tits enjoying the warmer weather

[mckerney]

Not a headline I'd have expected in the New Scientist

http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn13857-great-tits-enjoying-the-warmer-weather--so-far.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news2_head_dn13857

Great tits enjoying the warmer weather – so far

* 19:00 08 May 2008
* NewScientist.com news service
* Mason Inman

As climate change forces animals to shift their breeding schedules, one group of British birds has been able to quickly adapt to the warmer weather without having to rely on slower evolution.

There are limits to their flexibility however, and when those limits are reached, global warming could hit the population hard, researchers say.

Since 1961, ecologists have been tracking the population of great tits that breed in Wytham Woods, near Oxford, UK. "It's only in the past 30 to 35 years that you see this increase in temperature in early spring to which the birds have responded," says study leader Ben Sheldon of the University of Oxford.

The birds now lay their eggs 2 weeks earlier than they did in the 1970s, tracking a 2-week shift in the emergence of their favoured food – the caterpillars of the winter moth.

Like many insects, the caterpillars' development is triggered by temperature. "The birds are timing their breeding to match the abundance of food," Sheldon says.

pix in link, btw

[Raiders Army]

The content of the first post does not match the title of the thread.

[JimboJ]

Since when do birds have tits?? :confused: :D

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I had been thinking along similar lines, but not the pics I was expecting...

[Critch]

It must be a very important discovery because "Great tits cope well with warming" is the top read link on the BBC website at the moment.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7390109.stm

[Drake]

Somewhere, an anonymous editor deserves a huge raise.

[JediKooter]

Tits breed? Well, that explains why there's always two of them...

[gottimd]

This is one of the most disappointing threads I've ever read.

[johnnyshaka]

This is one of the most disappointing threads I've ever read.

100% truth.

[st.cronin]

Blue tits?

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/stcronin/xmenslidemystique.jpg

[st.cronin]

Red tits?

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/stcronin/scarlett-johansson-golden-globes.jpg

[Dr. Sak]

I enjoy great tits no matter what the weather is that day.

[Pumpy Tudors]

what are tits

[gottimd]

I enjoy great tits no matter what the weather is that day.

What if the weather that is being predicted is a 150% chance of repeated swift kicks in the nuts for that day?

[Dr. Sak]

What if the weather that is being predicted is a 150% chance of repeated swift kicks in the nuts for that day?

With that prediction I'd put on my protective cup and go out and enjoy some nice tits.

[Pumpy Tudors]

What if the weather that is being predicted is a 150% chance of repeated swift kicks in the nuts for that day?
That depends. Was yesterday's chance 300% or was it 75%?

[st.cronin]

White tits:

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/stcronin/jessica-alba-dress-tits.jpg

[Pumpy Tudors]

ghetto kobe about to hit that shit

[rkmsuf]

BOING

[MikeVic]

I like that white tits.

[Dr. Sak]

ghetto kobe about to hit that shit

In da butt

[gottimd]

Aren't they brown pretending to be white? In any case.....dammmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnn!

[gottimd]

That depends. Was yesterday's chance 300% or was it 75%?

Why would that matter, if it was 75% yesterday, you missed out and if it was 300%, then you lucked out.

Unfortunate for you, you left the window open, so it's now the same chance of swift kick in the nuts indoors as it is outdoors.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Why would that matter, if it was 75% yesterday, you missed out and if it was 300%, then you lucked out.

Unfortunate for you, you left the window open, so it's now the same chance of swift kick in the nuts indoors as it is outdoors.
Well, let's pretend I have a time machine and I know that yesterday was either 75% or 300%. I might want to go back. What are the chances that it was 75%?

[gottimd]

Well, let's pretend I have a time machine and I know that yesterday was either 75% or 300%. I might want to go back. What are the chances that it was 75%?

ooooh, sorry, the weather has a time machine too. It follows you to the past and future.

[st.cronin]

I have another pic that I'm afraid to post. BEER TITS.

[sachmo71]

this is a good thread.

[Pumpy Tudors]

ooooh, sorry, the weather has a time machine too. It follows you to the past and future.
But there's a 50-50 chance that tomorrow's weather is only going to have a 75% chance of a kick in the nuts, right?

[Dr. Sak]

But there's a 50-50 chance that tomorrow's weather is only going to have a 75% chance of a kick in the nuts, right?

60% of the time it works all the time

[MikeVic]

I have another pic that I'm afraid to post. BEER TITS.

Post.

[sabotai]

I have another pic that I'm afraid to post. BEER TITS.

Why? Pix of Lindsey Lohan have been posted here before.

[st.cronin]

Its really, really, really nsfw.

[rkmsuf]

Its really, really, really nsfw.

so

[Dr. Sak]

Its really, really, really nsfw.

Show your tits!

[st.cronin]

Pfft, I've got more tits in this thread than the rest of you knuckleheads combined.

[rkmsuf]

hey, you brought it up

flash em!

[Pumpy Tudors]

so where the beer tits at

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I am now thinking of getting some birds... It would be nice to be able to tell people I am going home to a pair of great tits!

Oh, and that white is being saved for later. Wow...

[Mustang]

The ever elusive Dodo Tits

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/eonline/20080507/capt.917710fd3f43dbb7aadf2870ace62723.jpg

[ColtCrazy]

so where the beer tits at


A riot may start if we don't see these. :)

[Chief Rum]

White tits:

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn280/stcronin/jessica-alba-dress-tits.jpg

Pardon me. I have misplaced my eraser. May I borrow yours?