Cockatoo survives stuck in grille of car travelling at 100kph

[davidc4430]

Cockatoo survives after getting stuck in grille of car travelling at 100kph

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-12/cockatoo-gets-stuck-in-grille-of-car-and-survives/10370850

i hate seeing any animal killed by cars, right now the sleepy lizards are on the move and there are dozens squished on the roads. i watch the road so carefully so as to avoid hitting them but i see so many i think some hit them on purpose and they are the sweetest things when in my garden.

sometimes i see them with their mate in convoy.

now snakes are a different matter, i dont try to run em over but it doesnt bother me when i see one squished.

i definately dont want them in my garden.

[gutterpunkz05]

Hit a wood duck once, now I was breaking to avoid it, and it was doing its best to fly out of the way.  Anyway when I got home, about five minutes later and got out to open the gate, the duck hopped down from the bullbar and flew away.

[zanadoo_56]

On the way to work one day a magpie swooped after another magpie...very low in front of my car.  I thought they had both flown away but when I got to work I found the second magpie hanging from the car grille with one leg stuck in it.  The bird looked dead but I managed to free its leg and put the bird down in a safe sheltered spot while I wondered what to do next. 

I opened up the office but couldn't find anyone else and with no phone books in the place and a lot of Telstra help lines blocked (I don't have a smart phone) I decided to commence the tedious process of logging in on my computer.  It takes forever but I figured I could find the phone number for WIRES or the RSPCA once I had logged on.

While I waited for the computer to 'wake up' I went back to the office entrance to see if anyone else had arrived.....instead of which to my amazement I saw the magpie suddenly come to life, give itself a good shake and fly off!  I was so relieved.