wait, i have a livejournal? ...huh
I was running today. Monday is my running day. I don't enjoy it nearly enough to do it more often. Plus, if I run then I'm too tired to work out, which I do enjoy. Enough to do three days a week. Anyways, I was running and thinking about birds. What if all the birds decided to attack people (yes, like the movie)? I was thinking about this and I decided that it really comes down to the ratio of existing shotgun shells to existing birds. I figure the first thing the birds would do is go after our factories, so we can only count on stockpiled ammunition. Now, a bird does not have much chance against a shotgun, especially if they attack in close formation. So as long as we can destroy every living bird (or all of one gender) with existing shotgun shells, we should be ok. The birds can fight this if they forgo the close formation tactic and instead converge on targets from every possible angle. even a tight group of people back-to-back would have a hard time fending off such an attack. the chances of a successful hit would be dramatically reduced since a missed shot would be less likely to strike a nearby bird. to increase this effect the birds should send in their smallest varieties first. this first wave needs to get in close to distract the people so that the larger birds can fly in safely and finish off the target. to counter this tactic, I recommend that humans avoid open spaces at all costs. get in your car with your friends and stick your shotguns out of barely rolled-down windows. telephone booths also offer great protection from killer birds. but back to my main point; are there more shotgun shells or birds on this planet?