When I visited Berlin all by myself for its Natural History Museum (click to be mesmerized by a Vogel mustache) in November 2011, it was freaking cold I literally froze (my ass off) yet I've nonetheless learned that the birds' evolutionary descendants were dinosaurs. Such a remarkable discovery, I know! It was also during this trip that I met a young, early twenty-ish Spanish guy who felt guilty over Spain's colonization of the Philippines centuries ago, and a 40-ish Spanish hobo whom I've recently seen on Facebook to have visited the Philippines!
Back to the museum, after spacing out for a few minutes looking at a glass-laminated fossil of birds' supposed link to dinosaurs (that really looked like pigeon ribs - they were so tiny & as incomprehensible as how a pigeon's ribs would look like, etched into a hardened mud), I was like, man, being able to fly is not enough huh. Birds are such a kick ass species! What can they not do?
And so it is with great honor that I present to you some photos from the bird park we visited yesterday. A living proof that humanity will always make the most out of its shortcomings... by holding those with greater abilities in captivity. Aha! I love them birds. The park is in France and the website has a proper version in English (hurray!). I tried my best to capture more than 3,000 bird varieties but alas! I'm only human. Enjoy!