~~~NEWS FLASH~~~
In a shocking discovery yesterday afternoon over tea, your intrepid heroine, Dr. Deena Skolnick Weisberg, discovered that the Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala) is not the same bird as the Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis). Submitted for your consideration are the following two pictures:
Noisy miner:
Common myna:
Although the two birds share remarkable similarities, such as yellow masks, yellow bills, white tail feathers, and terrifically annoying screechy voices, they are undeniably distinct, as any moron with eyes should have been able to tell.
In defense of her egregious mistake, Dr. Weisberg was only able to offer this lame excuse: "Have you ever heard an Australian pronounce 'miner' and 'myna'? They sound exactly the same! Stupid accent."
In an unrelated incident, at approximately 12:30 a.m. today, Dr. Weisberg's boots were the subject of intense scrutiny by an extraordinarily cute brush-tailed possum. Details at 11. And now, back to our regularly scheduled program.
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