July 31, 2016
A taxidermist stares in amazement at a Great Northern Crunchy Warbler.
"I've never seen one before!" he says, overcome with awe. "It's so... boney!"
"The Great Northern Crunchy Warbler is rarely seen nesting in our latitudes," comments a professor from the university. "We suspect that global warming may be driving them from their native habitat."
The taxidermists excitedly carry the Great Northern Crunchy Warbler out of the forest.
"We'll remove the bones and sell it to the cooks at the nearby Korean restaurant!" says one taxidermist.
"Yeah," replies the other. "They'll think it's a tastey Ozone Warbler!"
But as the taxidermists prepare to de-bone the Great Northern Crunchy Warbler, they are overcome with compassion.
"It's so pretty..." says one. "It's not a big freaking mess like an Ozone Warbler."
"Yeah," says the other. "It was easy to pull out of the tree. And look at it. It seems so proud, so ready to leap back into the sky..."
Then in the distance, the sounds of "Whack! Whack!" waft across the hillside as other Great Northern Crunchy Warblers descend to feed.
"They must be migrating," observes a taxidermist. "Let's leave it here. Maybe it'll fly away and join the others."
"Okay," says the other taxidermist. "I'm not sure how to get all those bones out, anyway."