Hi Philip,
Funnily enough, this type of paranoia does have a bit of grounding in
fact. There is research being carried out in the USA, Europe, and no
doubt elsewhere in the world. which could make anyone a bit paranoid.
Remote control of insects has been achieved by several researchers. It
won't be long before the organisms are cranked up in size and the "on-
board" technology is rapidly shrinking (and that is not taking into
account any future nano-tech shrinkage) and if you get the remote
control systems able to control animals such as birds, interesting
possibilities arise. A nice big raptor would make a good remote
control command and control base.
But that would be improbable, wouldn't it?
But then, we now have the American "tooth" spy, the Iranians have just
caught http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12128055
Hope she isn't the tooth-fairy.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 07/01/2011, at 4:42 PM, Philip Veerman wrote:
Hi Carl,
Your concern is not isolated. There is a another story that I have been
following on the Africa birds email line. A remarkable story about an
almost unbeleivable success in recovering a tracker from a Lesser
Spotted Eagle from a police station in Nigeria. The last comment from
someone called Phil, that coincidentally came in today, contains the
same fear. I will copy it into here. I have edited out bits to make it
shorter.......
Hi Andy,
Good to hear that you were able to recover the transmitter. I hope that
there were not too many problems as invariably the Nigerians think that
the birds are being used to spy on the country!!
Regards,
Phil
--- On Wed, 5/1/11, Andy Ashford <> wrote:From:
Andy Ashford <>
Subject: Re: [AfricanBirding] Nigeria To:
Date: Wednesday, 5 January, 2011, 16:56
Phil,
The transmitter has now been recovered (after the usual lengthy
negotiations!) and should be back with Bernd via the German consulate
shortly.
Andy
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From: Phil Hall <>To:
Sent: Fri, 31 December, 2010 21:01:38
Subject: Re: [AfricanBirding] Nigeria
Dear Andy,
I hope that your brother-in-law is able to recover the transmitter.
Please let me know if he is successful or not as otherwise I will follow
up when I am back.
Phil
--- On Sun, 26/12/10, Andy Ashford <> wrote:
From: Andy Ashford <> Subject: Re:
[AfricanBirding] Nigeria
To:
Date: Sunday, 26 December, 2010, 13:42
Bernd,
My brother-in-law, Frank Ahumibe, is going to visit Agbala Police
Station tomorrow morning and will check on the bird's situation and
negotiate for release of the transmitter.
If you can clarify what you mean by 'more info', we will try and meet
your needs (bearing in mind that Frank is not a naturalist!)
If successful I will organise return of the transmitter to you on my
return (12th January)
Best regards,
Andy Ashford
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From: "" <>To:
Sent: Sat, 25 December, 2010 12:50:36
Subject: [AfricanBirding] Nigeria
Dear All,
Is there anybody in Nigeria who could help ?
I urgently need the email address and phone number of the Agbala Police
Station in Imo State, Nigeria. I have just been called by a man called
............. Unfortunately it is not possible now to call him back. I
could not find the phone number or email address of the police station
in Agbala in the internet or get contact by telephone to the central
police station in Nigeria.
A Lesser Spotted Eagle has been found with our satellite transmitter.
He is apparently in a week condition and in the police station. We are
studying bird migration and need more info. We would also like to get
back the costly transmitter.
More on our projects can be found at: www.Raptor-Research.de.
An early reply would be very much appreciated.
Merry Christmas
Bernd Meyburg
Tel.: +49-172-38 38 084
email:
www.Raptor-Research.de
-----Original Message-----From:
On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Friday, 7 January 2011 4:19 PM To: Birding-Aus Aus Subject:
[Birding-Aus] Spy Vulture is Israeli Plot says Saudi Arabia
A Griffon Vulure, carrying a GPS tracker as part of an Israeli
research project, has been "captured" in Saudi Arabia. Saudi
authorities are claiming it is a "spy". Obviously the Vulture is the
command craft for those highly trained killer sharks that Mossad
unleashed upon those tourists in the Red Sea last year.
The whole farce can be read at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12120259
Makes you wonder if paranoid psychosis is an "essential" when you
apply for a government job in the Middle East. Perhaps only a "desired".
I only hope the Griffon survives.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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