Telegraph Hill is one step closer to protection. In a move by San Francisco council, property owners will be protected if their properties are damaged by the large trees falling. This is expected to pass next month.
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A FOUL-MOUTHED parrot called Mad Max survived an electric shock powerful enough to kill a human after he chewed through a power cable.
The barmy bird was zapped by 240 volts after gnawing the lead which powers his owner James White’s personal computer.
The early morning explosion blasted African Grey Max’s feathers across the room, leaving him bald.
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THE State Government has halted investigations into claims a north Queensland man found a new parrot species and its official ornithologist has stopped work on a scientific paper about the bird.
Ingham-based cinematographer and wildlife consultant John Young said the huge flap over the so-called blue-fronted fig parrot had turned his life into a nightmare.
Allegations quickly surfaced that his photographs of the bird, unveiled to a stunned bird-watching community last November, were faked.
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