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Badgers Digging Up Ancient Human Remains
One of England's oldest graveyards is under siege by badgers. Rev Simon Shouler now regularly patrols the grounds of St. Remigius Church looking for bones that the badgers have dug up. The badger is a protected species in England so they can not be killed, and attempts to have them relocated have been blocked by English Nature. From the article: "At least four graves have been disturbed so far; in one instance a child found a leg bone and took it home to his parents. ... Rev. Simon Shouler has been forced to carry out regular patrols to pick up stray bones, store them and re-inter them all in a new grave."
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Invaders must die
Badger badger badger badger. Leg bone! Leg bone! Ohhhhh, Grave!
I totally agree. Only a human being faces the possibility of being badgered in both life and in death.
We don't need no stinking...ah forget it.
Uh this is England. Shooting people, other than Brazilian electricians and tooled-up lawyers, is rather frowned upon here.
When they start building their homes WITH human bones, we'll have more of a problem.
Good lord, so when I take over the Earth I am moving all of humanity to Africa and refurbishing the rest of the planet..
That is just an astounding perspective. Thank You!
- Dan.
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
I like the idea that you think a church in a tiny village in rural England a) has security, and b) has armed security.
"Here lies Dan.
He lived his life in the fast lane.
Now he rests next to it."
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It looks like nobody told the animals to...
*puts on sunglasses* ...stop badgering the corpses.
YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
~Syberz
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The badgers are just trying to enforce quantum mechanics. The remains are Bozons, and belong all in one grave. If they were Fermions, they'd belong in separate ground states.
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