On 11/20/2009 2:09 PM David Beierl wrote:

> At 04:45 PM 11/20/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> So if a bird, rather than a tropical seed, was found far from home
>> with husk on its claws, then the obvious, equally silly idea, is that
>> the swallow floated ashore on a coconut.
>
> No, no, no, it couldn't have survived all that time floating on a
> coconut, which you will recall has no stability whatsoever when floating
> as well as extremely limited supplies of food and fresh water.

http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/men-survive-by-eating-wood/

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