It may be Abiko's finest (er, only - ed.) museum, but we're not talking the Natural History Museum in London. For one thing, it's pretty small. And for another, for a place built to celebrate one of the wonders of LIFE on Earth - rare birds unique to Japan (well, and China and Korea, but it's not the birds' fault they came here from there, they are still Ours Dammit) there sure are a lot of DEAD animals around the place. Cute penguin with sign round his neck? Dead. Fearless hawk? Dead. Family of goosey goosey ganders out for a wander?
Dead. Dead. Dead.
In fact, the whole third floor is devoted to dead birds, though they are none-too-cleverly dangled from the ceiling by wires and placed in oh-so-natural poses behind the glass coffins as if they hadn't been drugged, had their necks wrung, insides sucked out and carcases cemented into money-shot positions for all eternity (or until the city budget runs dry, whichever comes first).
And then there's the Chamber of Bird Horrors. Under the menacing gaze of a fibre-glass two-metre tall dinosaur-bird is Frankenstein's laboratory of bird parts and robotic bird-like limbs that light up and move exactly like a real bird's legs and wings don't.
But don't worry, the Abiko Air Corps of the Undead were willing participants, happy to have died in the service of their city and sempai species. We know this because of the motto of the museum, available in handy English rubber stamps for all kids (and bored bloggers doing all they can not to write about boring old Hatoyama and, yawn, Futenma):
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What with the Swan Boat's (i.e., the Abiko PT Boat), I suspect there is some kind of theme going on here...
Martyrs for the cause of peace between humans and avians. Their sacrifices will be remembered.
'harmony between birds and people'.......except chickens destined for deep fryer.
LLCoolZ - Those are Abiakan Dreadonaughts, not PT boats. Be careful, they can break an arm or two.
Roberto - Never mind, they probably weren't carrying their Avian Registration cards - geddditt??
DKxDR - Actually, Col. Sanders is a revered war hero here. Our Man understands he is mobilizing for possible demand should the local Korean BBQ place burn down.
'Our Man understands he is mobilizing for possible demand should the local Korean BBQ place burn down.'
if he does,all those dead birds had better be worried.
Cute penguin with sign round his neck? Dead.
Tsk tsk.
My crack team of crack team members is looking up "Abiko" on the map right now.
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