Choc the pigeon; BIRD RESCUED AFTER IT DIVES INTO TROUBLE.Byline: BY MAGGIE BARRY A DIVE-bombing pigeon had shop staff in a flutter Flutter (aeronautics) An aeroelastic self-excited vibration with a sustained or divergent amplitude, which occurs when a structure is placed in a flow of sufficiently high velocity. Flutter is an instability that can be extremely violent. at the weekend after gate-crashing a confectionery store and landing in the chocolate fountain A chocolate fountain is a device for serving chocolate fondue. Typical examples resemble a stepped cone, standing 2-4 feet tall with a crown at the top and stacked tiers over a basin at the bottom. . The flying menace winged its way into Thorntons and headed straight for the flowing chocolate to take a bath. But its wings and tail feathers became glued together and it was too heavy to fly. The startled star·tle v. star·tled, star·tling, star·tles v.tr. 1. To cause to make a quick involuntary movement or start. 2. To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly. See Synonyms at frighten. shop assistants at the Princes Street store, in Edinburgh, called the SSPCA, then had to throw out pounds 50 worth of chocolate. Fiona Thorburn of the SSPCA said: "I thought someone was winding me up because it was my first day on call by myself. But, sure enough, when I got there, the pigeon was covered in chocolate and was unable to fly. "The chocolate had dried to its tail feathers, meaning it could only walk so I caught it in a net and took it to our rescue centre in Fife." Staff there cleaned it up and named it Wonka. Fiona added: "It seems to be recovering well." CAPTION(S): BAITED TRAP Chocolate fountain in the shop; BIRD BATH Wonka gets a wash; STICKY MOMENT Pigeon with wings coated in chocolate |
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