“Well doc, you know those tiny birds that clean our teeth. Lately I’ve been eating those guys like popcorn”

There are these tiny little birds here called common waxbills. They're ridiculously small. Where I come from birds that size would freeze solid within 15 seconds. As I oft observe, I want to take three or four of 'em, pop 'em in my mouth and start eatin' 'em like popcorn...

Not really... I mean... that would be kinda gross, not to mention the serious hygienic and social issues that arise from that sort of behaviors.

What is particularly impressive about the little guys is their numbers. All the individuals on campus seem to roost in the same bamboo hedge in the art building. The pure volume of tiny bird is incredible, it brings to mind both Hitchcock and the scene in The Mummy with the flesh eating scarabs.

Anyway... I'm gonna go make popcorn...