Maher said a bald eagle recently died of mecury posioning, true?

[usregimechange]

Any pictures of our country's symbol dead?

[Kagemusha]

1. I don't really want to see pictures but...

It certainly wouldn't be the first time an upper food chain predator bird has fallen to mercury poisoning.

[ClassWarrior]

2. Can you find a source for this story? I'd like to pass that one around...

NGU.

[seemslikeadream]

4. It was West Nile

Condor chick falls victim to West Nile
Santa Barbara News-Press (subscription), CA - Sep 14, 2005
... of a California condor chick that hatched in the wild nearly four months ago, making the baby bird the first member of the endangered species to die from the ...

[seemslikeadream]

3. It was a baby Condor

[mtnsnake]

5. One thing's certain. You know damn well that President Fuckup

didn't give a rat's ass when he heard about it. He probably laughed and cracked dumb jokes.

[NYCGirl]

6. Here's the article:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2005-09-12-bald-eagle-mercury_x.htm

[vicman]

7. More detail here

the bird didn't die, but the treatment could be germaine to the issue at hand

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050910/NEWS01/509100440/1006