01:29The egg plays a very prominent part in my lecture. Not a word about which came first, however. I don't
01:37believe in dealing with controversial matters.
01:39Thousands of years ago, man was satisfied merely to steal an egg from a nest and use it for food.
01:47Now he has perfected this process by imprisoning each hen in a separate cage and by scientifically manipulating the lights
01:56so that she doesn't fall into the rut of the old 24-hour day. Thus he can induce the bird
02:02to reach fantastic heights of egg production.
02:07Originally there were many varieties of birds on earth. Some have become extinct. The great orc, the passenger pigeon and
02:15the famous dodo bird have all disappeared. Actually they didn't exactly disappear. They were simply killed off. But of course
02:24this is nature's way.
02:25Man merely hurries the process along whenever he can be of help.
02:31Man and birds have been responsible for a great many advances in our civilization. For example, the bird was the
02:38inspiration for the invention of gunpowder and it was his speed that brought about the development of the shotgun.
02:46But man has not been unmindful. But man has not been unmindful of his debt to the bird. We have
02:51honoured our feathered friends in many ways. We cage birds and show them off proudly in most of our zoos.
02:59And the turkey is traditionally our guest of honour at Thanksgiving. I suspect you never realised that if it weren't
03:09for birds even some of our pastimes would suffer noticeably.
03:13Duck hunting for example. Granted bagging a fellow hunter can be diverting but the supply is rather limited.
03:22I hope you don't mind if I have something to eat but I'm rushed today. Planning the lecture has been
03:29most educational for me. I've begun to feel very close to the birds and have developed a real sympathy for
03:36our little...
03:39What was I saying? Oh yes, I've come to feel very close to the birds and I've come to realise
03:45how they feel when...
03:49I don't think I'll eat just now. Hardly proper with all of you here. Surely the birds appreciate all we've
03:57done for them. Don't you? Beautiful cage. Fresh water. No other birds to bother you. None of that blinding sunlight.
04:10Oh! Now why would he do that? Most peculiar. What on earth?
04:31They're coming! They're coming!
04:35They're coming!
04:37They're coming!
04:43They're coming!
04:46They're coming!
04:50They're coming!
04:53They're coming!
04:55They're coming!
04:59They're coming!
05:00They're coming!
05:02They're coming!
05:02They're coming!
05:03They're coming!
05:03Merci.
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