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11-16-2012, 10:00 AM
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If you were mentally scarred by the Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Birds, you may not want to watch this video. For everyone else, this is a rather perplexing event. It appears that thousands of pigeons are released from a Volvo (http://www.autoblog.com/volvo/) truck at the command of a whistle. It looks visually stunning, but for what purpose? Well, we're note entirely sure, but it looks to be the simultaneous release at the start of a major pigeon race.
Now, we don't suspect that Volvo has eschewed its self-titled Volvo Ocean Race (http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html) for a more avian-inspired competition. We're also not quite sure where this competition is being held, but it may be an annual event, as we also found a similar video with a different MAN (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/man/) rig on YouTube that was posted in 2011. but if you have even the slightest case of Ornithophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithophobia), you best steer clear of this feathered mob. Otherwise, check out the video of this massive flock on the move in the video below (http://motorgen.com/2012/11/16/this-volvo-truck-is-for-the-birds-literally/#continued). We've even thrown in a video of the gas station scene from Hitchcock's 1963 classic to get you in the mood.Continue reading This Volvo truck is for the birds... literally (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/16/this-volvo-truck-is-for-the-birds-literally/)
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If you were mentally scarred by the Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Birds, you may not want to watch this video. For everyone else, this is a rather perplexing event. It appears that thousands of pigeons are released from a Volvo (http://www.autoblog.com/volvo/) truck at the command of a whistle. It looks visually stunning, but for what purpose? Well, we're note entirely sure, but it looks to be the simultaneous release at the start of a major pigeon race.
Now, we don't suspect that Volvo has eschewed its self-titled Volvo Ocean Race (http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html) for a more avian-inspired competition. We're also not quite sure where this competition is being held, but it may be an annual event, as we also found a similar video with a different MAN (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/man/) rig on YouTube that was posted in 2011. but if you have even the slightest case of Ornithophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithophobia), you best steer clear of this feathered mob. Otherwise, check out the video of this massive flock on the move in the video below (http://motorgen.com/2012/11/16/this-volvo-truck-is-for-the-birds-literally/#continued). We've even thrown in a video of the gas station scene from Hitchcock's 1963 classic to get you in the mood.Continue reading This Volvo truck is for the birds... literally (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/16/this-volvo-truck-is-for-the-birds-literally/)
This Volvo truck is for the birds... literally (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/16/this-volvo-truck-is-for-the-birds-literally/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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