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1000 words

Doesn’t That Defeat The Purpose?

By Prince Of Petworth
Published June 16, 2008 at 10:26PM | Updated June 6, 2024 at 5:11PM

Won’t the mice, pigeons and/or squirrels realize that the plastic owl is in a cage and thus pose no threat? Personally, I wasn’t nearly as frightened as I normally get when I encounter plastic owls…


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