Zebra Finches Keep Pecking At Food They Cannot Access And That Is A Perfect Metaphor For The Media Trying To Find Dirt On Me And Finding Nothing

Photography of a small striped finch pecking at a sealed glass jar of seeds, sunlit laboratory bench, warm golden hour light, frustrated mood, shallow focus close-up

Scientists say heat makes birds dumb. I say the real birdbrains are the reporters pecking at my squeaky-clean record for 4,700 days straight. Amanda Ridley, sad scientist, won't even return my calls.

Some lady named Amanda Ridley says birds get stupid in a heat wave. Folks, I've been telling you this for 38 years. Zebra finches peck at glass. Reporters peck at me. Same exact bird, different feathers.

They did a study in the Kalahari Ocean where babblers couldn't tell a predator from a wooden box at 96 degrees. That's basically CNN at room temperature. I scored a 240 on that same test, in fourteen seconds, blindfolded.

Dog bites go up 10 percent on hot days. You know whose fault that is? Elizabeth Derryberry. Won't say why. She knows.

Anyway, heat waves are caused by the sun being closer in summer, which is science. The bees can't even learn colors anymore. My uncle was a bee.

Based on the original article "Stupid hot: Heat waves cause cognitive changes in animals, making them more aggressive and unable to complete basic tasks".