Beautiful  ;-)
What about Cane Toads with attitude problems..

On 2 Sep 00, at 10:06, Jinx wrote:

> The re-use of object-oriented computer code has caused tactical
> headaches for Australia's armed forces. As virtual reality simulators
> assume larger roles in helicopter combat training, programmers have
> gone to great lengths to increase the realism of their scenarios,
> including detailed landscapes, and in the case of the Northern
> Territory's Operation Phoenix - herds of kangaroos (since disturbed
> animals might give away a helicopter's position).
>
> The head of the Defence Science & Technology Organisation's Land
> Operations (Simulation Division) reportedly instructed developers
> to model the local marsupials' movements and reactions to helicopters.
> Being efficient programmers, they appropriated some code originally
> used to model infantry detachment reactions under the same
> circumstances, changed a mapped icon from a soldier to a kangaroo,
> and increased the figures' speed of movement.
>
> Eager to demonstrate their flying skills for some visiting American
> pilots, the hotshot Aussies buzzed the virtual kangaroos in low
> flight during a simulation. The kangaroos scattered, as predicted,
> and the visiting Americans nodded appreciatively ... then did a
> double-take as the kangaroos reappeared from behind a hill and
> launched a barrage of Stinger missiles at the hapless helicopter.
> Apparently the programmers had forgotten to remove that part of the
> infantry coding ! The Yanks left with a new-found respect for
> Australian wildlife. As to what wombats, wallabies and platypuses
> carry in their pouches, that shall remain a secret in the interest
> of national security.
>
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