Glow worms vs shrub..

[rainbow4321]

Pretty sad when glow worms and monkies have better military records than our commander in thief:

http://tinyurl.com/4e7hc

War Hero Glow Worms Honored

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most unusual war heroes -- including glow worms, elephants and monkeys -- will be honored Wednesday for their devotion to duty under fire. Princess Anne will unveil a war memorial in London's Park Lane dedicated to all the animals and insects that endured hardship with the nation's armed services.

"Britain's Animals in War memorial is a nation's long-awaited and very welcome tribute to the millions of animals that have served and suffered for their country," said Marilyn Rydstrom, head of the PDSA animal charity. Among those honored will be glow worms whose light was used by soldiers to read maps during the trench warfare of World War One.

The stone memorial bears the profiles of creatures from bears to monkeys -- kept by soldiers as mascots -- and will be the most prominent tribute to animal bravery in Britain, a nation often mocked for loving its pets more than its children. In 1943 the founder of the PDSA created the Dickin Medal to honor acts of outstanding animal bravery. The medal, dubbed "the animals' Victoria Cross" -- Britain's highest award for human bravery -- has been granted to 60 animals.

[Historic NY]

1. Even the pigeons did better.

Brits love their creatures, great & small. I took a college group to St James Park on a dreary January day some years back and we had so much fun feeding the birds. We spent so much time with some pensioners who gave us biscuts and made us see how many birds we could get to land on our arms. All said and done it was a great day and they were glad I made them detour.