Stories of unusual and oddly colored birds often go viral. Last July, a "strangely colored magpie" thrilled a Perth man who stumbled across the rare white bird at work, according to Yahoo.

Like magpies (Pica is Latin for magpie), they eat all things they encounter. Dr. Fuchs’ patient, a man, has swallowed needles, nails, knife blades, spoons, a screwdriver handle, a beer seidel ...