• Krauerking@lemy.lol
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      4 months ago

      Yeah I don’t get it either but this what I get for only studying bird law instead of birdology.

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      4 months ago

      I mean, they could carry the food to their young, carry their young to the food, regurgitate like most birds, there really isn’t another way to…

      … it’s poop, isn’t it.

      • Nomad@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        New World vultures also urinate straight down their legs; the uric acid kills bacteria accumulated from walking through carcasses, and also acts as evaporative cooling.

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      4 months ago

      Ornithologists for those looking for the word, which I confused for a long time with opthalmology.