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On the Lighter Side => That CAN'T be true! => Topic started by: paul.fr on 05/09/2008 01:16:09

Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: paul.fr on 05/09/2008 01:16:09
I am told they do, but do they?
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: LeeE on 05/09/2008 01:20:09
Most human vomit hasn't been digested very much (it normally come from the stomach and not the intestines), so there's still quite a lot of nutrition left in it, if you don't mind the taste.
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: stevewillie on 13/09/2008 07:48:43
Paul

I'm curious. Why do you want to know this?
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: RD on 13/09/2008 17:17:16
Birds (as chicks) are fed regurgitated food by their parents.
So I suspect eating multicoloured yawn would not be a problem.
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: paul.fr on 13/09/2008 23:12:53
Paul

I'm curious. Why do you want to know this?

You know when you have been drinking too much and vomit at the end of the night, it then "vanishes" before you wake up...
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: stevewillie on 14/09/2008 00:01:17
Paul,

Any dead birds around? That stuff is pretty acidic when it's fresh. I don't know what the tolerance for low pH is for birds given their small size, but I guess birds like most animals have a sense for what they can eat and what to avoid. If you have a pet bird, it might be a way to save some money on bird feed. By the way I posted a response to your question re GM plants. Its not very informative however since it depends on just what genetic modifications have been made.
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: TonyCap on 15/09/2008 01:39:58
Paul

I'm curious. Why do you want to know this?

You know when you have been drinking too much and vomit at the end of the night, it then "vanishes" before you wake up...


Do you have a pet bird?
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: AllenG on 15/09/2008 03:02:49
We had some buzzards (Turkey Vulture) nest in the hayloft of our barn. 
I used to throw McDonalds hamburgers to them and they ate those. That ain't much different.
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: Vadermort on 19/12/2008 15:53:55
Ive been living in Perth, Australia recently, and being like any other college kid, Ive seen my share of spew. I did see a seagull getting his fork and knife out with a meal of someone's fresh upchuck on the pavement one night after some alcohol related events occurred.
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: Don_1 on 19/12/2008 17:29:28
Paul

I'm curious. Why do you want to know this?

You know when you have been drinking too much and vomit at the end of the night, it then "vanishes" before you wake up...


Do you have a pet bird?

Not anymore!!!

We had some buzzards (Turkey Vulture) nest in the hayloft of our barn. 
I used to throw McDonalds hamburgers to them and they ate those. That ain't much different.

Never a truer word spoken in jest.
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: Alandriel on 19/12/2008 20:19:43


           pigeons eat.................. anything  [xx(]
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: ukmicky on 19/12/2008 22:08:44
Whats worse ,me eating stuffed pigs intestine or birds eating vomit
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: Squeak on 30/12/2008 23:25:17
Whats worse ,me eating stuffed pigs intestine or birds eating vomit

AKA Sausages
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: blakestyger on 05/01/2009 11:25:16
Whats worse ,me eating stuffed pigs intestine or birds eating vomit

AKA Sausages

Sausages are very interesting in that they have been around at least since fifth-century BCE Athens, where they were served at the theatre, and appear to have spread everywhere the Romans went too. It is an efficient way to package and cook meat, especially the gopping bits that are best not seen.
Some modern sauasages can be very fine but inevitably it's the bad one that gets the exposure.
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: lyner on 05/01/2009 15:18:13
You can get locked up for exposing your sausage - even if it's a good one.
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: LeeE on 05/01/2009 19:29:05
Quote
...but inevitably it's the bad one that gets the exposure

Delinquent sausages??

"Tonight on Sky One's 'Ross Kemp on Gangs'; When sausages go bad"
Title: Do birds eat human vomit?
Post by: mistyB on 07/01/2009 21:45:11
I always assumed birds, not being very bright, would eat anything.  Then again I swallowed a penny when I was a child.

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