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Title: Do birds go somewhere to die?
Post by: thedoc on 09/08/2016 10:50:45

Michelle Perrins asked the Naked Scientists:







   Hello







I would like to know where birds go to die? The only dead birds I have seen are from road kill, a cat/dog's kill or a baby bird that fell out of the nest.







What do you think?

Title: Hear the answer to this question on our show
Post by: thedoc on 09/08/2016 16:38:13

We discussed this question on our  show
We put this to Eleanor Drinkwater, from the University of Cambridge...
Click to visit the show page for the podcast in which this question is answered. (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/naked-scientists/show/20160809-2/) Alternatively, [chapter podcast=1001410 track=16.08.09/Naked_Scientists_Show_16.08.09_1005560.mp3](https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenakedscientists.com%2FHTML%2Ftypo3conf%2Fext%2Fnaksci_podcast%2Fgnome-settings-sound.gif&hash=f2b0d108dc173aeaa367f8db2e2171bd) listen to the answer now[/chapter] or [download as MP3] (http://nakeddiscovery.com/downloads/split_individual/16.08.09/Naked_Scientists_Show_16.08.09_1005560.mp3)

Title: Re: Do birds go somewhere to die?
Post by: exothermic on 27/08/2016 01:52:11

Quote from: Michelle Perrins

Do birds go somewhere to die?

Yes. The ground.

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Title: Re: Do birds go somewhere to die?
Post by: exothermic on 27/08/2016 01:57:25

Quote from: Michelle Perrins

The only dead birds I have seen are from road kill, a cat/dog's kill or a baby bird that fell out of the nest.

The only reason even you saw them in the first place was because you got there before the scavengers did.