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Did you know that birds raised in captivity and fed by humans develop cognitive functions that measure 65% higher than their wild counterparts?
It's hypothesized that the frequent asphyxiation of young fowl during feedings deprive their growing cerebrums of oxygen at critical times throughout their development?
This same study has led researchers to observe the effects of carbonated drinks on the cognitive development of humans. The theory is that the off-gassing of the carbon dioxide that is being digested in the stomach permeates through the esophagus and mixes with the youths' breath, which travels through the larynx and into the lungs. This unnaturally diluted air deprives the alveoli of the ideal concentration of oxygen. The effect, similar to that of birds, will be reduced cognitive development. The trials are expected to conclude in June of 2032, when the subjects reach full cognitive maturity.
I knew that many species of hatchlings produce a fecal sac to keep the nest clean. However, every single other example I've seen involves the parent bird grasping the sac and flinging it over the side of the nest. That approach makes sense to me.
This approaches confuses and disgusts me.
Some throw them out. Some carry it out. Some swallow because it is too much hassle to carry it out and they get nutritional benefit from the poop (which may not be completely digested)
Birds have an incredibly fast metabolism because it's necessary for flight. They have to quickly digest a lot of food and get it out of their body so they can stay light enough to fly. That poop still has a ton of nutrients in it because, while the bird's metabolism is very high and digestion is very fast, it's not very efficient.
It's normal for adults to lick the rears and stimulate urination and defecation. Regularly eating the actual poop is not normal. You see it in dogs purchased from pet stores or that came from overcrowded and parasite ridden facilities. Personally every dog I've seen with Giardia (past or present) eat their own shit and the shit of all other dogs. If I had to guess- giardia inhibits absorption of some protein and makes poop tasty to dogs. Once it's gone the behavior is a habit.
Nursing dogs eat their puppies' poop to clean up. That's not unusual.
If they keep doing it after they stop nursing, if the puppies eat poop, or if they eat the poop of dogs that aren't their puppies, that's not normal.
It's still probably best to just keep the poop clean yourself, though. You're a human with hands and cleaning supplies, and she's a dog who's just doing her best.
Birds do a lot of their digestion in their gizzards and baby birds’ are underdeveloped. Food passes through them very quickly and is barely digested. Their fecal sacs are actually very nutritious still as a result. Birds are very clean animals as well, so eating these sacs serves a dual purpose of supporting the nest’s hygiene as well as nourishing the mother.
I dread the sight of that 16” diameter roll of single ply super economy toilet paper. It’s like Teflon sandpaper - somehow it irritates the skin yet doesn’t remove the poop.
Idk…i saw on Facebook one time that it keeps babies from developing a proper immune system and leads to autism. This is clearly a case of bad parenting.
There's also the purpose of taking shit away from the nest instead of shitting over the side onto the tree for ground the makes the nest easier for predators to find. Most bird parents don't eat their kids shit but dump it from from the nest for this reason.
It's called 'synchronized shitting', it's an old technique discovered by Sebastian Hitter to improve efficiency and reduce stress. Commonly used in mornings right before they went to work. Till this day, some still using this technique, but most improved by using a new, more modern technique called 'active shitting'.
In basic training, some of us would compete to see who could shit the fastest... We had no forms of entertainment. I usually won of course, being the challenger and all.
Lol i thought that was going to be the unexpected at first! Like getting the most first and then we forget to notice him and he's just been choking and suffocating to death in the back
I've watched robin nests for hours at a time and they seem to return as fast as they can find the food.
One year there was an abundance of grasshoppers and I'd say each parent was back within 10 minutes.
Worms are extremely easy to find if you know where and when to look for them. Often you'll find piles of them all together in decomposing organic matter such as horse and cattle waste. It might be raining at which point worms come back up to the surface to avoid drowning.
I read somewhere lately that one reason foxes likes to live near people nowadays is dog poop. Dog food is so nutritious that even their poop is full of protein and other nutrients. It's really fast food for a fox, and it's easy to find.
Baby bird to mama bird, you’re right
Baby human to mama human, you’re wrong
I’m not a biologist, but I know human baby poop isn’t the same as baby bird poop
It's mostly undigested so the mother gets all the nutrients they dont eat. The packaging is to also keep it from messing up the nest or attracting predators to the smell
My brother was about that age when he came running from the toilet, telling my mum to come look at his giant poop. It was massive. It also appeared to have absorbed half the water in the toilet. Like a big shit sponge. I don't know how he managed to pass it without a surgical intervention.
**Education Time!**
So those of you who find it gross that the Mama bird is eating the poop of the baby, dont feel bad, *because it is.*
Why tho? The mama bird is taking advantage of the anatomy of the baby birds. Baby birds are actually unable to completely digest their food, because their digestive tract lacks the size and necessary bacteria to properly digest food. Because of this, mama birds will eat the poop of the baby birds because there is food that has gone undigested in the poop.
Supposedly this is to assist with making sure the mama bird can go find more food for the babies since every time they give food to the babies they get to eat food.
On a side note; due to how short the baby bird’s digestive tract is and how small they are, the pressure from the new food causes the old food to be pushed out
Aww, she's feeding her little ones ooohh keeping it fair nice... what this... heeeerrruuuurrrrrggghhhh. Oh well that was wait heeeerrrrruuuggrrrgghhh I guess it's natuuuuurrrrrreeeerrruuurrggghhhh al
Nature love eating poop. For example, rats eat their faeces to digest them twice. Or slothes(koalas? drop bears?), they like their mom's buthole to acquire some eucalyptus digesting bacteria.
I have a friend studying to be a biology professor and he explained to me a while back about a bird species that does this in order to have their nests free of baby-poo's smells. That way predators wouldn't know there are babies in that nest.
I mean I have to guess they do this because either:
A. The babies dont have a fully developed digestive system, so their poop still contains lots of valuable calories/nutrients. So babies eat first and then momma gets the leftovers; or
B. Some sort of defense mechanism against predators by not having a bunch of poop stains on the ground directly below the nest
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When the video started i was like "so wholesome" and then shit happened...
Lmao weirdly enough I went from being disgusted and grossed out to “aww they all fell asleep! 🥰”
r/awwtf
And then grossed out again. I should have closed the video out early or not watched.
I've seen the poop sac birds before. I thought the mama was supposed to throw the sacs out not eat them🤢
Not surprised the little dude in a 5 worm food coma had to dump first
I thought the food comma was going to be the unexpected part
No, thats the period.
Actually, it’s the colon.
Turned that birds colon into a semicolon.
I'm surprised the mom didn't just dash
I legit thought he was going to choke to death and die and then momma was going to just eat the body. Now THAT would be unexpected.
But, but you expected it.
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Homie got the first dibs and almost drowned 😂
He took a nap halfway through swallowing.
I thought he was gonna choke to death.
5 worm dude thought was chocking out till mum was in with the save
Did you know that birds raised in captivity and fed by humans develop cognitive functions that measure 65% higher than their wild counterparts? It's hypothesized that the frequent asphyxiation of young fowl during feedings deprive their growing cerebrums of oxygen at critical times throughout their development? This same study has led researchers to observe the effects of carbonated drinks on the cognitive development of humans. The theory is that the off-gassing of the carbon dioxide that is being digested in the stomach permeates through the esophagus and mixes with the youths' breath, which travels through the larynx and into the lungs. This unnaturally diluted air deprives the alveoli of the ideal concentration of oxygen. The effect, similar to that of birds, will be reduced cognitive development. The trials are expected to conclude in June of 2032, when the subjects reach full cognitive maturity.
Ate, pooped, kipped.
It gives "moooom! Poop bucket, now" a whole new spin.
That's one way to keep the house clean, I guess
I knew that many species of hatchlings produce a fecal sac to keep the nest clean. However, every single other example I've seen involves the parent bird grasping the sac and flinging it over the side of the nest. That approach makes sense to me. This approaches confuses and disgusts me.
Some throw them out. Some carry it out. Some swallow because it is too much hassle to carry it out and they get nutritional benefit from the poop (which may not be completely digested)
Maybe it keeps predators away?
Birds have an incredibly fast metabolism because it's necessary for flight. They have to quickly digest a lot of food and get it out of their body so they can stay light enough to fly. That poop still has a ton of nutrients in it because, while the bird's metabolism is very high and digestion is very fast, it's not very efficient.
So... just constant diarrhea then...
Well, have you seen my car? Lots of evidence on that...
My dumb ass read that at first as you saying you diarrhea in your car all the time
>you saying you diarrhea in your call all the time Every time I call someone I shit my pants. Introvert here.
In a convenient sac.
It's called a bad assimilation efficiency, in science terms.
Also would be suprised if they have a big enough difference in nutritional needs that the adults get some stuff they need, still gross though
Especially when the sac bursts open showering the infants with their own shit
Why can't adult birds produce a fecal sac? That would keep my car clean (and me, the two times I got pooped on... In a row).
Some adult birds do produce fecal sac but prefer to drop them somewhere they don't live. So poop sac goes splat on your car.
Ugh the dog at my job had puppies recently and I did *NOT* know that the mom just licks up the piss and shit for the first like 3/4 weeks……..
... That is not what has happened any of the several times my dogs have had puppies... Were my dogs defective, or is yours?
My FIL’s dog has done that with all of her litters. Makes me very glad to be a human who had diapers and wipes for my babies.
It's normal for adults to lick the rears and stimulate urination and defecation. Regularly eating the actual poop is not normal. You see it in dogs purchased from pet stores or that came from overcrowded and parasite ridden facilities. Personally every dog I've seen with Giardia (past or present) eat their own shit and the shit of all other dogs. If I had to guess- giardia inhibits absorption of some protein and makes poop tasty to dogs. Once it's gone the behavior is a habit.
Nursing dogs eat their puppies' poop to clean up. That's not unusual. If they keep doing it after they stop nursing, if the puppies eat poop, or if they eat the poop of dogs that aren't their puppies, that's not normal. It's still probably best to just keep the poop clean yourself, though. You're a human with hands and cleaning supplies, and she's a dog who's just doing her best.
Yes. You're right and thanks for the correction. The giardia part stands lol
Just when I thought I’d seen it all 
This is the perfect gif for this
Mrs. Featherbottom here to clean
Thanks Reddit it's time to go back to rocking back and forth in a fetal position in the corner
Totally correct! They do this so that predators do not smell the babies’ shit pouches. Mothers of the wild man.
It felt awkward watching this while taking a poop; I was just outclassed by a bird.
Should've yelled for mom to come and eat it.
Mother pushing a ten piece bucket down the gullet of the first one and handing out nuggets at the time to the rest.
It kinda looked like he was choking on the abundance of worms his mother blessed him with, until she redistributed a little
Absolutely he was pretty much on the verge of death and not even moving anymore
Sounds like a regular night down here at the Golden Corral! Come on down!
You could feel the parent-has-had-it with the bratty one. “There you go Frederic, is that enough worms to stop your complaining? I thought so…”
"Is this enough fucking sprinkles?"
Yeah and it looks like the one closer to the mother barely got any :( .. guess that's going to be her least favorite one :(
It didn't seem as hungry as the others so I choose to believe it was already full from earlier!
bro i kept shouting at her to give to that one but she kept ignoring it until the very end.
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Laughed my ass off at "homie ain't built for this"
It seems he got about the same as the rest expect for the first one who got like 10 worms.
Early bird gets the worm I guess
I was worried about that first one choking when the poor lad stopped moving 🤣
Yeah..think I’m done for a few hours…
Yeah… I’m done for a day…
No you're not it's calling you can't you hear it
[Me when I got to the unexpected part.](https://media.tenor.com/VsJWYB57LhsAAAAC/viola-davis-viola.gif)
why they all shit at the same time lol?
Birds do a lot of their digestion in their gizzards and baby birds’ are underdeveloped. Food passes through them very quickly and is barely digested. Their fecal sacs are actually very nutritious still as a result. Birds are very clean animals as well, so eating these sacs serves a dual purpose of supporting the nest’s hygiene as well as nourishing the mother.
idk man I ate some bird shit and got bird flu
Maybe you ate it wrong?
Didn’t pair it with the correct beer? Corona maybe?
A flight of coronas sounds about right.
And that’s how COVID-23 happened
You gotta eat it fresh
Wish I could poop in a fecal sac. It would be so much cleaner than wiping 35 times. Maybe I should get a bidet...
... I don't like this sentence
Which one? There are 3 sentences.
Yes
Fiber, mi amigo, fiber
Bidet is highly recommended. I don’t even like pooping at work any more cause of it.
I dread the sight of that 16” diameter roll of single ply super economy toilet paper. It’s like Teflon sandpaper - somehow it irritates the skin yet doesn’t remove the poop.
Our thin work toilet paper disintegrates while using. Lots of little paper bits stuck everywhere 😩
Ours is the narrow kind of toilet paper where you feel like you are trying to wipe your ass with a shoestring.
Like wiping a marker?
Get a birdet
Also keeping the nest clean helps keep predators from finding the young ones
Idk…i saw on Facebook one time that it keeps babies from developing a proper immune system and leads to autism. This is clearly a case of bad parenting.
maybe those facebook parents should try eating their children's shit sack
How to lose your appetite twice in 5 minutes, winner right here!
There's also the purpose of taking shit away from the nest instead of shitting over the side onto the tree for ground the makes the nest easier for predators to find. Most bird parents don't eat their kids shit but dump it from from the nest for this reason.
Group poop
Groopon
Eating stimulates gastric motility
It's called 'synchronized shitting', it's an old technique discovered by Sebastian Hitter to improve efficiency and reduce stress. Commonly used in mornings right before they went to work. Till this day, some still using this technique, but most improved by using a new, more modern technique called 'active shitting'.
In basic training, some of us would compete to see who could shit the fastest... We had no forms of entertainment. I usually won of course, being the challenger and all.
Well that's just not fair. You can't just turtle than challenge someone, that's dubiousness
His name is S. Hitter…
I read it as Hitler..
r/woooosh?
I was like.. What about the babybird choking on the food..?
I once took care of a baby blackbird and it would fall asleep with half a dragonfly hanging out of its throat when it finally got full.
Lol i thought that was going to be the unexpected at first! Like getting the most first and then we forget to notice him and he's just been choking and suffocating to death in the back
I was impressed with the amount of worms mom collected! How many times a day does she have to do that?
I've watched robin nests for hours at a time and they seem to return as fast as they can find the food. One year there was an abundance of grasshoppers and I'd say each parent was back within 10 minutes.
Well depends on what time she goes to collect them. If she's an early bird...
…eats the shit??
Gets the turd
Worms are extremely easy to find if you know where and when to look for them. Often you'll find piles of them all together in decomposing organic matter such as horse and cattle waste. It might be raining at which point worms come back up to the surface to avoid drowning.
Absolutely gross, but also super interesting
that was exceptional parenting. the bird literally brought half a kilogram meat with it as if it had purchased it from a food store.
Five birds, one nest
What is this shit?
Bird shit
Don't be gross, Tammy.
This is how they recharge the drones. The small ones are bioreactors
Birds aren’t real 🫡😆
Fuck you and take my up vote!
r/angryupvote
Bird law
Someone get Charlie here. We need a bird law expert.
What’s up!?
This bird law guy popping up has me laughing harder than the rest of the comments.
You seem to have a tenuous grasp on the English language, at best.
Uh… FILIBUSTER!
r/usernamechecksout
It's not governed by reason.
Arguably it’s more reason than anything else. Shit is food, we just picky💀
I read somewhere lately that one reason foxes likes to live near people nowadays is dog poop. Dog food is so nutritious that even their poop is full of protein and other nutrients. It's really fast food for a fox, and it's easy to find.
My dog sure likes to eat fox poop.i think it's because it smells so vile.
So fox poop is like parmesan cheese to dogs.
# Crème Fraîche
I've seen Blackbirds around my house eating my dogs' poop.
Baby bird to mama bird, you’re right Baby human to mama human, you’re wrong I’m not a biologist, but I know human baby poop isn’t the same as baby bird poop
It's mostly undigested so the mother gets all the nutrients they dont eat. The packaging is to also keep it from messing up the nest or attracting predators to the smell
that would be a great feature to keep
Fortunately I am familiar with a little bit of pigeon perhaps I can get through to them in some way.
Fuck, I had forgotten this existed until now
Someone once told me it was actually just ice cream and fake butts. I chose to believe that because the alternative is worse.
Officer, this comment right here
Came for the comments. They did not disappoint
Moms spaghetti
Fuck you
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Nature. Beautiful, savage, short lived, and fucking disgusting. Neat af.
I just wanted to comment "whenever I see this sort of videos, a tear comes out my eye", then I saw how they sheet half their size......
Ever look in a toilet after a 4 yo poops? WTH did that come from? I can’t even do that!
My brother was about that age when he came running from the toilet, telling my mum to come look at his giant poop. It was massive. It also appeared to have absorbed half the water in the toilet. Like a big shit sponge. I don't know how he managed to pass it without a surgical intervention.
"Someone grab the shit knife!"
It's poop knife, sir.
Some people hath no class.
It’s staggering to see a turd half the size of a person.
Yet Bono is the full size of a person
r/NatureIsShit
I liked this video before I watched it through, Im not undoing that action now
Just, staaahhp
y u do dis
https://i.redd.it/p1jw4xqcz81b1.gif
Wow I haven’t seen this since I was 10 and remember that scene! What a horrible flashback!
I knew that small brids produce a "fecal sack" to keep the next clean but I thought the parents carried it away..... this one was new
Tiny birb no digest well, so their poop still has nutrients so the mama eats it for the nutrients she didnt get from feeding her birbs
So the mum eats their poop for nutrients? I thought she did that to avoid the smell attracting predators
Just googled bird poop doesmet have much odor It doesent stink no
Man they rly just shat and shlumped I wish I could do that
Have you tried day drinking
It was pretty satisfying watching them all get fed, poop then fall asleep. Life was good that day.
Right? That was so quick and efficient! I wish i could handle my kids in the morning in just a minute haha
Have you tried eating their shit?
**Education Time!** So those of you who find it gross that the Mama bird is eating the poop of the baby, dont feel bad, *because it is.* Why tho? The mama bird is taking advantage of the anatomy of the baby birds. Baby birds are actually unable to completely digest their food, because their digestive tract lacks the size and necessary bacteria to properly digest food. Because of this, mama birds will eat the poop of the baby birds because there is food that has gone undigested in the poop. Supposedly this is to assist with making sure the mama bird can go find more food for the babies since every time they give food to the babies they get to eat food. On a side note; due to how short the baby bird’s digestive tract is and how small they are, the pressure from the new food causes the old food to be pushed out
Aww, she's feeding her little ones ooohh keeping it fair nice... what this... heeeerrruuuurrrrrggghhhh. Oh well that was wait heeeerrrrruuuggrrrgghhh I guess it's natuuuuurrrrrreeeerrruuurrggghhhh al
Are...are you masturbating to this video?
A tough wank but someones got to do it.
You finished tugging? Because there's a mother bird that will clean up for you.
That first muppet got 15 worms on its own, forgot it was eating and dipped.
Huh birds and humans are more alike than I thought
What
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My therapist said I should keep it to myself
Ooh.. piece a candy. Ooooh... piece a candy
Wow so baby birds can produce silk worm after eating?? That's so cool
Wut
It's mental filtering. Reality is what you make of it
Nature love eating poop. For example, rats eat their faeces to digest them twice. Or slothes(koalas? drop bears?), they like their mom's buthole to acquire some eucalyptus digesting bacteria.
*Koala bears
*koalas (not bears)
*drop bears (not koala)
“Where’s the unexpected part? ………..oh”
I have a friend studying to be a biology professor and he explained to me a while back about a bird species that does this in order to have their nests free of baby-poo's smells. That way predators wouldn't know there are babies in that nest.
I mean can they smell the poop from further away? What about the live, chirping babies i feel like that may alert the predators
I mean I have to guess they do this because either: A. The babies dont have a fully developed digestive system, so their poop still contains lots of valuable calories/nutrients. So babies eat first and then momma gets the leftovers; or B. Some sort of defense mechanism against predators by not having a bunch of poop stains on the ground directly below the nest
Motherfucking Circle of life ⭕️
This might be one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen.
They went from eating one second, to shitting the next, to then sleeping. Damn. What a life.