tell-UN-igent 
Mar 27, 2002
| The few benefits of peristalsis. |
rayneeday
Mar 27, 2002
| That explains why our beer drinking parrot mascot back in my fraternity days could never do a keg invert!!! |
bighippo4
Apr 04, 2002
| good job Blaze! |
rose_rox  
Apr 09, 2002
| Drinking upside down must not be very comfortable........
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Mogmatt16 
Apr 10, 2002
| unless you know that, you'll never figure this out! |
emilymonkeymaia
Apr 12, 2002
| That was really hard! |
(user deleted)
Apr 13, 2002
| Yippee - more fun trivia to make me look smart at parties! Thanks! |
jatin13
Apr 24, 2002
| good one. |
poppyattex 
Apr 24, 2002
| birds need gravity to swallow water |
valeriy
Apr 24, 2002
| that wasn't so hard |
SandPman
May 12, 2002
| Wow - fun AND education all at the same time! Interesting. |
O_wise_one
May 19, 2002
| Strange.....that's all I got to say |
emmyluzam
May 31, 2002
| you could also say that the birds coudn't reach the water because they were floating, but that's a rubbish suggestion of mine |
cleverclogs
Jun 25, 2002
| I thought it had something to do with gravity but i just didn't know what. Good one! |
boldgold
Jul 17, 2002
| Can't they have the water injected into them? |
bmotts
Aug 12, 2002
| The rainydee comment really made me laugh!
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BrenBeadSP
May 31, 2004
| Wonder if they could sing in space? |
vbfreak55
May 31, 2004
| That was really hard!! I think it wasn't a very good teaser, because if you weren't a super smart person who studies birds, then you wouldn't have a clue what the answer was. sorry!  |
RushHour1049
Aug 19, 2004
| Interesting! Thanks for the bird info |
rashad 
Aug 31, 2004
| It is not about knowing the teaser answers, it is about learning from the answer!
This is a very good info.
For example if you had a science fair about birds,i am sure that you will be the only one presenting this strange fact.
Very nice teaser, and most important, thanx for this precious fact 
If you have some more than please let us see them soon. |
tiptoes007berbs
Jan 24, 2005
| Well said... I enjoyed that one alot |
dutchymonster
Dec 17, 2006
| Thanks I learnt a very important fact. I'll bear it in mind next time I think of taking my pet canary for a trip to space!  |
jazzmusician46
Apr 28, 2008
| Very nice Dutchy!  |
Meganan  
Apr 28, 2008
| Great teaser. Keep them coming.  |
bradon182001
Apr 28, 2008
| Do tell. Ofcourse I didn't know that about canaries. Interesting bit of trivia. Thanks for posting.  |
jabdr
Apr 28, 2008
| Well, well, well. I'm going to file
this under "facts I probably won't ever need again". BUT...kudos for the posting (which I've never done).   |
doehead
Apr 28, 2008
| Studying the art of comsumption made this one easy.Or should I say for the birds. |
avonma
Apr 28, 2008
| I knew he wouldn't be able to drink because of his beak. I didn't really figure out WHY. They put water in their beak and tip their beak up and let the water slide down their throats. So, of course, they would need gravity.
Interesting. Never thought about that. |
mi2mo2tx
Apr 28, 2008
| Didn't know that bit of trivia. Interesting! |
Scubee
Apr 28, 2008
| There are some pigeons that do not require gravity to swallow. They actually have the ability to do so without lifting their head back. |
aranara89
Apr 28, 2008
| huh... very interesting, never knew that. Thanks for making me think |
UptheHill
Apr 28, 2008
| Well you do learn something new every day! |
mattstoc
Apr 28, 2008
| Wouldn't the validation of that fact be one of the things studied by putting the canary into space. I mean until you put the canary in space (or remove gravity by someother means) you can't be 100% sure they need gravity to swallow. |
FatHead
Apr 28, 2008
| Dehydration. Space. When you put the two together, it wasn't that hard. |
leroy_h
Apr 28, 2008
| I TRUSTED MY FIRST THOUGHT AND I GOT IT RIGHT. I LIKED THE TEASER AND KEEP THEM COMING!!!!! |
lizardlee
May 08, 2008
| knew that!!! |
eamon
Apr 28, 2011
| Answer
Birds, unlike humans, need gravity to swallow.
Should say MOST birds, unlike humans, need gravity to swallow.
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Presumably, I'd also imagine it would be a huge problem to teach a bird brain how and where to access the water supply which would need to be kept in a dispenser of some type anyway. I mean chimps and dogs etc would be no problem.
I'm thinking we need to "intubate" the little fellas straight to their stomachs and tape the tubes in place for the duration.
Wait - this was just a fun puzzle not an engineering challenge. My bad.
Anyone know how ya get yellow feathers out of duct tape? |
