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1 hour ago, mr peeps said:

Kingfishers, for one, do not eat seeds or anything that makes them poop seeds

Could they have the seeds on them, and not in them ? I know that some seeds could be transported because they attach to your clothes, to fur for some animals, do some seeds attach to the feathers of the birds ?

2 hours ago, mr peeps said:

birds also can't really carry diseases, unlike what Wilson says about pigeons

Avian flu, botulism, and so many more are associated with birds.

Heck, there are numerous sites and studies stating that bird can carry and can transmit diseases to humans.

 

3 hours ago, mr peeps said:

Kingfishers, for one, do not eat seeds or anything that makes them poop seeds

Also, if you look closely, you'll notice that Kingfishers in the wild in Hamlet will eat Koi, fish, and even meat that is left on the ground. Even then, they have been known to eat seeds, among other things.

23 minutes ago, watermelen671 said:

Avian flu, botulism, and so many more are associated with birds.

Heck, there are numerous sites and studies stating that bird can carry and can transmit diseases to humans.

 

 

Well, yeah bit of an oversight but I do not believe that they can transmit diseases because 1)very few birds can draw blood 2)if they can, most birds have no saliva to transmit the disease in, 3)if an animal with a disease bit a bird, the bird will most likely die anyways UNLESS its a mosquito

 

Also, about the kingfisher thing, Thanks! I didn't know that

31 minutes ago, mr peeps said:

Well, yeah bit of an oversight but I do not believe that they can transmit diseases because 1)very few birds can draw blood 2)if they can, most birds have no saliva to transmit the disease in, 3)if an animal with a disease bit a bird, the bird will most likely die anyways UNLESS its a mosquito

You're only considering one type of disease transmission, which is fluid exchange. But there are several other types of transmission.

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how birds spread diseaseshow you can catch a bird diseasetypes of bird diseases

I suggest looking further into it, and I recommended taking a look at this to start. :wilson_goodjob:

2 hours ago, watermelen671 said:

You're only considering one type of disease transmission, which is fluid exchange. But there are several other types of transmission.

I suggest looking further into it, and I recommended taking a look at this to start. :wilson_goodjob:

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huh

 

didn't know that. Thanks! Apologies, I have a pet bird, so ive been using my knowledge on birds from there, so I suppose its different. You like birds too? You seem quite knowledgeable

17 hours ago, mr peeps said:

huh

 

didn't know that. Thanks! Apologies, I have a pet bird, so ive been using my knowledge on birds from there, so I suppose its different. You like birds too? You seem quite knowledgeable

Nope. :wilson_ecstatic:

I just have a lot of time and plenty of Google tabs already open. :3

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