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    Why do birds not have genitals?

    Well since silly questions are the topics du jour

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    Rachey bit them off :shock:
    Last edited by homeboy; 21-04-2005 at 05:18 PM.

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    I don't see what was so silly about my question.

    Of course I know you get blind animals. I thought that blind dogs and cats might just be put down.

    And I have no idea why birds don't have genitals.

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    They have gonads they just don't have a pair of balls hanging down between their legs.
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    Why do they only shit? I;ve seen them drink water, where does it go?

    Why, when this very land on which the battle between Church and State was, for so many years, fought is continually being eroded by the sea. And cliffs are moving back by a rate of 4 meters per year

    I am aware of the topographical crisis.
    That's how fast you run, that is. I saw you on Sports Day

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    They must do - the cocks must have little cocks hidden in the feathers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tigerclaw
    Why do they only shit? I;ve seen them drink water, where does it go?
    Well I do know that birds excrete a mixture of piss and shit as they only have the one hole.

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    They shit but it also contains water its to do with the best way of maintaining nutrients their shit is not solid it is always in a liquid form.
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    horny

    They do, but you can't see them because they're only little peckers.

    *dies laughing*
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    Is it true that when a female bird lays an egg, the male bird then has to impregnate it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    Is it true that when a female bird lays an egg, the male bird then has to impregnate it?
    No its fertilised before she lays it
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    feces

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pickle
    No its fertilised before she lays it
    You or I couldn't hatch an egg though, could we? It's just a bird that can do that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    Is it true that when a female bird lays an egg, the male bird then has to impregnate it?
    I'm sure that's what I was told when I was younger... but it doesn't make sense

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    Is it true that when a female bird lays an egg, the male bird then has to impregnate it?
    The fertilisation takes place in the body when the egg is still soft

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    You or I couldn't hatch an egg though, could we? It's just a bird that can do that.
    In theory you could. You just have to keep it at a constant temperature though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    You or I couldn't hatch an egg though, could we? It's just a bird that can do that.
    Well if your saying could you keep a bird egg warm and hatch it yes you could, it needs a little bit of moisture every so often and to be turned every day a little and kept at 37 degrees (body heat) and to be made moist just before hatching ducks eggs average 31 days before hatching and chickens are about 28. Im a zoologist
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toyah
    In theory you could. You just have to keep it at a constant temperature though.
    essentially what happens to premature babies when they're put in an incubator

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    I want to hatch an egg!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    I want to hatch an egg!
    Go for it you'll get bored though and if you open it too soon well it ain't pretty
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pickle
    Go for it you'll get bored though and if you open it too soon well it ain't pretty
    But CAN make a lovely omelette
    Last edited by Agnetha; 21-04-2005 at 06:25 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pickle
    Go for it you'll get bored though and if you open it too soon well it ain't pretty
    I cracked open an egg once and it had a half-formed chick in it

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    WENDELL and Cass are the latest inhabitants of New York to come out as gay. What makes them unusual is that they are black-footed penguins.

    "They're one of the most dedicated couples in the penguin enclosure," said Angie Pelekedis, a spokesman for the New York Aquarium, on Coney Island. "They sleep in the same nest. They even have sex, though I don't know how successful that is."

    Both 14 - in their forties in human terms - the penguins have been together for about eight years, but since penguins have no external genitalia, it was only recently that keepers discovered that both were male.

    Stephanie Mitchell, a penguin keeper said: "I was only seeing one mate with the other, but then one of the other keepers saw it happen the other way round. We did a blood test that proved they were both male.

    "Cass tends to be a rather aggressive bird. Wendell is very nervous; always has been. He's on edge all the time. They're currently in a dispute with another couple over their nest. It seems to be one of the most desirable places in the penguin enclosure."

    I assume its the same for other birds too

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    Its manky and smell funny, and joey there is no way of knowing if the egg you try to hatch has been fertilised but take the gamble . .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph
    I cracked open an egg once and it had a half-formed chick in it
    You quite often see an embryo as a little spot of red in the yolk

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    I hate eggs. ANY EGGS.


    Except Kinder eggs
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    It is true baby birds eat their parents vomit?

    Why, when this very land on which the battle between Church and State was, for so many years, fought is continually being eroded by the sea. And cliffs are moving back by a rate of 4 meters per year

    I am aware of the topographical crisis.
    That's how fast you run, that is. I saw you on Sports Day

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    shocked

    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    I don't see what was so silly about my question.

    Of course I know you get blind animals. I thought that blind dogs and cats might just be put down.

    .
    WHY would they be put down? Good LORD!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tigerclaw
    It is true baby birds eat their parents vomit?
    Not EXACLTY no...they eat the regurgitated food...

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    My brother has hatched 3 lizard eggs so far in an incubator

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tigerclaw
    It is true baby birds eat their parents vomit?
    Yes, they mix it with bile salts to produce a sticky burny fluid that thye spit out at predators. :shock:
    Can't remember the name of the type of bird but they look cute and fluffy till they vom on you

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    Quote Originally Posted by RacheyBaby
    WHY would they be put down? Good LORD!
    Because they'd just be constantly bumping into things or falling downstairs or walking into the road!

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    hurt

    Quote Originally Posted by RacheyBaby
    Not EXACLTY no...they eat the regurgitated food...
    That's what I SAID!


    And I'm sure Joey could lay an egg. Putting it up there in the first place would be thee hard bit...

    Why, when this very land on which the battle between Church and State was, for so many years, fought is continually being eroded by the sea. And cliffs are moving back by a rate of 4 meters per year

    I am aware of the topographical crisis.
    That's how fast you run, that is. I saw you on Sports Day

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    Quote Originally Posted by Strebor
    You quite often see an embryo as a little spot of red in the yolk

    I had 2 eggs earlier and one had that...how vile

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    Because they'd just be constantly bumping into things or falling downstairs or walking into the road!

    Well dogs wouldnt....they have owners who look after them, cats use their sense of smell..its no different to blind children!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pickle
    Go for it you'll get bored though and if you open it too soon well it ain't pretty
    Why would I open the egg? The bird, who I will call Chirpy, would do that for themselves when it's good and ready.

    Where can I get an egg from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey
    Because they'd just be constantly bumping into things or falling downstairs or walking into the road!
    We tried that logic with DAF, but they wouldn't have it...

    Why, when this very land on which the battle between Church and State was, for so many years, fought is continually being eroded by the sea. And cliffs are moving back by a rate of 4 meters per year

    I am aware of the topographical crisis.
    That's how fast you run, that is. I saw you on Sports Day

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tigerclaw

    And I'm sure Joey could lay an egg. Putting it up there in the first place would be thee hard bit...
    This IS Joey you're talking about....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tigerclaw
    That's what I SAID!


    And I'm sure Joey could lay an egg. Putting it up there in the first place would be thee hard bit...
    Hard?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RacheyBaby
    I had 2 eggs earlier and one had that...how vile
    DEAD (bird) BABY EATER!

    Why, when this very land on which the battle between Church and State was, for so many years, fought is continually being eroded by the sea. And cliffs are moving back by a rate of 4 meters per year

    I am aware of the topographical crisis.
    That's how fast you run, that is. I saw you on Sports Day

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