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Re:A man who shoots at birds to keep them off a toxic pit [v... by tofof on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:19PM (#29370713)
Except that the photos of injury they showed were damage to the duck's feet - i.e. not part of the digestive tract, and very much part of the body that's submerged in water the entire time the bird floats on a lake.
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Re:A man who shoots at birds to keep them off a toxic pit [v... by blamazon on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:21PM (#29370736)
Good catch, so they are probably ‘cooked’ from both ends topologically.
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Re:A man who shoots at birds to keep them off a toxic pit [v... by Retric on Sunday November 28, 2021 @12:33PM (#29370867)
They don’t extract those birds at the moment of death, it’s likely most of that damage occurred after death.

So sure, every part of bird exposed to the acid is causing harm, it’s just death is caused from the inside rather than damage to the birds skin. Further it’s likely their exposure is mostly from drinking thus inside out.

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