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2008/11/22 Margaret E.Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
> Do orioles, well birds in general, get drunk?
Yup...the cute chick I dated...
...oh, never mind.
All the fruit eaters are susceptible, and waxwings are perhaps best known
for it. The fruit on the tree/vine/shrub ferments, and the birds that eat it
may get drunk.
This makes me wonder about biomagnification (hmmm...I'm not sure if that's
the right term or not...the process by which toxins accumulate in top
predators after eating toxic prey that has eaten toxic food...)...would a
goshawk or fox get drunk by eating a flock of pickled waxwings?
Randy
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RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.
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<div>2008/11/22 Margaret E.Millard <span dir="ltr"><mmillard@eastlink.ca></span><br></div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Do orioles, well birds in general, get drunk? </blockquote>
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<div>Yup...the cute chick I dated...</div>
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<div> ...oh, never mind.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>All the fruit eaters are susceptible, and waxwings are perhaps best known for it. The fruit on the tree/vine/shrub ferments, and the birds that eat it may get drunk.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>This makes me wonder about biomagnification (hmmm...I'm not sure if that's the right term or not...the process by which toxins accumulate in top predators after eating toxic prey that has eaten toxic food...)...would a goshawk or fox get drunk by eating a flock of pickled waxwings?</div>
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<div>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br></div>
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