Comment on How to clean a rescued pigeon

• EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Though, you wouldn’t want to eat one you “recovered” from an urban area that’s had an unknown diet due to all the toxins it may have accumulated in its body.

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  • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Incidentally that’s also why you shouldn’t eat me.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Are you from an urban area?

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      • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I am from a very rural area but I’m currently in one of the largest metro areas in the US.

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  • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Meh, I’ve eaten pigeons plenty times in my childhood. That my grandma “recovered” this way, from a back then suburban area. I’m still alive.

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  • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, they could have microplastics in their testicles.

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    • EtherWhack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Or even their [crop](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_(anatomy). Pigeons are known to ingest what they think are stones which stay in their crop and act as a grit which will grind down whatever is eaten.

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