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How Birds Breathe with their Butts
By: Masked Man Date: June 8, 2025, 1:28 pm
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How Birds Breathe with their Butts
SUMMARY:
The avian respiratory system is the most efficient in the animal
kingdom, which explains how birds get enough oxygen to power
flight, even at high altitudes where oxygen is scarce. A key
feature that makes avian respiration special is the fact that
they have static lungs and breath unidirectionally by breathing
with air sacs throughout their body instead of diaphragms common
in other land animals.
lINK:
https://carnegiemnh.org/how-birds-breathe-with-their-butts/
Masked Man Commentary:
wow ya learn something new everyday .. I would speculate this
might shed light on why avian flu might be so transmissible
through birds.
While I�m not a scientist I would hypothesize that this
anatomical feature Amongst birds might actually contribute to
the ways bird flu Is transmitted and why it is not wise to let
other animals such as pets , children, and adults frequent in
the bedding area of poultry and flocks of birds.
�just my theory of course and pondering these matters in
somewhat layman like general fashion here's how I fathom many
of these viruses get set off and thrive �
Regardless of whether this breathing through butt helps transmit
viruses, we do know chickens pretty much drag and slide their
butts over everything while they graze at same time because
their legs are so short�
other animals such as bats hang upside licking themselves
combining saliva with fecal matter as it drops to ground where
other animals tread. Anyway it is worth exploring and worth
mentioning these anatomical differences in animals such as
chickens and bats likely contribute to the success of them
transmitting diseases perhaps more so than other animals. That
being said any fast food worker or person that works directly in
the public know all too well that the human animal is probably
on par with most animals when it comes to hygiene.
So it is often said water or liquid is a key ingredient in
airborne illnesses and a factor not to be dismissed.. an
ingredient involved in fecal matter and saliva .. of course the
possible carrier is water that is also airborne (inhale-able
water composed of minuscule water droplets. I think the oxygen
we breathe in contains hydro/tiny bits of water in it which
accounts for why people can get sick from one another breathing
the same air because air/oxygen has hydro/water in it hence the
�water droplets�) .. .perhaps minute-sized dust/tail feather
dust is inhaled that rides in on the minuscule water
droplets/condensation that is always present in the oxygen we
breathe in a certain proximity is how the disease transmits or
is transported� (all this invisible of course unseen by our
mortal eyes but seen and proven through electron microscope)
When thinking about airborne diseases, That's a crucial thing
the average person doesn't always consider is that water is
already there present in the air we breathe because oxygen
contains water and that that water is unseen and unfelt So
accordingly minuscule particles have opportunity to ride in the
air when asymptomatic people/animals breathe, sing, laugh,
whistle, cluck, or pant and not just when they sneeze or cough.
I also tend to assume here viral particles can rest and or are
stirred up on and off surfaces as well for as long as the
particles remain active and haven�t dissolved or dissipated for
some time period under certain favorable conditions such as heat
and ultralight/ factors or without antiseptic germ killing
system involved to speed up that process.
�this is how I as a layperson imagine/assume how the
transmission occurs which involves microscopic entities only
seen by electron microscope.
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