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news.scotsman.com...
Deluge of turtle doves 'caused by indigestion'
Published Date: 10 January 2011
By Staff Reporter
A THOUSAND turtle doves that rained down from the sky were killed by massive indigestion brought on by over eating, the director of an Italian zoological institute has said.
The bodies of the birds, which also had a mysterious blue tinge to their beaks, have been picked up for the last week in what is the latest in a global phenomenon. The incident comes after similar cases in the United States where thousands of blackbirds fell from the sky, while in Sweden fifty jackdaws were found dead.
In Italy the birds were found at Faenza close to Ravenna and tests have been carried out on the bodies for the last week with official results due today.
However yesterday Rodolfo Ridolfi, a director at the regional zoological institute, said: "We are fairly confident the birds died as a result of massive indigestion."
Thousands of turtle doves fell from the sky last week in Italy and zoo experts believe the deaths were caused by massive indigestion.
Bird experts believe overeating was their downfall.
Nadia Caselli, a member of an Italian bird association said they appear to have overeaten sunflower seeds, which damage their livers and kidneys. The seeds are mostly waste from a nearby oil factory.
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The birds found on the streets of Faenza, about 30 miles southeast of Bologna, underwent numerous tests. Even though official results aren’t out yet, Rodolfo Ridolfi, a director at the regional zoological institute said, "We are fairly confident the birds died as a result of massive indigestion."
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Originally posted by boondock-saint
Here's an experiment I did back when I was
a teenager and got similar results.
I was on the beach underneath a flock of Sea Gulls.
And my buddy told me to toss up an Antacid pill
into the air and the gulls would catch & swallow it and die.
And sure enough, they did. Birds do not have the
ability to burp. Their intestines exploded and
they had blue beaks. That was over 25 years ago
so the Statue of Limitations is up on that incident.
So I'm sharing the results.