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Birds eat stones, a behavior known as "grit-ingesting," to help with digestion. The stones help grind up food in the bird's gizzard, a muscular part of the stomach, aiding in the breakdown of tough food items like seeds and insects. This process helps birds extract more nutrients from their food and maintain a healthy digestive system.
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What kind of birds eat butterflies?
Tropical Region Birds and Insectivorous Birds eat butterflies but there might be more birds that eat butterflies.
What animal eat butterfly?
Animals such as birds , frogs and lizards eat butterflies.
Do hawks eat bacteria?
No, hawks do not eat bacteria. Hawks are carnivorous birds of prey and typically hunt and feed on small animals such as insects, rodents, and other birds. They do not consume bacteria as a part of their diet.
How does the viceroy butterfly not benefit from eating milkweed?
The viceroy butterfly does not eat milkweed, it is a mimic of the monarch butterfly which does eat milkweed. The milkweed makes the monarch butterfly toxic to birds. Once a bird eats its first monarch butterfly it gets so sick that it learns to never try to eat anything that looks like a monarch butterfly ever again. The viceroy butterfly has evolved to mimic the monarch butterfly to avoid being eaten by birds that have previously tried eating a monarch butterfly.
What is the nature of the relationship between hippos and birds in the wild?
Hippos and birds have a symbiotic relationship in the wild. Birds often perch on hippos to feed on parasites and insects on their skin, while hippos benefit from the birds' cleaning services. This mutually beneficial interaction helps both species stay healthy in their natural habitat.
What diet causes gallbladder stones?
When you eat a lot of birds and stones.
Why does the birds stores stones in its body?
many birds will eat small stones or gravel. These go into the crop and assist in breaking down food particles.
Why do chickens and other birds eat rocks?
they eat small stones called grit - it turns into the shell on their eggs. in the wild birds would eat the shell on unwanted eggs to create new ones.
How do birds do not benefit the beaches?
It means very pretty plus the birds stool on the beaches and they eat up all our fish
What is the birds that eats stones?
Chickens are one type of bird that eat pebbles to help grind down food in their gullet.
Does a honeyguidebird and a badger have a relationship of mutualismparasitismorcommensalism?
Honeyguides birds and honey badgers have a relationship of mutalism. They both benefit from the relationship. Honeyguide birds show the Badgers where the beehives are. The Badgers break them open to eat the honey and bee larvae, and they leave scraps which the birds can eat.
Why cant you shoot wildfowl with lead shot?
Because any shot that misses the target falls to the ground where birds eat it, resulting in lead poisoning. Birds mistake the lead shot for small stones which they regularly eat to store in their crop, a small muscular pouch where the stones mix with seeds and grind them up prior to being digested in the stomach.
Is it bad to eat stones when you are pregnant?
It is bad to eat stones period!
How bird butterfly and spiders benefit from members of the angiosperms?
Birds, butterflies, and Spiders can benefit from members of the angiosperms because it provides them with food. The plants benefit because the birds, butterflies, and spiders aid in pollination.
Why do birds eat gravel?
i think they eat gravel because it helps them digest stuff in their stomach. they arent the only animals who do that but i don't remember which anymal also does thatcuz they feel like it....gosh
What birds eat penguin?
birds that eat penguins
What do snow birds eat?
what does snow birds eat
