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> How much methane did flocks of pigeons generate if they were so large that they were able to darken the sky. Sorry, what?

• 6d6b73 5y ago
  Pigeons poop. If there is a lot of them there is a lot of poop. Lota of pigeons-> lots of poop-> lots of methane
  • 0xfaded 5y ago
    Cows have bacteria in their rumen which produce methane. As a curiosity, I ddg’d “do pigeons fart”, and according to pigeonpedia they do not because they have short digestive tracts lacking gas producing bacteria. https://pigeonpedia.com/do-pigeons-fart/ https://pigeonpedia.com/do-pigeons-fart/
  • pfdietz 5y ago
    Bird poop tends to be dispersed (with some exceptions), and so will tend to decompose aerobically, which does not produce methane.