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Except that the photos of injury they showed were damage to the duck's feet - i.e. not part of the digestive tract, and very much part of the body that's submer
by tofof 5y ago
Except that the photos of injury they showed were damage to the duck's feet - i.e. not part of the digestive tract, and very much part of the body that's submerged in water the entire time the bird floats on a lake.
- blamazon 5y agoGood catch, so they are probably ‘cooked’ from both ends topologically.
- Retric 5y agoThey don’t extract those birds at the moment of death, it’s likely most of that damage occurred after death. So sure, every part of bird exposed to the acid is causing harm, it’s just death is caused from the inside rather than damage to the birds skin. Further it’s likely their exposure is mostly from drinking thus inside out.