Inquiring Minds Want To Know: Answering Google Questions About Birds

The auto-fill feature of Google's search bar provides an incredible wealth of national sociological information.  What are people really wondering when we aren't worried about what we're asking? What are the answers we're searching for?  

Turns out it's mostly pictures of actresses' feet.  But sometimes it's answers about birds!  I began a number of bird-related queries and let the auto-fill tell me what the inquiring minds of this nation were pondering, and I'm here now to provide answers to what, clearly, and, sadly, are our most pressing bird-related questions.

• Do Birds Pee?

Nope! Unlike mammals, birds don't have a urethra.  They turn everything into uric acid and let it all go from the anus.

• Do Birds Have Sex?

You bet your dirty mind they do! Here's a gross photo gallery with proof!

•  Do Birds Sleep?

Yes they do!  I've covered this topic in depth on another website.

•  Do Birds Fart?

Wow great question!  I have no idea, so I had to go to Popular Science for an answer (and thank god they've got their best men and women on it).  The answer is that they could but they don't.  They have the anatomical structures for it, but lack the gas-forming bacteria in their guts that couch potatoes like you and I do. 

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