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Old Jan 18, 2006, 03:41 AM // 03:41   #1
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Title+u give them a alka seltzer??? if so i want to see a picture itd be so funny 2 see one getting blown up
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 03:42 AM // 03:42   #2
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no they don't they just throw up
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 03:43 AM // 03:43   #3
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Lol no, I think that's just a myth, like feeding pigeons dry grains of rice. (still fun to try though )
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 03:44 AM // 03:44   #4
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http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_081.html
That says that its a myth...

I have feed my bird rice though and it died the next day
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 03:46 AM // 03:46   #5
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ive had asked my science teacher before, (i still asked here because i quite didnt get what she meant)and she said, seagulls cannot release gas or w/e and they painfully die and something about their stomachs blowing up
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hmm that would be interesting. maybe u should sent that into mythbusters and see if they will do an expriement on it? though it mite be considered animal cruelalty...
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 03:56 AM // 03:56   #7
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no need they already did
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 04:02 AM // 04:02   #8
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no need they already did
The mythbusters did a test with a pig stomach and pop rocks and soda, but nothing with exploding pigeons.
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 04:04 AM // 04:04   #9
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I was just gonna suggest MythBusters lol. LOVE that show.
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Still can't get over what they did to the cement truck...

And I've heard about their stomachs blowing up and killing them before myself. I think it is pretty believable.
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 04:19 AM // 04:19   #11
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I think that their stomach could blow up, but the outside would look relatively the same once it blew up.
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 04:24 AM // 04:24   #12
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mythbusters is a GREAT show. taht would be so awesome if they tested that myth. someone has to send it in to them!!!
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i love mythbusters
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The mythbusters did a test with a pig stomach and pop rocks and soda, but nothing with exploding pigeons.
i wasn't talkin about the pigeons i was talkin about the seagulls
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Old Jan 18, 2006, 11:07 AM // 11:07   #15
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not sure if it applies to seagull but pigeons do blow up if u give them baking soda to eat. They cant release the gas and explode. This is wot I ve herd anyway
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