I rencently heard this from someone that if you feed a bird rice it will blow up and die right then and there. I really dont know if this is true or not but all I want to know is, is this true?
2006-06-17 05:10:28 · 16 answers · asked by Kayli (: 4 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Well...if the rice has miniature dynamites inside then SURE!! :D
2006-06-17 05:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Truth:
The consensus of the multiple organizations checked with is that this is Fiction! It's an urban legend that some say got started, or at least propelled, when Ann Landers gave advice in her column in the mid-sixties that the rice would do bad things to birds.
The folks at Birder's magazine, Birdwatcher Digest, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the USA Rice Federation all agree: rice causes no harm to birds. There are varieties of birds that routinely eat rice in the wild and with no harm. As one observer put it, if rice caused birds to explode, there would be bird parts all over Asia.
Most of the wedding planning organizations say that the main reason for not using rice is because there is too much of a risk of people slipping on it and falling."
2006-06-17 05:15:49 · answer #2 · answered by Decoy Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that too, but I have never tried since I think its mean and I dont want to be covered in bird guts
2006-06-18 00:44:46 · answer #3 · answered by Andy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it will blow up, but it does die. Birds cannot process rice. Alka Seltzer can explode their stomach but you cannot see this externally.
2006-06-17 05:13:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bird won't immediately "blow up" after eating rice, but eating too many grains can be lethal
2006-06-17 05:13:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no way. i fed tons of birds rice and they were fine. i think that you should try to think the whole thing through before posting a stupid question
2006-06-17 07:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, this is an urban myth started by Ann Landers as I recall.
2006-06-17 05:14:25 · answer #7 · answered by mental_nomad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this were true, I'd think there'd be some photgraphic record of it occurring--would be quite a pic.
2006-06-17 05:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by charly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but if you feed it soda it will definitely blow up LOL.
2006-06-17 05:13:17 · answer #9 · answered by knifelvr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it is not true!! What, do u still believe in the tooth fairy?
2006-06-17 05:14:08 · answer #10 · answered by Kerry S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋