if this is true, why?
2006-08-29 12:23:36 · 18 answers · asked by beutifulx2 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No. Think about what happenes when you cook rice. You have a cup of rice and two cups of water. When you cook them, you get three cups of rice. The rice just absorbs the water. The same sort of thing would happen in a stomach with uncooked rice. If it expanded at all, it would just be absorbing the stomach acid. Overall, the stomach would still have the same amount in it as before. And that is if the rice absorbed the acid, instead of simply being digested.
2006-08-29 14:18:27 · answer #1 · answered by Kiko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
False
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp
2006-08-29 19:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by Skypilot49 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not true. In fact, a lot of birds love to feed on rice.
2006-08-30 03:47:41 · answer #3 · answered by Elephas Maximus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Northern California where rice is a major farming crop. Vast acres of rice fields are always covered with hundreds of birds; I have never seen a dead one in the field. They love rice.
2006-08-30 01:07:27 · answer #4 · answered by ggfire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope not, rice is grown in some parts of Texas and I would hate for a bird like a vulture or mocking bird to blow up over my head...that would be very rude.
2006-08-29 19:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by ValleyViolet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I feed the ducks behind my house rice every time we have it and there is some left over... and all of them are still walking around happily... and asking for more...
2006-08-29 19:29:30 · answer #6 · answered by iluvafrica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Explode fats you mean ?? do you want your birds to get fit ??
2006-08-29 20:02:28 · answer #7 · answered by shady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, no and no --unless the rice "pack" has a hidden substance that explodes put into it.
2006-08-29 19:36:47 · answer #8 · answered by s t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but they will if you hit them with a 12 guage
2006-08-29 19:34:22 · answer #9 · answered by Brian P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubbish, its a common chicken food in France and I've used it.
2006-08-29 19:29:48 · answer #10 · answered by ii337 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋