does anyone know if the mynah bird was used down the mines to track any gas leaks idont know if its fact or a load of rubbish let me know
2006-10-14 07:41:54 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I don't know about the mines in India - where the mynah originates.
In the UK, canaries were taken down the mines for that purpose.
2006-10-14 08:02:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Mynah birds wre not used for that, that would be canaries, as they are very suseptable to air changes.
Mynah birds are called so because of the area they come from and has nothing to do with mines wales or even pot noodles
2006-10-15 12:24:33 · answer #2 · answered by Quartermain R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canaries were uses many years ago in the UK to determine if non-breathable gas was present in mines, not mynah birds.
2006-10-14 15:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by kidneyoperation 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.....not Mynah birds, they used the Canary.
The reason being, that they are song birds, when they stopped singing, that it was more noticeable,.
I doubt if they even had mynah birds in this country in those days.
2006-10-14 14:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by SUPER-GLITCH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't know about the mynah bird , but canaries were used
2006-10-14 14:45:12 · answer #5 · answered by ♥fluffykins_69♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was canaries they used to take down the mines to detect gas.
2006-10-14 14:46:18 · answer #6 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
load of rubbish it was canaries read the road to wigan pier by george orwell
2006-10-14 15:14:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canaries were used by the mynahs.
Pecking order, I guess.
2006-10-14 14:52:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they're Canaries
2006-10-14 14:47:57 · answer #9 · answered by Shy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know canaries were used!
2006-10-14 14:51:28 · answer #10 · answered by justmedrt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋