I understand that many British song birds live between 18 months and three years. So what happens to them when they die?
2007-09-23 11:26:47 · 13 answers · asked by donjamste 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Birds in the wild do not usually die of old age. When anything dies naturally in the wild, it is usually because it has been snatched up live by a predator and eaten. Birds that die of illness or an accident (such as a window crash, falling from a nest, getting hit by a car, etc) are usually taken by scavengers shortly after death. That is why you usually don't see dead birds. If you do, it's usually a bad thing and indicates a disease outbreak or a distubance in the balance of the
natural food chain.
2007-09-23 12:44:48 · answer #1 · answered by Mary M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is thought that many birds die before the get to a natural end of life. That means the get killed and eaten by predators. Increasing mans machines and buildings are taking a good toll as well. It is thought that if a bird dies of natural causes it is more likely on the nest or in a roost. Whatever, a dead bird is not gonna lay around very long. Something will find and eat it.
2007-09-23 20:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eaten.
Nocturnal animals will take them away and eat them. Bacteria do a pretty good job of cleaning up too. Did you know that if you put a human body in a plastic bag in the sun, its gut flora would digest most of the body within three days leaving it a bag of liquidy mess (haven't tried it myself though)
Did you know that the biggest killer of wild birds is windows - they flyinto them and break their necks. The other big killer is domestic cats, so if you have one, attach a bell to their collar.
2007-09-23 18:33:47 · answer #3 · answered by caldini 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They get eaten by my cat, who promptly vomits the bits he can't digest over my sofa. I then scrape the remains up and put it on my compost heap, thus fulfilling the Circle of Life.
2007-09-23 20:09:14 · answer #4 · answered by mustardcharlie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there is no leash law for cats, there are no brids everywhere. The cats eat them, dogs eat them, other predator birds eat them, aunts and bugs eat them. It is the Circle Of Life.
2007-09-23 18:59:24 · answer #5 · answered by James Watkin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Three reasons. Bacteria, predators and Maggots.
2007-09-23 18:38:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
duh!!!
they cant swim.
2/3 of the world is sea so they drown. therefore they are never found. the rest are not found cause they are too small and no one is looking around for dead birds
2007-09-23 18:43:37 · answer #7 · answered by eurobuskers 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nutrient recycling. Scavengers and break down by bacteria otherwise
2007-09-23 18:32:06 · answer #8 · answered by Lee S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason we are not up to our neck in sh....um well you know what I mean.
Put simply a dead animals are food... food for other animal... food for worms... and most importantly food for bacteria.
Nothing that dies lasts long, nature sees to that.
2007-09-23 18:34:06 · answer #9 · answered by Knobby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well im guessin they either get eaten, or if they fall near da road then the council clean them up like they do with foxs taht get run over
2007-09-23 18:36:56 · answer #10 · answered by kitten 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋