a science question?

Question

for our science experiment, we are suppose to find out whether or not birds will explode/choke(i dont think they do, but that's what we are going to find out), but we are not going to use real birds(of course). so what we came up with is that we are going to put white rice, brown rice, and birdseeds inside different beakers of water. and we also came up that we should stimulate the temperature inside a birds stomach to get more accurate results. so can someone please tell me what a bird(in general)'s body temperature is?
thanks a lot

Answer 1

From the website below:
Birds have a somewhat higher metabolic rate than mammals, but not significantly so. Birds tend to be smaller than mammals and thus use more energy; their body temperatures (37.7-43.50C) are also somewhat higher than mammals’ (36-390C).

You also might want to consider what would be the internal pH if you are simulating the bird's stomach & how much rice/bird seed would expand as well as temperature...? Just a thought - good luck with your experiment!

Answer 2

It should be fairly high (probably higher than ours), but your experiment won't actually tell you much, because you've left out at least 2 important factors:
1. Seed-eating birds have a 'pre-processor' before the stomach called the crop, where hard seeds and things are broken and crushed up, and
2. There's more to the stomach than just water and heat...