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       How Birds Breathe with their Butts
       By: Masked Man Date: June 8, 2025, 1:28 pm
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       How Birds Breathe with their Butts
       SUMMARY:
       The avian respiratory system is the most efficient in the animal
       kingdom, which explains how birds get enough oxygen to power
       flight, even at high altitudes where oxygen is scarce. A key
       feature that makes avian respiration special is the fact that
       they have static lungs and breath unidirectionally by breathing
       with air sacs throughout their body instead of diaphragms common
       in other land animals.
       lINK:
  HTML https://carnegiemnh.org/how-birds-breathe-with-their-butts/
       Masked Man Commentary:
       wow ya learn something new everyday .. I would speculate this
       might shed light on why avian flu might be so transmissible
       through birds.
       While I’m not a scientist I would hypothesize that this
       anatomical feature Amongst birds might actually contribute to
       the ways bird flu Is transmitted and why it is not wise to let
       other animals such as pets , children, and adults frequent in
       the bedding area of poultry and flocks of birds.
       …just my theory of course and pondering these matters in
       somewhat layman like general fashion here's  how I fathom many
       of these viruses get set off and thrive …
       Regardless of whether this breathing through butt helps transmit
       viruses, we do know chickens pretty much drag and slide their
       butts over everything while they graze at same time because
       their legs are so short…
       other animals such as bats hang upside licking themselves
       combining saliva with fecal matter as it drops to ground where
       other animals tread. Anyway it is worth exploring and worth
       mentioning these anatomical differences in animals such as
       chickens and bats likely contribute to the success of them
       transmitting diseases perhaps more so than other animals. That
       being said any fast food worker or person that works directly in
       the public know all too well that the human animal is probably
       on par with most animals when it comes to hygiene.
       So it is often said water or liquid is a key ingredient in
       airborne illnesses and a factor not to be dismissed.. an
       ingredient involved in fecal matter and saliva .. of course the
       possible carrier is water that is also airborne (inhale-able
       water composed of minuscule water droplets. I think the oxygen
       we breathe in contains hydro/tiny bits of water in it which
       accounts for why people can get sick from one another breathing
       the same air because air/oxygen has hydro/water in it hence the
       “water droplets”) .. .perhaps minute-sized dust/tail feather
       dust  is inhaled that rides in on the minuscule  water
       droplets/condensation that is always present in the oxygen we
       breathe in a certain proximity  is how the disease  transmits or
       is transported… (all this invisible of course unseen by our
       mortal eyes but seen and proven through electron microscope)
       When thinking about airborne diseases, That's a crucial thing
       the average person doesn't always consider is that water is
       already there present in the air we breathe because oxygen
       contains water and that that water is unseen and unfelt So
       accordingly minuscule particles have opportunity to ride in the
       air when asymptomatic people/animals breathe, sing, laugh,
       whistle, cluck, or pant and not just when they sneeze or cough.
       I also tend to assume here viral particles can rest and or are
       stirred  up on and off surfaces as well for as long as the
       particles remain active and haven’t dissolved or dissipated for
       some time period under certain favorable conditions such as heat
       and ultralight/ factors or without antiseptic germ killing
       system involved to speed up that process.
       …this is how I as a layperson imagine/assume how the
       transmission occurs  which involves microscopic entities only
       seen by electron microscope.
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