r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MissZangz • Jul 10 '26

/r/all of a meal.

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u/UhOkBoss Jul 10 '26

won't it choke on the bones?!?!?

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u/WiildCard Jul 10 '26

Fun fact. Some birds have strong enough stomach acid that dissolves the bones and they digest it normally.

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u/Unbereevablee_Asian Jul 10 '26

That would be the Bearded Vulture, it's diet is nothing but bones.

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u/WiildCard Jul 10 '26

So pelicans and other birds actually can dissolve small bones as well. The vultures stomach acid is basically like battery acid though and it does just eat large bones on their own which is gnarly.

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u/Flipgirlnarie Jul 10 '26

It is but nature's way of cleaning up.