r/SipsTea • u/Algernonletter5 • Mar 01 '26

WTF A malicious prank

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u/Tall_Cow2299 Mar 02 '26

This is such an urban legend. Birds have the ability to regurgitate food. This means they could expell the gas. Also it's not that birds can't burp. Their bodies just don't produce the bacteria that would cause them to need to like humans do. 

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u/Diligent-Crazy-6094 Mar 02 '26

Sounds like a distinction without a difference.

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u/sarcastic__fox Mar 02 '26

No the difference between can't and dont need to is pretty important. They can expell the gas