I bet those leg-piddling Storks have been heavy on your mind lately.. Luckily, I've been reading all about it .... and here's what the the experts say about it ... ready..steady .... GO .. but don't try this at home ... Storks, cormorants and vultures indulge in urohydrosis: they literally cool themselves by urinating down their legs. Because birds do not urinate and defecate separately,everything comes out together, which makes bird droppings very watery. The heat required to evaporate this liquid from the surfaces of the legs cools the blood, carried close to the surface of the legs by a network of veins. Before you start to dislike "that sort of thing" for their rather gruesome party trick, it's worth adding that bird droppings contain uric acid, which acts as an effective antiseptic. And that's very useful for vultures, as they spend a lot of time trampling over rotten carcasses. Afterthought : what a wonderful life those birds have ! Some types of birds seem to enjoy spraying their legs with piss. They don't care, they are not coy it's totally hit & miss and at the same time they shit as well which results in a heap of slime. My problem now is .... how to fit the music with all of that ? Don't worry .. I've got the very thing ....
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