Can finches digest cellulose?
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Can finches digest cellulose?
Can finches break down cellulose and get nutritional value from it? As heartily as they chow on greens, it seems they might. I feel sure that geese can. Maybe most if not all birds can?
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Re: Can finches digest cellulose?
It looks like birds in general can:nopEda wrote:Can finches break down cellulose and get nutritional value from it? . . . Maybe most if not all birds can?
"Like mammals, birds do not produce the enzymes that allow them to digest cellulose so they can only do so by housing these bacteria."
http://www.earthlife.net/birds/digestion.html
So apparently they can break cellulose down into sugar like they can starch, and get nutritional value from greens like they can from seeds. Good to know.
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Re: Can finches digest cellulose?
Interesting bird fact of the day
In ancient times amazonian indians would "colorfeed" their captive parrots the fat of catfish and pirahna to alter the colors for ceremonial head dresses.

In ancient times amazonian indians would "colorfeed" their captive parrots the fat of catfish and pirahna to alter the colors for ceremonial head dresses.
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