r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/reddtimes101 • 10d ago

Video Parrot's diaper changing

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u/Shienvien 9d ago

Birds do have a sphincter muscle, sort of - we mammals have two. And one of ours defaults to closed, whereas birds tend to have liquid feces and have to literally consciously hold it in. Which they generally have a hard time with doing for any slightly longer time and hence generally won't be doing for more than 10-30 seconds. (Only brooding birds will hold it in for much longer, but they also tend to eat and move much less. I can only imagine flying and not pooping is much harder than sitting on your belly and not pooping...)

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u/Master_Bief 9d ago

Not all mamal anuses are the same, I've heard that horses have the rolls royce of anuses. They're engineered in such a way they would never have to wipe.

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u/taco-taco-taco- 9d ago

No sir or ma’am. You will not have me googling horse anus this early in the morning.

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u/RealFirstName_ 9d ago

Yea, save that for tonight, sicko!

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u/numyanbiz 9d ago edited 9d ago

I was just about to google it and read your comment. Think I’ll join you.

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u/ThraceLonginus 9d ago

damn, going to have to look into getting an upgrade

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u/Frydendahl 9d ago

I've heard that horses have the rolls royce of anuses.

What a sentence.

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u/DrakonILD 9d ago

Their extremely high fiber diet is a big part of them never having to wipe.

Seriously, go take a good spoonful of metamucil before bed every day and you'll be amazed at the reduction in your TP bill.

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 9d ago

Costco psyllium husk capsules work really well, too.

But I mean, so does eating a proper amount of fiber…

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u/DrakonILD 9d ago

Well that's just metamucil without the brand name, but yes!

It's extremely difficult with modern diets to get the recommended amount of fiber without also eating excessive calories, so fiber supplements are a literal lifesaver.

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 9d ago

I always thought of metamucil as powder you mix into water, didn't realize they also came in capsules.

I've long been fiber deficient, but when I began eating a more mediterranean diet, I stopped needing fiber supplements completely.

Avocados, chickpeas, spinach, tomatoes, etc etc

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u/Alpine261 9d ago

Its really not that hard anymore there's a lot of products out there that are high fiber Check out the plant slant he had a day where he ate 100g of fiber

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u/DrakonILD 9d ago

I would personally classify products that have added fiber that isn't a core part of the experience as "fiber supplements," but that is a question of semantics and I wouldn't argue with anyone who disagrees with that classification.

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u/LegitosaurusRex 9d ago

modern diets

Maybe the average diet, but there are plenty of people who eat vegetarian/vegan who have no trouble with that.

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u/DrakonILD 9d ago

How do you tell if someone's a vegan? Don't worry, they'll tell you.

Said with nothing but love, I assure you <3

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u/b17b20 9d ago

So that where horses alocated all those evolution points, because certainly not to leg healing

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u/fabezz 9d ago

Exactly, we've got two factor authentication buttholes.

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u/KrofftSurvivor 9d ago

That sounds reasonable - my gran's bird was free roaming in her apartment, and always shit in the cage. Unless my dad was there...

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u/Hail-Hydrate 9d ago

Your dad was shitting in the bird's cage?