– How do birds seemingly know which small bits on the ground are edible and which are not?

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You see pigeons and other birds go mad when a bunch of breadcrumbs are thrown on the ground, but seem to know not to go for small rocks, earth, and other non edible things even if they were to be thrown in the same way.

Maybe I’m just underestimating the intelligence of pigeons or their keen eyesight? But they seem to know almost instantly what they can and can’t eat.

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Animals aren’t perfect. Hawks pick up sticks that they think are snakes. Pigeons peck at rocks that they think are seeds, granted stones help them grind seeds, I prefer to think that is a side effect of their imperfections.

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