– 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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A bird is an animal that has various senses, such as eyesight, just like humans do. A human could likely pick out food from rocks on the ground too.

Im not trying to be smart. Just trying to make it simple. The birds see things that are not rocks. Things they’ve eaten before.

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