Why Don't Birds' Legs Freeze
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How a bird reacts to the cold depends on what kind of a bird it is and there are a variety of methods they use to keep their legs warm, from the mundane to the much more fascinating.
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Now that you know why a bird's legs don't freeze check out this video and find out why a penguin's feet don't freeze:
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I now have a perfectly scientific answer to the question; "Why are you so fat"? "It's to keep my feet warm".
Im fat why are my feet cold?
POVadventure Obviously, you are not fat enough. Use science to solve your problem; Eat more candy and cake.
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Some of them do it by going to warmer areas.
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My family used to have a chicken that had lost both her feet to frostbite, we called her Peggy. She walked around very well on her stumps, although she held her wings out slightly to maintain her balance.
I saw 4 pigeons without legs this winter I told my friends that it might be bec they land on melted snow/water after that the water freeze and they try to fly (like when they caught in sticky mouse trap) so they end up without legs.It might be false but I wanted to know how did your chicken lost its legs?
Belirtisiz Zamir We adopted her from a nearby farm, she had been left outside overnight by accident. We have sub zero temperatures here in the winter, and frostbite caused all of her toes to turn black and fall off. We adopted her because the farm she was from had a lot of chickens, and it's possible the many other chickens would mistreat her or try to kill her. She healed up very quickly though and got along very well with our other half dozen chickens. She laid many eggs and got along well without her toes and she eventually died of natural causes related to old age
AnD peEGy (sorry not sorry)
did you put little caps on her nubs, I'd imagine running directly on bone doesn't feel great
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The Emporor Of Meme-kind to control the fecking seagulls
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Btw the guy that does that is British
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The bonus fact was crap.
Someone had to say it. :)
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Ducks non-existant sleeves.. tell that to Donald.
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His non existing pants not covering his non existent .... ?
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Toons exist by their own non - existent rules. Watch "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
He just siad that I look down and saw this
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"where is Daven?" Explained in Episode 3 of The BrainFood Show podcast :-): www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2018/03/preposterous-pyramid-brainfood-show-episode-3/
but can he answer why the bird is the word?
This is very interesting.. You know what I would like to know? How do insects regulate the amount of light entering their compound eyes? They have no iris so how do they cope with full sunlight and night vision?
Roger Redford not insects but spiders have excellent night vision but they have no Iris so their vision is constantly degraded by sunlight
I think they just heal
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Cool.. Thanks :-)
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1) Doozy could be an alteration of an older slang, "It's a daisy," meaning something beautiful. 2) It could have originated around a popular Italian actress during the late 1800s, early 1900s, Eleonora Duse, who often simply went as Duse.Jul 29, 2013
Why Do We Say: "It's A Doozy"? - Neatorama
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While I believe your version, I was looking for a later American version (and my spelling may be wrong dousey, doosy, doosey idk). I know the answer, but I was hoping for an extended explanation by Simon. Either way I still learned something from you and I thank you for that Sir.
Many think that the word refers to the Duesenberg car company since their automobiles were over-the-top. Although sources say that the word "dozy" where "doozey" is derived from predates the car company.
So... I don't know...
By "sources", you mean Google.
Of course, it refers to the Duesenberg automobile from 1929 onward.
I was literally thinking about this yesterday.
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So was I. I'm not sure whether to feel delighted or disturbed that this happened to show up on my feed.
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Good explanation. Counter-current flow is seen in many different animals for various reasons. Knowing this has helped engineers design more efficient machines for various applications. Love your stuff Simon.
I keep a few ducks. I don't give them water to swim in during winter because it would freeze solid, so the just get enough to drink and wash their faces. I have noticed that when standing on snow and their feet get cold they will sit down, roll to one side and completely tuck their foot into their feathers. Then repeat for the other side. While some of my chickens have gotten frostbit feet and combs, so far the ducks haven't got any.
I have seen similar behavior in both geese and swans. I have seen geese standing on one foot, with their alternate foot tucked up into their bodies. I have also seen almost mature swans rotate the hind section of their bodies so that one leg is sticking out of the water.
I would put some shavings or straw in their shelter so they have some bedding, just to see if they use it. They might not. Ducks seem to enjoy hardship. Still, I would want to give them opportunities to make themselves comfortable.
Kaiser Frost
When I have straw available I scatter some out in the pen for them. It also encourages the chickens to go outside too.
I believe that is just how they sleep. Same with flamingos. They also sleep while standing on 1 leg.
Always love your videos! I've got a question: Why is it when we flip over the pillow, it is drastically colder then even the room temperature? Is it just preception from the change from a body-heated side of the pillow to a seemingly colder side, or is there more to it? Thanks!
I didn’t even think that birds get cold. Am I stupid.
Do you want a polite or an honest answer?
CologneCarter yes please
Satan’s Niece I'm sorry.
You're not Stupid, you're just LEARNING. Stupid people can't learn.
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I had no idea that I wanted to know these seemingly useless facts until I saw the title. Interesting.
*Who knew that man was the actor from beyond stranger things 2*
it's because THEY NEVA FREEZE
Also how hibernating animals keep from freezing to death. They burn just barely enough calories to 1 degree above freezing so ice crystals don't form.
I was specifically thinking about this question recently, when I was in the Cascade Mountains and it was around 10F (-12.2C) and several Grey Jays were just chilling (lol) with me.
one word: legwarmers
birbs are amazing
Birbs are little dinos!
I LOVE birbs.
I live in the sub-birbs.
but can they eat water melon
Everybody knows that the birb is the word!
Sooo dinosaurs
OMG. Was just thinking about this as I was walking out into the Walmart parking lot. How do all of those damn seagulls stay even through winter? Now I know! Thans TIFO!
Yes, but how do thin scaly legs of little songbirds not develop frostbite when they have to extend them?
Counter-current heat-exchange in the blood supply prevents loss of heat through the legs, which would actually make the problem of frostbite WORSE.
When my ducks are "hanging around" in their pasture that has 3-4 ft. of snow they lower their body on the snow lean to one side and tuck their leg up under their wing. Then do the other leg under the opposite wing. Since their breast is very well insulated they stay very warm. Often they assume that configuration in close proximity to one another and sleep in the snow. 50 ducks in a somewhat tight bunch sleeping together. They take turns watching for danger. If I am in their pasture they all sleep without "sentries."
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Someone commented "Wal-Mart brand Vsauce".. That's all I can think of when I watch these videos.. lol..
What? Birds legs don't get frost bite? I don't like biting birds legs, unless they are battered and fried. Chicken for example. Good science facts in this video by the way and it's got penguins....
Where does the word shit come from and why does it have so many meanings?
Yeah, but what about when the pond freezes over? Where do the ducks go? Does someone come by with a pick and chip them out of the frozen water?
..... I’ve never heard of this channel, nor have I looked up ,”why don’t birds get frostbite?” Making some lunch up in Alaska while looking outside while a bird hopped around on the snow got me wondering the aforementioned question. I then put on you tube to watch something while I ate ; somehow this video was the 3rd video on my feed.. spooky AF.
Psh... Luffy can do that blood pump thing AND stretch. Ducks low tier confirmed~
Great video. I have a question... Why are there no snakes on Ireland? I have only been told that "Saint Patrick rid the island of the beast" growing up. What is the truth behind this please? Thank you. Love your show! God Bless.
Plot twist: They just have amazing podiatrists (well and free healthcare of course) Happy Sunday!!
The other day, YT recommended a video of a man helping a bird stuck frozen to a fence.
Today, a video that says what I saw shouldn't have happened...
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Can you make a video on how birds handle heavy winds? I live in a windy place, and I constantly see birds attempting to fly against the wind. I guess my question is: Does wind affect a bird's flight/migration pattern?
Humans can control blood flow to their extremities, but very few can do it consciously. Wim Hof is one of those people. I can do it to, but not as well as him. It's very useful. Also, fat layers have very little insulation value. It's more like stored fuel that your metabolism can burn to keep you warm. Staying warm uses calories. If you don't have a lot of food, your fat stores can be burned for warmth.
Good video. But I find it interesting how it is presumed these simple minded animals somehow came up with all these marvelous and miraculous ways of surviving, with phrases like "they use counter current exchange" or "they control" xyz. As if they got together and hashed out various systems, weighed the pros and cons, and decided on the best one. They control it as much as you and I control the color of our eyes or skin. They got it from their parents, who got it from their parents, who got it from their parents, who always had it. From the beginning.
Simon Whistler, Vsauce Michael, and Matthew Santaro. Don't ask questions. This meet up just has to happen.
"... And sometimes they die from the cold during particularly harsh winters. And now for a bonus fact."
Birds legs don't freeze because they are protected by Jesus Christ. If you accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior, your legs won't freeze either.
During the winter, I forgot to empty out my birdbath one night. It reached down into the single digits and the water froze solid. The next day, I froze my ass off thawing it out and filling it back up again. Before I went back inside to thaw out, I turned around and saw a tiny ass bird splashing around in it taking as bath while I was doing my best not to die from hypothermia. My digital thermometer said that it was 11°F. 😨
Interesting. I had always assumed that ducks came to California for the winter because we'll get rain and have little lakes form where there had been dry ground before. Then, out of seemingly nowhere, ducks will end up in the temporary lake.
Toucans remove excess jungle heat from their bodies using their beaks like the feet blood thermal exchange described in this video. Their plumage would normally be so large in such hot, humid environments, that their proteins would be denatured on a hot day without their energy expenditure from the beak.
Evolution sure does have imaginative ways of keeping bodies functioning. I wish that meant government knew what it was doing. I used to think because we had the science that let us learn all these things about nature and perceive the body of evolutionary wisdom at work, that the human body and community could function with the same level of evolution in its sociology. But you walk into the office on Monday and barely anyone cares.
I really enjoy these videos but I find the huge blocks of text that Simon reads verbatim are crazy distracting. I would much rather see graphics or related images instead
The peafowl that sleep in my neighbor's trees and fly down to my yard in the morning will pull back one claw when it's really cold. Because peas have deep keels, they can lay down on the ground, pulling up their legs for warmth and resting on their keels. Their body feathers keep them better insulated from contact with the cold ground.
Not being able to quickly adapt from going from a warm place to a cold one is one reason poultry houses shouldn't be heated or only slightly heated. That way when the birds go outside they won't get a thermal shock. I was worried about my chickens during an especially cold snap, but when I checked on them in the evening, the hen house was surprisingly warm. Well, warm compared to the outside of the hen house. I didn't add heat, I gave them grain before bedtime and their hot little bodies and lack of drafts did the rest. They also huddled together, something they don't normally do. Normally they poke at each other and spread out until it is too dark to see.
I actually have always wondered this. Thank you TIFO!
You're very welcome :-)
Whichever way Simon turns his head, there is always a pointy bit at the top.
It's like one of those eerie paintings that follow you with it's eyes.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about flamingos. They can sleep standing in freezing water over night but they have to wait for the lake to thaw in the daylight to move again
I was just thinking this on the weekend, only in the opposite direction. There were 3 birds happily standing on my tin roof on a 35 degree day. Those conditions are close to being capable of boiling water. I certainly wouldn't be standing there without shoes, and I didn't notice any on their hot little feet.
now address something that actually matters to human beings in what my vaporizor is doing to my eyes.....i asked scishow u want clicks make a relevant video
Well now because of humans they do often get stuck if they land on metal when it's cold, just like a human putting their tongue on a pole if it's cold. I have saved 3 birds just this winter so if you ever see a bird stuck don't pull it lose use hot water or if hot water is not available then use your hot breath or body heat
You look so similar to another youtuber Binging with Babish! Also, how wide a variety and how informative your videos are. I love it!
I play a game with myself, purely by the title, guess if Karl Smallwood of Fact Fiends wrote the article. It is a very fun game to play when you are alone.
The very limited surface area on their feet, plus landing on their claws first before contacting the surface they land on saved my lovebird from burning his feet when he landed briefly on a very hot wood stove top. We yelled at him to get off since he didn’t seem to be experiencing any pain and was just sitting there; it didn’t seem to have any adverse effect on his feet once I had a chance to examine them. No tenderness or burns at all, really scary when it happened though.
Good thing you put that red circle on the thumbnail, otherwise I wouldn't have clicked. 👍
This guy looks like the love child of vsauce and Simon Miller from whatculture.
This is a question I never would have thought to ask. But I’m glad someone else did...👍🦆
This is not a video. It is just some dozen or so still pictures changing every 20 seconds or so. You should work on your encoding.
And now I finally know why bird poop is white.
Coincidence this was on LBCs mystery hour this week ? Though your answer was a lot better
Wait, wait... bird poop is white because it emerges as a white, paste-like substance? Now I get it!?!?
Oh cool, I just noticed the author was Karl Smallwood, from Fact Fiend.
so, they put a duck first in a oven and then directly after in a freazer appearently.. poor duck, usually we do the opposite way..
Great info thank you. Was brought up with nesting bald eagles buried in snow and ice while incubating eggs.
i want to try to guess this before watching the vid, or having researched...
my guess, there isnt enough tissue mass, thus the effect of tempreture flux is negligable
ie thier legs dont get hot in the sunshine, and they dont suffer tissue damage from freezing
Read the title and I'm not sure if I'm curious or cynical
Dude you should've worn something white underneath now I can't stop thinking about how it does t match your shirt color at all
You're mixing up things that keep their legs warm and things that keep their core warm at the expense of their legs.
You didn't mention that the bird's legs being mostly tendons. The muscles that control their legs are near their body.
So ducks stop their feet from getting too cold by making them cold? If I works it works I guess
Can you do a video how domestic cats are an invesive species many dumb cat lovers don't believe that... But I do
Always wondered about the feet thing and then you hit me with the bird poop thing 🤯 I felt an extra wrinkle form on my brain .
In the 80's there used to be types of birds that used leg warmers to achieve this ..
See Flashdance
Strangely enough I've thought about this myself.
It’s an owl that lives by my window it literally says “who” all night 🤦🏽♀️
I have a somewhat bird related question: where does the phrase "naked as a Jay Bird" originate?
When a bird gets into the -45°c freezer at asda CDC and lands on the racking, their feet freeze alright..
Why aren't there the same presidents on the same denomination of coins and bills?
Can't tell if this challenges the long standing notion that weighing as much as a duck equals a person being a witch.
I find it jarring when you say over there on the right, and then you point to your left. I wish you would say your right. I have no idea why this gets to me. But it does lol.
The "ice cold water" is often hot, compared with the below freezing above the water.
So feed the little birdies during winter...my mum does cause she likes watching them in her garden
I just noticed I’m 1 minute and 25 seconds into a video about birds and I don’t know how I got here
I’ve always wondered this lol being in Vermont it gets cold as hell and these birds don’t even care
Some of my chickens lost parts of their toes due to frostbite this winter, just an observation.
When I was a kid I raised chickens and had some that had their toes get frostbite and fall off.
Didn't seem to affect them that much.