Bird feet mostly don't have enough muscle or fat tissue in them to be worth eating. Mostly skin, tendon, bone and talons. Some breeds of domestic fowl are the main exception. (Love the chicken feet at the local dim sum place.)
Not just domestic fowl. All birds have a layer of collagen below the skin of the feet. That's mainly what you're eating at the dim sum place, not meat but collagen. And sauce.
Either contact with a wire, or lightning strike. Claws dig in, and since they're razor sharp, do a good job of staying in place when the rest of the bird rots off or is eaten.
It's not that the claws dig in, it's that the tendons in most bird's feet have serrations that lock them in the clenched position for roosting while asleep without muscle tension being continuously applied. It takes concious muscle movement to "unlock" their grip.
Laser beams, squirrels with frickin laser beams.....
ReplyDeletePoacher shoots protected raptor, these talons are going to look kool hanging from mirror of my rusted out powerwagon.
ReplyDeleteLooks to be a golden eagle. Most likely killed at night by a predator that didn't bother to eat those feet.
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DeleteBird feet mostly don't have enough muscle or fat tissue in them to be worth eating. Mostly skin, tendon, bone and talons. Some breeds of domestic fowl are the main exception. (Love the chicken feet at the local dim sum place.)
Not just domestic fowl. All birds have a layer of collagen below the skin of the feet. That's mainly what you're eating at the dim sum place, not meat but collagen. And sauce.
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ReplyDeleteNo, it was just carrying the tree back to make a nest and the weight of it ripped its legs off!
ReplyDeleteIt's clear that the tree is spontaneously generating a bird. It wasn't the chicken or the egg that came first - it was the tree!
ReplyDeleteEither contact with a wire, or lightning strike. Claws dig in, and since they're razor sharp, do a good job of staying in place when the rest of the bird rots off or is eaten.
ReplyDeleteIt's not that the claws dig in, it's that the tendons in most bird's feet have serrations that lock them in the clenched position for roosting while asleep without muscle tension being continuously applied. It takes concious muscle movement to "unlock" their grip.
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