To elaborate on what's already common knowledge, feeding bread to birds is a fucking terrible idea in every way. Nobody wins except potentially some algae that gets some new kids, a mold that gets a lovely new home in a respiratory tract, or a fox that gets easy prey unable to fly.
Don't feed wild animals. For this rule, the particular type of food doesn't matter. Wild animals are harmed from human feeding, even if the food is nutritionally beneficial to them.
Bread spoils fast, and spoiled foods in the environment can make a lot of animals sick.
Bread doesn't contain the nutrients that many birds need, so birds (especially young birds) that eat too much bread at the expense of not eating other foods might become unhealthy from deficiencies on other fronts.
I point out these three distinct reasons because the overall points being made don't make it OK to feed wild ducks peas or whatever else. For farmed animals, though, farmers will want the overall nutritional profile to meet some standard, at which point old bread and other scraps could very well be part of a broader diet, in a way that manages household waste.
I hate to be that guy but you should actually feed birds bird seed or I think frozen vegetables is also good. Bread will fill them up but won't provide them vital nutrients
I only learned from here that people from the UK associate seagulls with eating chips/fries, while where I grew up, the stereotype was them stealing sandwiches.
21 Comments
marcos@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 250d
Most birds will love that you throw bread at them but can't actually eat it...
Most humans will be offended that you throw bread at them, but it's nutritive for them...
If you got the right halves, that's a solid plan.
ickplant@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 250d
This is all I can think about:
Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de · 39 pts · 250d
by David Revoy
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 250d
To elaborate on what's already common knowledge, feeding bread to birds is a fucking terrible idea in every way. Nobody wins except potentially some algae that gets some new kids, a mold that gets a lovely new home in a respiratory tract, or a fox that gets easy prey unable to fly.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 250d
on the other side, it's not every day that someone leaves a cookie in one of the carts at work, and the parking lot has a lot of very persuading crows
pivot_root@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 250d
Isn't that worse? Chocolate ain't exactly healthy for most animals.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 250d
well usually it's sugar cookies
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 250d
What if I like foxes and hate ducks?
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 250d
I point out these three distinct reasons because the overall points being made don't make it OK to feed wild ducks peas or whatever else. For farmed animals, though, farmers will want the overall nutritional profile to meet some standard, at which point old bread and other scraps could very well be part of a broader diet, in a way that manages household waste.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 250d
I hate to be that guy but you should actually feed birds bird seed or I think frozen vegetables is also good. Bread will fill them up but won't provide them vital nutrients
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 250d
I say as I eat a cheeseburger and fries
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 250d
hey, care for others is good
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 250d
It's probably fine for angels, though.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 250d
"BE NOT AFR-- is that whole grain, seeded pumpernickel?!" [Munching noises]
tetris11@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 250d
If the many-eyed Seraphim descended upon me, I'd offer them eyedrops.
minorkeys@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 250d
Better be garlic bread cuz that shit is divine.
Barking@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 250d
Hahaha
This would be me, but with bird seed.
Barking@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 250d
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 250d
It’s got white feathers like a seagull so you throw it chippies.
Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 250d
I only learned from here that people from the UK associate seagulls with eating chips/fries, while where I grew up, the stereotype was them stealing sandwiches.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 250d
Kookaburras are what steal your sandwich.