Data Report

How Birds Breathe with their Butts

SUMMARY:
The avian respiratory system is the most efficient in the animal kingdom, which explains how birds get enough oxygen to power flight, even at high altitudes where oxygen is scarce. A key feature that makes avian respiration special is the fact that they have static lungs and breath unidirectionally by breathing with air sacs throughout their body instead of diaphragms common in other land animals.

lINK:
https://carnegiemnh.org/how-birds-breathe-with-their-butts/

Masked Man Commentary:
wow ya learn something new everyday .. I would speculate this might shed light on why avian flu might be so transmissible through birds.

While I’m not a scientist I would hypothesize that this anatomical feature Amongst birds might actually contribute to the ways bird flu Is transmitted and why it is not wise to let other animals such as pets , children, and adults frequent in the bedding area of poultry and flocks of birds.

…just my theory of course and pondering these matters in somewhat layman like general fashion here's  how I fathom many of these viruses get set off and thrive …

Regardless of whether this breathing through butt helps transmit viruses, we do know chickens pretty much drag and slide their butts over everything while they graze at same time because their legs are so short…
other animals such as bats hang upside licking themselves combining saliva with fecal matter as it drops to ground where other animals tread. Anyway it is worth exploring and worth mentioning these anatomical differences in animals such as chickens and bats likely contribute to the success of them transmitting diseases perhaps more so than other animals. That being said any fast food worker or person that works directly in the public know all too well that the human animal is probably on par with most animals when it comes to hygiene.

So it is often said water or liquid is a key ingredient in airborne illnesses and a factor not to be dismissed.. an ingredient involved in fecal matter and saliva .. of course the possible carrier is water that is also airborne (inhale-able water composed of minuscule water droplets. I think the oxygen we breathe in contains hydro/tiny bits of water in it which accounts for why people can get sick from one another breathing the same air because air/oxygen has hydro/water in it hence the “water droplets”) .. .perhaps minute-sized dust/tail feather dust  is inhaled that rides in on the minuscule  water droplets/condensation that is always present in the oxygen we breathe in a certain proximity  is how the disease  transmits or is transported… (all this invisible of course unseen by our mortal eyes but seen and proven through electron microscope)

When thinking about airborne diseases, That's a crucial thing the average person doesn't always consider is that water is already there present in the air we breathe because oxygen contains water and that that water is unseen and unfelt So accordingly minuscule particles have opportunity to ride in the air when asymptomatic people/animals breathe, sing, laugh, whistle, cluck, or pant and not just when they sneeze or cough.

I also tend to assume here viral particles can rest and or are stirred  up on and off surfaces as well for as long as the particles remain active and haven’t dissolved or dissipated for some time period under certain favorable conditions such as heat and ultralight/ factors or without antiseptic germ killing system involved to speed up that process.
…this is how I as a layperson imagine/assume how the transmission occurs  which involves microscopic entities only seen by electron microscope.





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