This week, I'm answering a question sent to me from Powell, Wyoming, by L.C., who asks, "Please, Geo, tell me how do you quench your thirst when you only have salt water all around you?" The simple answer, L.C., is that I drink it.
If you get close enough to me to see something wet trickling down my beak, chances are I'm not suffering from a head cold. I'm just expelling an excess saline solution, and in the process I may shake and snort as if sneezing. This time of year, our abundant Oregon Coast rainfall provides plenty of puddles and streams with fine salt-free water for seagulls to dip our beaks in and take a bath. But we're equally at home miles away from shore, splashing and sipping in the great Pacific Ocean waters. You can learn more about seagull drinking habits here and here, along with formal research documents here, and an elegantly simple illustration here. To submit your potential Fun Fact Friday question for Geo, just click on the Comments link in the top right corner of this post. Be sure to say "please" when you ask Geo to answer your question.
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I'm the distinguished Park Host on South Jetty Beach at Bandon, Oregon, USA. I'm a firm believer in First Principles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Your Lunch. Archives
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