Science Notes.
HOW SEA BIRDS QUENCH THIRST. The question as to how sea birds quench their thirst has been satisfactorily answered. An old sailor says he has seen those birds at sea, far from any land that could furnish them water, hovering round and round, and under a storm cloud, chattering like ducks on a hot day at a pond, and drinking in the drops of rain as they fell, 'they will smell a rain squall a hundred miles or even further off, and scud for it with almost inconceivable swiftness. How long sea birds can exist without water is only a matter of conjecture, but probably their powers of enduring thirst are increased by habit, and probably they go without water for many days, if not for several weeks.
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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 3, 21 April 1894, Page 3
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130Science Notes. Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 3, 21 April 1894, Page 3
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