tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009643355982117276.post364227289535650429..comments2023-11-18T20:46:14.848+00:00Comments on James Marchington: Raptor poisonings - let's see the evidenceJames Marchingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08109578008088776428noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009643355982117276.post-73044999180461145092009-01-30T14:03:00.000+00:002009-01-30T14:03:00.000+00:00An interesting idea and one which bears investigat...An interesting idea and one which bears investigation but it brings us back to the main blog thread- we need hard evidence not unsubstantiated accusations. Every dead or missing raptor goes straight to press as 'killed by nasty gamekeepers' when myriad other things could have happened; hill farmers, pigeon fanciers, fancy poultry keepers could all have issues with rogue raptors. They could accidentally eat baits destined for other animals, or just fail to survive as darwinism has not deemed them fit enough! I am not naive enough to think no keepers kill raptors but they are not the only causes of death....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009643355982117276.post-87179281705565450262009-01-29T22:04:00.000+00:002009-01-29T22:04:00.000+00:00Dr Dan Yaltox stops them on the spot !!!!!Dr Dan Yaltox stops them on the spot !!!!!Meconopsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02517633816539650621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009643355982117276.post-58257045260948037032009-01-28T13:24:00.000+00:002009-01-28T13:24:00.000+00:00Here's something to think about: whereas in a mamm...Here's something to think about: whereas in a mammal ingesting a rapidly-acting poison will usually drop it in its tracks, a bird may not be quite so easily affected since the first part of a bird intestine is the crop, which is essentially just a storage sac and doesn't absorb much from the food.<BR/><BR/>So, I'd say it would be quite possible for a raptor to land, scoff a portion of a poisoned carcass and take off again well before the poison has time to act; a bird in flight will also have most of its blood diverted to the flight muscles and only a bare minimum in the gut, so if it eats then flies off again it'll only start being affected when it lands and starts to digest what it ate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com