# pouring salt on a bird's tail?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2000, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pouring-salt-on-a-birds-tail/44114 "2000-12-05T08:43:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pouring-salt-on-a-birds-tail/44114/11 "2000-12-07T13:46:11Z")

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_blush_

Aw, shucks…

🙂

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