# Salt on a bird's tail

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-on-a-birds-tail/107464>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 6, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-on-a-birds-tail/107464 "2002-05-06T02:07:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![effiesmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@effiesmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effiesmom)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-on-a-birds-tail/107464/1 "2002-05-06T02:07:06Z")

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Is it true that if you put salt on a bird’s tail that it makes the bird unable to fly?

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**Author:** ![effiesmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@effiesmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effiesmom)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-on-a-birds-tail/107464/2 "2002-05-06T02:10:01Z")

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oops - sorry… check out 12/7/00 - already was a thread! Soooo Sorry! Delete me…

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-on-a-birds-tail/107464/3 "2002-05-06T02:50:46Z")

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OK. Closed.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator