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i-d-even-k- t1_jadeciy wrote

Reply to comment by bsquiggle1 in Eggs and margarine drive food inflation to record 17.1% by VORTXS

Which ones? Genuinely curious, I am not aware of any bird eggs that aren't edible (as long as they don't have bacteria on the shell, of course).

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bsquiggle1 t1_jaeswjm wrote

https://farmandanimals.com/can-you-eat-bird-eggs/

Are All Bird Eggs Edible? Actually no, not all bird eggs should be eaten due to some birds being toxic. These birds include ones that eat insects causing the birds skin, feathers, and dander to contain the same chemical found in poison dart frogs, Batrachotoxinin-A or BTX:

Hooded Pitohui – from New Guinea. Northern Variable Pitohui – from New Guinea. Blue Capped Ifrita – From New Guinea. Little Shrikethrush – from Australia. Because these birds all sit on their eggs, even touching them would probably be a bad idea.

Other toxic birds include:

Red Warbler – from Mexico Spur-winged Goose – from Sub-Saharan Africa

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