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Old 25-10-2009, 05:48 PM
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Re: Berries poisonous to birds?

Blackbirds also eat laurel berries and get a bit tipsy from them. Perhaps the toxic substance is in the seeds which pass through the bird and are shed before digestion? We were told never to eat plum kernels because they were poisonous, but the fruit is fine.
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