True or false

[Garden Carpet]

Originally Posted by honeybee

Yes, I remember now, there's a lizard on galapagos that snorts the salt out of it's nostrils.

eeeuuuuch!! Nice friends you have HB dont suppose they have handkerchiefs out there
jaki

[Imaginos]

Originally Posted by Garden Carpet

OK, Penguins, and other sea birds take in salt water and by means of a filter system remove the salt from the water. This salt is stored in a gland at the base of the beak and the penguins tap their beaks on a boulder or some such to remove the stored salt solution

Jaki

PS. I cant find the site I read this on again.. sorry

A bit closer to home, the tubenoses (fulmars, petrels, shearwaters & albatrosses) are so named because they have a tube like adaption on their beak that performs a similar function without the need to tap the beak (I think they just blow it out).

On a side note; all birds only have one excretory orifice so guano is waste solids and liquids together.

[Paul mabbott]

Yes, much as we might mock them, pollsters go to a lot of trouble to produce questions which have only yes/no answers - not 'well, maybe' or 'it depends ...'! In this case, the simple question would be 'Do penguins drink saltwater?'
I think Imaginos pointed out that no birds produce urine (which could hardly be described as 'freshwater' anyway) - their excretions are solid with varying amounts of moisture content.

Originally Posted by Alan

I suppose it depends on the interpretation of what fresh water is, and what it's for. In this case it's what animals drink/consume to live.
I suppose the question could have been: Penguins get their water/liquid intake from saltwater.. true of false?