Editorial/Sol Yucatán
Specialists reported that All types of birds, wild, domestic and even chickens, suffer stress and risks to their health with the low temperatures that are now being felt in the Yucatan Peninsula.but when the temperature drops to 4 degrees the situation becomes critically dangerous for them.
SOL YUCATAN reported two cases of dead birds in strange conditions: The first occurred in Conkal, where several dead Yucatecan jays were discovered, one of them still hanging by its legs from a branch. The second case happened in Panabá, where a flock of ticklers was discovered, which appeared dead under the bushes where they used to sleep.
In both cases, theThe birds would have suffered thermal collapse due to the cold, a phenomenon in which extreme temperatures weaken the muscles. and the reflections of birds, leaving them defenseless and vulnerable.
Furthermore, birds have a tendon locking mechanism, which is an anatomical and physiological adaptation that allows them to close their claws tightly when patching trees and keep them closed without muscular effort. Due to this “claw effect” the chara that died remained hanging by its legs.
Because of the frost and the currents of Also at risk in the frigid air are the around 200 parrots that are recovering at the Santa María Project Environmental Conservation and Dissemination Center. To protect them, the civil association is manufacturing and installing roosts for the parrots to shelter. In addition, they already supply them with multivitamins.
The ac requests donations in kind of pine boards 2.30 meters long by 25 or 30 cm wide, shade mesh in good condition and ceramic light bulbs or heat lamps to build more roosts. Help can also be financial.
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