Did you know that all birds have gizzards?

[Ptah]

[Walleye]

1. Don't know why, but that's funny.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. As a matter of fact, I did know that.

When I was a kid, my dad inherited a canary after an aunt died. We kept bird gravel in his cage so he could digest his bitdseed. We also used to sprout bitdseed on a piece of wet sponge for him so he had greens to eat.

I haven't thought about that little bird in a long time. He would sing really loud when you ran the vacuum cleaner like he was trying to drown out the noise.

[Hestia]

3. Some dinosaurs had gizzards too and ate stones to grind their food.

Birds are descendants of dinosaurs.

The more you know, the more your brain gets cluttered with minutia

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I didn't know that about dinosaurs.

Thanks for the info.

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Earthworms too

In fact, they don't even have a stomach - just a gizzard.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Stands to reason

Birds don't have teeth.

I used to eat chicken gizzards after cooking over a charcoal fire, wrapped in foil with skin added for fat and flavor. Over time I lost my taste for gizzards and hearts, but I still enjoy chicken livers prepared that way.