Monday, April 21, 2014

DAY 268: HAVING A (DUST) BATH








A dust bath is an unusual type of bath – this sounds like a paradoxical statement because dust is not a term we normally associate with cleansing.     But it is believed that birds participate in dust baths to help them get rid of parasites.
A bird dust bath is really dry soil that we term dust.  The birds perform this bathing ritual by flinging loose dry dirt over themselves.  They look just as if they are bathing in water!  Testing the dust, splashing, and fluttering, etc.

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