Why do birds not pee?

Birds convert nitrogen to uric acid instead: this is metabolically more costly but saves water and weight, as it is less toxic and doesn’t need to be diluted so much. Birds therefore don’t have a urethra, and don’t pee – all waste leaves via the anus.

Does the chicken urinate?

As birds do not have a urinary bladder, their pee is non-water soluble uric acid. If you have observed your chicken’s poop, their “pee” is the white paste and some liquid that’s excreted out as they release their waste. The kidneys are quite the crucial characters when it comes to excretion.

What animals do not pee?

Peeing like we pee, that yellow liquid, only mammals (that is, animals that have mammary glands, or breasts, like cats, dogs and horses) do. In these animals, the urine (the pee) is eliminated separately through a tube called urethra.

Do chickens poop and pee at the same time?

Birds, unlike mammals, do not have separate exits for urine and feces. Both waste products are eliminated simultaneously through the cloaca.

Do birds and chickens urinate?

In contrast birds have no need for a urethra since they don’t urinate. Instead they coat their feces with uric acid that exits their body through the cloaca as moist chicken poop. Fortunately, the lack of liquid urine makes keeping chickens easier.

Do birds pee or just poop?

Because birds only have one exit for their reproductive, digestive and urinary tracts — the cloaca — their pee and poop comes from the same place at the same time. So the green or brown trace you often see in the white uric acid paste is actually the equivalent of our feces.

Does a fish pee?

Freshwater fish will passively intake water from their environment and then, as their insides are saltier than their surroundings, will excrete a diluted urine. Fish have kidneys which produce urine containing ammonium, phosphorus, urea, and nitrous waste.

What animal can pee the fastest?

An elephant’s bladder can hold nearly 5 gallons (18 liters) of fluid, and yet, it can pee just as quickly as a cat. A new study reveals that most mammals larger than rats urinate for about the same amount of time: 21 seconds.

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