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From: mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Michael Mahler)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: RE: parrot toys
Message-ID: <4302@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 21:13:43 GMT
References: <16FEB91.12383936@uc780.umd.edu> <519@sherpa.UUCP>
Reply-To: mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com ()
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In article <519@sherpa.UUCP> rac@sherpa.UUCP (Roger Cornelius) writes:
>From article <16FEB91.12383936@uc780.umd.edu>, by greg@uc780.umd.edu:

>> Avocados period.  The stuff is poison to birds.  Chocolate too.

>Is this really true.  I have two avacado trees and my Amazon loves
>them.  Admittedly, he gets only a small portion, and he's just now 
>going on two years old, so only one avacado season has passed.
>Avacado meat is pretty messy too.

	The layer between the meat and the pit is where the toxins are.
	In addition, the leaves from the tree are nasty.

	I'm jealous, though, I LOVE avacado (I use it in making
	sushi) and would love to have a tree...


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