Birds from time to time that he carries waste in his mouth You may come across it. We know that they usually do this to build their nests.

But sometimes among this rubbish cigarette butt It also happens and its purpose is different than we expected.

It serves a useful purpose when birds carry cigarette butts to their nests.

Birds that fill their nests with cigarette butts may seem unhealthy from the outside, but the reason they do this is to the opposite function owner.

Chemicals in tobacco leaves repel arthropods such as parasitic mites. The greater the amount of cellulose acetate (a component of cigarette butts) in the nests, the study published in Biology Letters1 showed. the fewer parasitic mites and ticks the nest contains They found it.

The development of these creatures with the feathers and blood of baby birds What they do makes a lot of sense when you consider that they are being fed.

Researchers say birds collect cigarette butts, an urban variant of an old adaptation He thinks maybe it is.

Although cigarette butts have beneficial aspects, we cannot ignore their harm.

On the other hand, researchers have found that cigarette butts may have anti-parasite effects may have as yet unknown effects on birds warns because many compounds in cigarette butts are carcinogenic.

Even puppies in litters with lots of cigarette butts often have genetic problems.

The same action took place among people even in ancient times.

Before people started using tobacco for recreational purposes, the ‘nicotinia’ plant repel insects used. So, it is known that even people use this substance to keep it away from crops.

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