Talk:Crop (anatomy)

Purpose of Crop
But what is the purpose? All the article says is what a crop does, not what it is there for in the first place. Why does a bird need to store food in a crop? It's like saying "hemoglobin transports oxygen" and then never explaining (or linking to another article) why transporting oxygen is necessary in the first place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.251.225 (talk) 14:16, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

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re Sherlock Holmes
I fear this will never be settled. You can easily find sources that say a goose does indeed have a crop, or at least something that is commonly called a crop, since others will say that it is not a "true" crop, much as it may function as one. 71.162.113.226 (talk) 01:51, 10 September 2020 (UTC)


 * It is kind of weird how the article says that Arthur Conan Doyle hid the gem in the goose's crop...surely it was the character in the story, and not the author? 142.161.251.179 (talk) 02:31, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Since the focus in that section is literary refere, I have eliminated all distracting details and fixed the matter. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 04:42, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Geese - crop or no crop?
The poster above mentioned the debate, with regard to Sherlock Holmes, but I figured I would point out that, right on this page that says geese don't have a crop, there is a video showing a graylag goose and specifically pointing out its full crop! Nikgervae (talk) 20:01, 4 June 2021‎ (UTC)
 * The source for the Sherlock Holmes mention is incorrect. A goose does have a crop, and the part of this article that says so has a reference confirming this fact. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 05:12, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Is it known how much conscious control animals have over their crop?
By this, I mean: can animals consciously decide how much of the food they swallow goes into their crop rather than their stomach, and/or when they transfer food from their crop to their stomach and how much of it they transfer? Or is the process of storing and retrieving food from the crop largely automatic and subconscious? How much does this control vary between clades? I am particularly interested in how much control birds have over their crop and its contents. RedKnight7146 (talk) 07:53, 8 February 2024 (UTC)