Talk:Dust bathing

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To all deletionists: This is not a finished page, yet. Either help out expanding it or give it some time to grow.

I translated a couple of things from the German page de:Sandbad. Quality wise that one's not entirely usable as is, so improvements will be needed. If you'd like to contribute, please do. Images seem to be easier to find than text.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Bathing_and_Dusting.html should be worked in here. 76.97.245.5 (talk) 04:14, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Human sand baths
This topic needs resources. I tried to google for some but they are well hidden.76.97.245.5 (talk) 04:14, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Giving up
Lots of luck with the page from here. I start the page set it up, save it before having dinner, come back and half of it is gone. 76.97.245.5 (talk) 04:14, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Requested image
File:Sandbadende haushuehner imgp7859.jpg now available :-) -- Smial (talk) 06:22, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

New image needed?
I have some chickens and if you want I can take some pictures of them before, during, and after. UNIT A4B1 (talk) 20:35, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed Move of article
This article is really about the behaviour of dustbathing rather than an article about dust baths per se. As a consequence, the opening sentence is actually nonesense and the article a little disjointed. I propose that the article be renamed/moved to an article entitled Dustbathing. This would also make it mor consistent with its 'sister' page Sham dustbathing. DrChrissy (talk) 18:08, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to dust bathing (seems to be more common name than dustbathing). - M0rphzone (talk) 22:10, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Unreliable reference
The reference given to support the statement about indigenous humans using dustbaths rather than water baths (i.e. 5.^ The sing-song of old man kangaroo) appears to be a short story/song/poem. As such, it is a work of fiction. Even reading the article does not make it clear whether the bath contains water and is surrounded by salt pans, or whether the bath contains dust. A more reliable source needs to be provided.DrChrissy (talk) 19:10, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've removed them since they are dubious and likely untrue. There aren't any reliable sources about the topic. - M0rphzone (talk) 22:10, 23 March 2013 (UTC)