A: It happens all the time, but almost all the time it?s on purpose. “It really depends on the type of animal,” said Keith Poulsen, a large animal veterinarian at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. “It?s very rare for birds to be obese, because they couldn?t fly anymore. “But plenty of animals end swimsuit season by gorging on anything they can find.
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