I never believe the rice and birds thingy . . . why? Cause at 15 I tried it. I went to the park with a pound of rice and fed the birds. There was a fountain there and many of them drank after eating alot of uncooked rice. I waited for the explosion. Nothing happened that day. I went back the next day -- it was summer and I had nothing to do -- not dead birds anywhere in the park. Case closed.