But other birds can also be poisoned if insects eat the rat bait and the birds then eat the insects. Some birds may even eat the bait directly. In a test, Elliott put sparrows in a cage with rat-bait pellets. They went straight for the bait, he says. ARs work by interfering with the blood's ability to clot.
Tommy Chong Dead at age 74. Beloved actor-comedian Tommy Chong, one-half of the pot-loving pair âCheech and Chong,â has died today at his home, he was 74. Chong has been battling prostate cancer for a long time. âIâve got prostate cancer, and Iâm treating it with hemp oil, with cannabis,â Chong, 74, told CNN Saturday.
Brittany Murphy's Death: Remembering The 'Clueless' Actress 3 Years Later. It's been three years since Brittany Murphy died, on Dec. 20, 2009, from a fatal combination of prescription drugs, pneumonia and iron deficiency. The actress, who died at 32, had come a long way since her days as a gum-snapping high school student in 1995's Clueless, in which she starred alongside Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd.