Science & Technology

Here's why you should never, ever eat icicles

By T.K. Randall
January 7, 2021

Image: Eaved Icicles
Credit: Natasha2006 / (PD) There's no denying that icicles - the long shards of ice typically found hanging from your rooftop or window ledges during particularly cold weather - can be breathtakingly beautiful.

Some might argue that these intriguing ice spikes may even look good enough to eat like some sort of natural-made popsicle, however there is a very good reason why you shouldn't do that - as explained in a viral TikTok video posted up recently by meteorologist Katie Nikolaou.

In the video, which actually shows someone chomping down on an icicle found in their garden, she provides a simple explanation that's likely to put anyone off trying to do the same.

"Please don't do that," she said. "I'm a meteorologist, I should know."

"When icicles form it's from water that runs off your roof. You know what else is on your roof? Bird poop. A lot of it. You're eating poop."

Enough said.

@weather_katie

Don't eat icicles! Please respect the fact that I edited out the original woman in the video (I have her permission) #IciclePoop

♬ original sound - nickolaou.weather

Source: Buzzfeed News

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