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minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·2 days agoApparently horses sometimes eat small birds. They shouldn’t but it seems it can happen if they are hungry, or bored and/or curious.
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 day agoA family member had a mule that had to be kept away from the chickens, as the animal would gobble up any chick within reach. It wasn’t casual, it wasn’t out of hunger. The vet was horrified when he saw it happen, even after being warned.
minus-squarehuppakee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 day ago🎶 I ate a chick and i liked it 🎶
minus-squareTrex202@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoI hope my farmers don’t mind it
minus-squarestephen01king@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoIt’s an easy source of nutrition. Why wouldn’t you gobble up some chicks?
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoExactly. I once read an article where a biologist stated that herbivores should be instead considered oportunistic carnivores.
minus-squarehuppakee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·24 hours agoOportunistic carnivores? Too lazy to hunt prey you mean.
minus-squareTwilitSky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoImagine being bored and just like “oops I ate this living thing that was screeching trying to escape”
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoAnd cows sometimes eat frogs 🤷🏻
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYNmGMsU18
Apparently horses sometimes eat small birds. They shouldn’t but it seems it can happen if they are hungry, or bored and/or curious.
A family member had a mule that had to be kept away from the chickens, as the animal would gobble up any chick within reach.
It wasn’t casual, it wasn’t out of hunger.
The vet was horrified when he saw it happen, even after being warned.
🎶 I ate a chick and i liked it 🎶
I hope my farmers don’t mind it
It’s an easy source of nutrition. Why wouldn’t you gobble up some chicks?
Exactly.
I once read an article where a biologist stated that herbivores should be instead considered oportunistic carnivores.
Oportunistic carnivores? Too lazy to hunt prey you mean.
Imagine being bored and just like “oops I ate this living thing that was screeching trying to escape”
And cows sometimes eat frogs 🤷🏻
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYNmGMsU18