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mike_c

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7. lots of herbivores are facultative carnivores

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 12:05 AM

May 2020

There's a fairly famous photo of a cow eating a rabbit that I use in my ecology lectures. Google "cow eating rabbit" to see it. Most grazing herbivores eat plenty of insects and other small animals while they graze. Years ago, I rounded a curve on a rural road in Utah and saw something road killed in the middle of the road. Before I reached it a squirrel popped up out of the carcass and dove into the weeds. Protein is protein.

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Forensic scientists caught a deer munching on a human carcass for the first time ever [View all] marble falls May 2020 OP

Oh my.... mbusby May 2020 #1

That would be a weird sight - a deer gnawing on a human rib bone. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #2

There are photos at the link. Its .... unexpected. marble falls May 2020 #3

I would totally watch that movie, LOL. Laffy Kat May 2020 #6

That's it SCantiGOP May 2020 #4

Interesting. Laffy Kat May 2020 #5

lots of herbivores are facultative carnivores mike_c May 2020 #7

But did the cow hunt and kill the rabbit, or just scavenge a dead one? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #8

presumably the latter mike_c May 2020 #14

So now I can add SCantiGOP May 2020 #9

I just wrote a post about squirrels eating baby birds csziggy May 2020 #13

I'm not too surprised. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #10

Thanks, last Saturday safeinOhio May 2020 #11

Nope. Not at all. Back in the old days if you hit a deer on the highway and grabbed it ... marble falls May 2020 #12

Well when I asked if this year couldn't get any worse... Initech May 2020 #15

Turnabout is fair play? Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #16

Its the sauce. marble falls Aug 2020 #17