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minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·7 个月前Apparently 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-up45·7 个月前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.
minus-squarehuppakee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·7 个月前🎶 I ate a chick and i liked it 🎶
minus-squarestephen01king@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 个月前It’s an easy source of nutrition. Why wouldn’t you gobble up some chicks?
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 个月前Exactly. I once read an article where a biologist stated that herbivores should be instead considered oportunistic carnivores.
minus-squarehuppakee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 个月前Oportunistic carnivores? Too lazy to hunt prey you mean.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 个月前And cows sometimes eat frogs 🤷🏻
minus-squareTwilitSky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 个月前Imagine being bored and just like “oops I ate this living thing that was screeching trying to escape”
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 个月前Well, i usually open the fridge out of boredom and casually give a bite to a dead chicken that is stored there… sometimes i just take a slice of a monolith of emulsionated pigs.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 个月前https://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.
And cows sometimes eat frogs 🤷🏻
Imagine being bored and just like “oops I ate this living thing that was screeching trying to escape”
Well, i usually open the fridge out of boredom and casually give a bite to a dead chicken that is stored there… sometimes i just take a slice of a monolith of emulsionated pigs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYNmGMsU18