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minus-squarepedz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·2 months 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-up45·2 months 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-up26·2 months ago🎶 I ate a chick and i liked it 🎶
minus-squareTrex202@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoI hope my farmers don’t mind it
minus-squarestephen01king@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s an easy source of nutrition. Why wouldn’t you gobble up some chicks?
minus-squareqyron@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoExactly. I once read an article where a biologist stated that herbivores should be instead considered oportunistic carnivores.
minus-squarehuppakee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoOportunistic carnivores? Too lazy to hunt prey you mean.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoAnd cows sometimes eat frogs 🤷🏻
minus-squareTwilitSky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoImagine being bored and just like “oops I ate this living thing that was screeching trying to escape”
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoWell, 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-up4·2 months 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.
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