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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Apparently horses sometimes eat small birds. They shouldn't but it seems it can happen if they are hungry, or bored and/or curious.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

🎶 I ate a chick and i liked it 🎶

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I hope my farmers don't mind it

[–] stephen01king@piefed.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's an easy source of nutrition. Why wouldn't you gobble up some chicks?

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly.

I once read an article where a biologist stated that herbivores should be instead considered oportunistic carnivores.

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Oportunistic carnivores? Too lazy to hunt prey you mean.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

And cows sometimes eat frogs 🤷🏻

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine being bored and just like "oops I ate this living thing that was screeching trying to escape"

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.