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> “We have no examples today of animals that scavenge but don’t hunt,” he adds. I've seen a number of articles in the last few years talking about how scavengi
by mattnewport 8y ago
> “We have no examples today of animals that scavenge but don’t hunt,” he adds.
I've seen a number of articles in the last few years talking about how scavenging meat seems to be much more common amongst animals we typically consider herbivores (like deer) than previously realized. There are also a number of opportunistic omnivorous scavengers that rely more on scavenging than hunting it they hunt at all. This claim seems bogus to me.
- jessaustin 8y agoMost ungulates eat their own afterbirth. Sure, that's easier to digest than most carcasses would be, and less likely to spread disease, but it shows that meat digestion is possible.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoIf I'm to believe [0], that applies to many if not most mammals, some humans included. -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placental_expulsion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placental_expulsion
- Steuard 8y agoI was shocked when I first heard a colleague in my college's biology department talk about this. He said that when he puts nets up to collect birds for banding, it's essential not to leave them up too long at a time: if you do, passing deer will spot the trapped birds and eat them.