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Animals must die all the time with minimal evidence left for humans to see. The lack of bodies is just indicates that the animal was rapidly consumed. Wheneve
by 7952 7y ago
Animals must die all the time with minimal evidence left for humans to see. The lack of bodies is just indicates that the animal was rapidly consumed. Whenever I have seen dead birds outside they never last long.
- Y-bar 7y agoMy cats aren’t/weren’t subtle when they catch and eat prey. Neither are birds of prey or other vultures, when devouring another bird. The cats I own and had over the past decades have gifted me hundreds of dead of half dead animals. Some of those cats were prolific killers. I never witnessed a successful bird hunt, never received a bird as a gift. And most importantly: If there is any single animal which can easily leave traces of inedible stuff like feathers, down, beaks, claws — it’s birds. I never even have found traces of a killed bird, on the ground or in scat. Despite this, I have no doubt cats kill a lot of birds. It’s just that a lone study with p<0.1 (rather than the classic p<0.05) is so far removed the reality I actually observe I can’t help but to have my doubts.