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According to national eagle center, "The average eagle needs between ½ and 1 pound of food each day.". So those animals are harvesting 35-70lb of food (other an
by steve_adams_86 6y ago
According to national eagle center, "The average eagle needs between ½ and 1 pound of food each day.". So those animals are harvesting 35-70lb of food (other animals) per day. That's incredible to me! There must be so much life in that area.
https://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/eagle-diet-feeding/ https://www.nationaleaglecenter.org/eagle-diet-feeding/
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> So those animals are harvesting 35-70lb of food (other animals) per day. That's incredible to me! There must be so much life in that area. I mean, you could almost certainly harvest more than 70 pounds of ants a day without making a dent in the ant population. Eagles can't eat ants, but "pounds of life" doesn't mean much.
- steve_adams_86 6y agoFor sure, you're right, I just find it fascinating how much life is out there. If I try visualizing 70lb of small creatures for eagles to eat, it suddenly seems kind of crazy to think of all those creatures and so much life cycling in such a small area where these things hunt. The earth is just covered in life.
- bliteben 6y agoA lot of farmers dump oyster shells on their fields. This attracts quite a bit of gulls and seems related but I am not really sure what the food sources there are. Also this is a seasonal occurrence.