Comments are interesting too, e.g.: On Mann, or one of those other remote British islands, bird conservationists noticed (some years back, before the internet,

Comments are interesting too, e.g.: On Mann, or one of those other remote British islands, bird conservationists noticed (some years back, before the internet, so I don’t have a link) that there were a lot of gulls or terns or whatever with one wing or a shortened wing. On further inspection they also found a lot of chicks with zero heads (they did not survive this). The enigma was studied, and it turns out that the grazing sheep there were regularly grazing of bits of nest-bound pre fledglings probably because of a lack of calcium and/or other minerals in the local soil, and thus, generally, food chain (and dirt … grazers also eat dust every time they eat anything, which includes minerals). Because the sheep were good at snipping, the amputations were often clean enough that the chicks would grow to one-limbed adults. or: About Indian cows: Europeans are unaware that lots of city cows in India rarely have a chance to nibble at any grass or leaves. They feed on paper, torn cloth, household scraps and small quantities of food stolen from market stalls. It was amazing that if you drop a bit of paper in India, the nearest cow turns with interest, comes and eats it. Re: Well, I’m one European who is certainly aware of this :) Some of my friends watched an Indian cow consume paper and other material from a burning fire… you have to feel sorry for these animals if they are really this desperate.