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I remember watching a very disturbing video once, where a deer ate a sparrow. I can't quite find the link. Will post if I am able to. I personally feel that s

by sidcool 13y ago

I remember watching a very disturbing video once, where a deer ate a sparrow. I can't quite find the link. Will post if I am able to. I personally feel that some animals understand their nutritional requirements and select their food accordingly. It's for survival, nothing personal.

Excavator 13y ago
A quick search led to this¹, is it the right one? Edit: Also, in regards to India there's this video² of a cow catching and eating a chicken. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9vxHN8_jSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9vxHN8_jSE
- sidcool 13y ago
  I am at work and cannot access YouTube. But not many videos like the one I watched exist, so this must be the one. :)
  - Excavator 13y ago
    True, mostly happens with domesticated animals that has a diet lacking in minerals. But then it's usually a cadaver or the bony remains and as such not 'film worthy' I guess.
vijayr 13y ago
Someone posted a video on Reddit of a baboon eating a baby deer, alive. It was like 2-3 mins, couldn't watch more than a few seconds. It was horrible. I remember thinking, why can't the stupid baboon kill the deer and then eat it, instead of eating it alive? Animal kingdom is cruel
- mercer 13y ago
  I think that's this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcnH_TOqi3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcnH_TOqi3I Not the most pleasant thing to watch over breakfast.
- ColonelPanic001 12y ago
  I think "indifferent" is probably more accurate. The baboon didn't do it out of malice, the idea probably just didn't occur to it. That actually strikes me as even more grim, in some ways. Nature isn't out to get you, nature just doesn't care at all. It just is.
  - vijayr 12y ago
    May be, but many (most?) carnivores first kill their prey before eating them. There are exceptions of course, like the Python. Either way, it is horrible to watch.

by sidcool 13y ago

Excavator 13y ago

A quick search led to this¹, is it the right one? Edit: Also, in regards to India there's this video² of a cow catching and eating a chicken. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9vxHN8_jSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9vxHN8_jSE

sidcool 13y ago
I am at work and cannot access YouTube. But not many videos like the one I watched exist, so this must be the one. :)
- Excavator 13y ago
  True, mostly happens with domesticated animals that has a diet lacking in minerals. But then it's usually a cadaver or the bony remains and as such not 'film worthy' I guess.

vijayr 13y ago

Someone posted a video on Reddit of a baboon eating a baby deer, alive. It was like 2-3 mins, couldn't watch more than a few seconds. It was horrible. I remember thinking, why can't the stupid baboon kill the deer and then eat it, instead of eating it alive? Animal kingdom is cruel

mercer 13y ago
I think that's this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcnH_TOqi3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcnH_TOqi3I Not the most pleasant thing to watch over breakfast.
ColonelPanic001 12y ago
I think "indifferent" is probably more accurate. The baboon didn't do it out of malice, the idea probably just didn't occur to it. That actually strikes me as even more grim, in some ways. Nature isn't out to get you, nature just doesn't care at all. It just is.
- vijayr 12y ago
  May be, but many (most?) carnivores first kill their prey before eating them. There are exceptions of course, like the Python. Either way, it is horrible to watch.