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These Squirrels Are Hunting and Eating Meat and Scientists Only Just Noticed (www.zmescience.com)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Cervids will gnaw on bones they find, I don't know why but that creeps me out, like a lot.

Edit: accidentally put corvid. Also, I've seen my neighbors Corvette gnawing on a raccoon corpse. It growled at me when I approached.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

There are numerous videos on YouTube of deer eating songbirds.