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Anonymous
You know how carnivores actually enjoy eating berries, mushrooms and occasionally vegetables. How often is it that herbivores actually eat meat? I've heard stories of starved herbivores that turn to cannibalism but how common is it really?

Video of a cow eating a chicken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2eEGiU8vD8
>> Anonymous
These sorts of things aren't particularly common.

Animals that are carnivores or herbivores have digestive systems that are adapted to their specific food types. An obligate carnivore such as a cat cannot digest vegetables. They may nibble on them from time to time, but it would be rare for them to actually eat them.

Most of the time you hear about animals eating odd things it is a case of people not having a good grasp of what animals actually eat. Many animals are omnivorous even though people think of them otherwise.

Bears eat a great deal of plant matter. Most rodents eat insects, eggs, and small animals when they can catch them.
>> cant touch this !AB5fTSvpY6
my cat loves cucumber.almost anything i put in front of him he will eat.
>> Anonymous
i remember watching tv and somewhere there were perfectly healthy deer, eating seabirds.

The cow in the video looks unhealthy, so it was probably trying to get some nutritions from the chick.
>> Anonymous
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>>173667
my cat likes doritos

and cheese doodles
>> Anonymous
I once saw a wolf in the wild eating blueberries. It was a quite awesome sight I tell you.
>> Anonymous
My cat used to go absolutely fucking crazy when I ate peanut butter on toast, basically trying to steal it off my plate.
And once after unsuccessfully forcing her to swallow a pill, she bit my finger in a fervent attempt to eat it whole. From then on giving her antibiotics was ludicrously simple since she would just crunch them up as fast as she could. Delicious.
>> Anonymous
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0825_030825_carnivorousdeer.html
>> Anonymous
Theres an island of the coast of UK, sorry for being so vague, but on it are sheep that because of environment eat seagulls , they supposedly leap up and take them from the sky.
>> Anonymous
Considering that the reason that diseases like Mad Cow are spread is from feeding cows to other cows, it's not that surprising.
>> Anonymous
>>173672
Those "perfectly healthy" deer are perfectly healthy BECAUSE they eat seabird chicks. They need to eat them to get all the nutrients they can't find anywhere else on the island. The deer were introduced there, so it's not their natural environment.

There is also an island where deer eat their dead to get minerals, but I'm not sure if it's the same island.
>> Hyper Cutter !XQ6W0CNp/o
There's a story floating around that a zoo elephant ate someone during WWII, but I'm not sure if it's true or not...
>> anon
When the cicadas swarm our horses snatch them up. I had the displeasure of walking up to my cows and finding them eating a cat carcass. Licked it clean.
There is actually a herd of cannibalistic horses, I forget the whole story now. But they were being used for research the last I heard. I can't seem to find a damned link via google, but it was on a livestock show.
>> Anonymous
>>174083
you mean the last you "HERD" LOL
>> Anonymous
By the way, a cow is not the greatest example to use, because they will just eat anything their big stupid head passes over.
>> Anonymous
>>174083
Didn't Hercules have to deal with flesh-eating horses?
>> Anonymous
>>174216
no you have a big stupid head and i bet you eat alot
>> anon
>>174106
har har clever

>>174216
And true, the things ours ate was rather troubling. I don't know why I still eat hamburger. Chickens too....we don't have to worry about coons getting into the garbage, the chickens take it out in the daytime.

And yes, Hercules had to deal with cannibalistic horses.
>> Anonymous
>>174414
I think it was just one horse that had a tendency to attack and eat its riders.

Also cow vore is hot. :3
>> Anonymous
My rabbits kill and eat mice if the can catch them. At first I just thought the killed them to get them away from their food, but they actually do eat them. It's fucking disturbing.
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>>173705
Peryton?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peryton
>> Anonymous
animals are not getting enough nutrients MAINLY due to humans, so they are forced to find other (unnatural) means for a food source
it's not their fault, but we find it disgusting and appalling , which is sad

best example is when animals starts snatching humans as food, which results in the animal getting killed, though it's technically not their fault
>> Lucemon
In the autobiography "Zoo Vet" the author tells a story of a hippopotamus named Hercules he had experience with. The hippo shunned all plant matter and feasted on meat. It ate the other animals that shared its pen and would even try to stalk the author when he was in the pen.

Crazy stuff.
>> anon
>>174415
No, it was a stallion and three mares. They killed off the weaker members. At first the owners thought a cougar had gotten them until they caught them attacking a gelding and killing/eating him.

>>174822
Some causes are by man, especially in carnivores. But a herbivore still needs protein to build muscles. With our cows and horses I know damned well it isn't protein deficiency that's caused them to eat meat. In fact, our vet bitched at us for giving them too much for their work level. For calcium they get mineral blocks and supplements.

As for a horse attacking its rider. Go to Mountaineer Racetrack in West Virginia. They'll happily take a chunk out of you, rip you to shreds, or trample you to death. I know a woman that quite literally had her breast ripped off by one as she was walking past the stall.
The race horses are nutcases there. At least five deaths in the last year, mos where the horses intentionally killed their handlers/riders.
>> Anonymous
>>174822
There's nothing unnatural about predators eating humans. Any animal that can't defend itself is "fair game", we're just so damn dangerous most animals have learned to leave us alone.