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• spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Raptors are awesome and they absolutely hunt and kill other animals. You don’t have to make up fake animal facts to dunk on the US.

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  • Lvdwsn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah but the bald eagle in particular has a proclivity towards cowardice and scavenging, despite its size. Red tailed hawk or turkey is a much more admirable bird

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    • spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Turkeys are super cool, but it’s still a bit silly to apply human values to wild animals. Pretty much all animals are wired to survive while expending the least amount of energy and reducing risk to themselves. Stealing catches from other animals is quite common across species because it’s easier and safer. The reality is that it’s brutal out there. I don’t have diminished admiration for a bear because it found some food in a trash can instead of catching fish from a stream.

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• samus12345@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ben Franklin said we shoulda gone with the turkey!

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