Comment on Brib Cuddles

sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• rooroo@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  But what can be more human than being a predator and a terrible being as well?

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hmm. I think it’s the human capability to care about others that you’re not related to which has led to our domination over other species.

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    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Or that others can be useful, even if you don’t care about them.

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  To be fair, pretty much any bird that isn’t exclusively an herbivore will do that if the opportunity arises. Birds be vicious little predators fo sho.

  Hell, there’s a cardinal that hangs around our house, and I’ve seen him eating a dead bird before. Well, picking pieces of it off, then flying into the shrubbery, then coming back in a few seconds. I assume he was eating it, since they nest in a different section of the yard. So I wouldn’t even be surprised if pretty much any bird would go after unprotected chicks if the chance arises.

  And all of them will eat eggs, afaik, if they can crack them, our they find one cracked already.

  It’s a common joke to refer to their dinosaur ancestry, but even those cute like songbirds have a savage side, just like their more intimidating kin.

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure that if you see birds carrying food, they’re usually bringing some to their babies! Otherwise it’s safer to eat it there.

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• deur@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Humans are famous for not being omnivores, of course. You think history isn’t full of brutal hunting by humans who didnt know or care about anything better?

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• HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Predate? You mean prey?

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’ve always used predate in this context because it tends to be confused with prey species.

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    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I agree it is just a bad verb, to “prey” should mean to sneak around in people’s yards munching on plants and sketching out whenever anybody else gets close.

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• ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  remember they predate upon other birds’ chicks, etc.

  Wait 'til you see what humans do!

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  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Call me when crows invent factory farming lol

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