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Re: Squirrels hunting and eating meat

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Everything is an opportunistic carnivore. I once came across a turtle chowing down on a dead frog.

Apparently cows are happy to eat nestlings if they happen to find a bird's nest while they're grazing.

If you're an animal, there's no food better than meat.

Re: Squirrels hunting and eating meat

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Everything is an opportunistic carnivore. I once came across a turtle chowing down on a dead frog.

Apparently cows are happy to eat nestlings if they happen to find a bird's nest while they're grazing. If you're an animal, there's no food better than meat.

Everything will eat anything if its hungry enough but to say there is no better food is a broad statement I'm not comfortable agreeing with.

Re: Squirrels hunting and eating meat

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post #2

Everything is an opportunistic carnivore. I once came across a turtle chowing down on a dead frog.

Apparently cows are happy to eat nestlings if they happen to find a bird's nest while they're grazing. If you're an animal, there's no food better than meat.

Horses snacking chicks. Videos easy to be found.

Re: Squirrels hunting and eating meat

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post #2

Everything is an opportunistic carnivore. I once came across a turtle chowing down on a dead frog.

Apparently cows are happy to eat nestlings if they happen to find a bird's nest while they're grazing. If you're an animal, there's no food better than meat.

That would only be true if you have the stomach biome to digest and extract the nutrients.

What is the point of eating something that is hard to process and digest and has no nutritional value for you

For herbivores, meat is objectively bad food .

Re: Squirrels hunting and eating meat

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently cows are happy to eat nestlings if they happen to find a bird's nest while they're grazing. If you're an animal, there's no food better than meat.

Everything will eat anything if its hungry enough but to say there is no better food is a broad statement I'm not comfortable agreeing with.

"Better" is kind of a vague term. A more precise and limited statement is that meat has the highest protein quality index. There could be some other disadvantages, depending on your species.
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