Almost any land mammal will eat baby birds. There's a reason my ecology teacher called them "nature's popcorn."

@mellanie7598

4 жыл бұрын

They're my popcorn too

@cockadoodledoostudios2778

4 жыл бұрын

**crunch**

@sendmorerum8241

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my. How in the hell the ground-nesting birds still exist?

@kefkaZZZ

4 жыл бұрын

That deer ate a bird!

@specturv9836

4 жыл бұрын

This is why birds hate the world

Turtle: boo hoo hoo... I... what are you doing? Butterfly: *YOUR TEARS SUSTAIN ME*

@cockadoodledoostudios2778

4 жыл бұрын

Turtle: Dude, that’s disgusting! I’m outta here! *slow mo run* ... ... ... Butterfly: I seen caterpillar crawl faster. Now, give me your tears! Turtle: NOOOOOOOOO

@caintheweirdo9945

4 жыл бұрын

Since when butterflies become sadistic edgelords!?

@spookynoodle3843

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe I should have made a butterfly oc

@timexyemerald6290

4 жыл бұрын

This comment reminded me of cartmen licking the bullys tears on south park

@Hermititis

4 жыл бұрын

@@caintheweirdo9945 , since always. We just give them a pass since they're pretty and pollinate plants for us.

man baby birds just cant get a break

@annabellethepitty

4 жыл бұрын

And people wonder why most birds are assholes.

@maeveelizabeth9739

4 жыл бұрын

What do you expect? Nuggets are delicious!

@teresamcmurrin8672

4 жыл бұрын

Baby birds: nature's multi-vitamin...

@Anna-tc6rz

4 жыл бұрын

Probably because they're everywhere and defenseless.

@anaj9346

4 жыл бұрын

They do seem to be the most vulnerable 😔

Then there are those carnivores who munch on plants. Looking at you, cats.

@specturv9836

4 жыл бұрын

That’s actually fore bathing purposes it helps make the hair balls the so kindly leave around the house

@sus4644

4 жыл бұрын

@@specturv9836 then there are the shorthaired cats that simply munch on plants for fun.

@19Thunderbird94

4 жыл бұрын

@@sus4644 short haired kitties also swallow hair when they groom.

@brigidtheirish

4 жыл бұрын

They might also be flossing their teeth, or getting their equivalent of a breath mint. And, of course, there are the more psychoactive plants. Catnip is a trip!

@AmberAmber

4 жыл бұрын

@@brigidtheirish Catnip is a member of the mint family. I planted round my house when we had kits! And it's also kinda invasive, so needs grooming. Also my pup was a carrot stick maniac!!😘💗😂☺️❤

"This is life, and no one gets out alive, so being able to eat dead things is a pretty good way to make a living." I'm gonna quote you on that, Hank.

A squirrel is a rat with better PR.

@spindash64

5 жыл бұрын

Same with Doves and Pigeons

@TheSassi14

5 жыл бұрын

kriszyke I like rats. They are cute.

@Laff700

5 жыл бұрын

+TheSassi42 Yeah, rats are cute. I've had some as pets. Nice and smart creatures.

@shrunkent

5 жыл бұрын

Shaggy tailed tree rats

@mehujmehuj2229

5 жыл бұрын

Laff700 don't rats pee on thier feet and spread it everywhere they go? How is that cute xD

"Squirrels will act as predators when completely healthy, so there must be some other reasons." I mean, to be fair, squirrels are one of the most psychopathic animals I've ever seen, so.

@squelchotron8259

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but have you ever seen a cuter psychopath?

@w1975b

3 жыл бұрын

@@squelchotron8259 the cute psychopath in my attic is going to be evicted in the next few days! no more chewing or scratching, hopefully before it chews into a wire and burns my house down

@hillbillyhippy

3 жыл бұрын

My dog says they're evil. Something about a plot to drive everyone nuts and then they'll cash in.

@daisyphinney1038

3 жыл бұрын

@@hillbillyhippy Your dog's name Mel by any chance?

@hillbillyhippy

3 жыл бұрын

@@daisyphinney1038 naw, he's a Duke. Pittie and I think boxer. He's old and wise now.

Old timers in rural Texas where I grew up used to set out cow and horse bones for sheep and goats to gnaw on. That was even with mineral blocks. The animals seemed to simply prefer bones.

@Nirrrina

4 жыл бұрын

Uh I wonder why they preferred it. I wonder if it was because it had different nutritional stuff in it. Or if they preferred it because it was more natural to them. Who knows though. Maybe it just tasted better to them. It was interesting to find that out though.

@revolver265

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nirrrina Maybe in the same way a Koala won't recognize eucalyptus leaves on a plate and require it attached to a tree? Mineral blocks *work* in the way salt licks work for mountain goats, but they probably don't act on instinct like bones do, and domestication screws with animal mental capacity.

and now we finally know why bambi wouldn't stop saying bird (>.

@michimelody4036

4 жыл бұрын

Bahaha omg perfection

@RICOLAWW

4 жыл бұрын

I just shouted god dammit and disturbed everyone in the Costco food court. You bastard.

@dreadcthulhu5

3 жыл бұрын

I"m glad I was at home alone while reading that given how long and loud I laughed.

@sabrinafelber

3 жыл бұрын

o...m....g.

@HussainAli-rz2gv

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

Guard: My King, the Necromancer is sending a skeleton army towards the castle! King: RELEASE THE DEER! Guard: What? King: And the Squirrels. Guard: ...

@yourtricked4098

5 жыл бұрын

OverLord

@Morganational

5 жыл бұрын

King: And the butterflies...

@crystalm4324

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

@imduc2

4 жыл бұрын

King:And the moth larvae.

@awesomemccoolname7111

4 жыл бұрын

:Are we going to release the hippos? :no no, only if he sends out zombies.

Snake: I fear no man, but those things. *Squirrels walking around* Snake: It scares me

@itsbright16

4 жыл бұрын

As a snake i can say snakes are scared

@TheOneWhoAsked4373

4 жыл бұрын

Dude some times venom helps the snakes in their fight with squirrels... Squirrels get eaten and I have encountered few fights.... Snakes:9 Squirrels:1 Was the most ovious result.....

@itsbright16

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheOneWhoAsked4373 Ok not all snakes But i am scared for squirrels

@alex-fs9yt

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Zarmdthecoolest

2 жыл бұрын

Snakes and spiders don't deserve their reputations. They're just huge baby dumbasses :(

New hypothesis: squirrels have a rare need for large amounts of copper in their diets. This is why they chew on electrical wire

@siyacer

3 жыл бұрын

They're just trying to rise up against metroman

@meganofsherwood3665

Жыл бұрын

@@siyacer quality reference 👌

This means the Killer Rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail is not so far-fetched as we thought...

@NonDelusional74611

5 жыл бұрын

NuxVom Bunnicula!!

@bringthereign

5 жыл бұрын

Rabbits aren't rodents....

@LadyAneh

5 жыл бұрын

Run away!!!

@sneeringimperialist6667

5 жыл бұрын

Or the one that attacked Gabrielle on Xena.

@Dragrath1

5 жыл бұрын

Lagomorphs the group including Pikas Hares and Rabbits also exhibit some carnivorous behavior such as eating carrion or as mentioned in the video insects.

Wait, are rodents not considered omnivores? I grew up on a farm with a serious, constant rat problem, and if a chicken died and the body wasn't discovered soon enough, rats would hollow it out like a handbag. They'd eat from underneath, so it would seem relatively normal until you picked it up and realized it was a shell. They also frequently killed and ate chicks.

@fernandoleamshake7031

5 жыл бұрын

thats why you get a bunch of cats

@clink6017

5 жыл бұрын

Ew

@gaijinblow

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ that’s disturbing

@Kattywampus

5 жыл бұрын

..and chickens eat mice when they can. But yeah my family told me that they chickens they used to have would get invaded by rodents sometimes and you'd see chicks with 1 leg.

@Kobra7049

5 жыл бұрын

Mice and rats are omnivores. The eat what they can.

Animals do not give a crap how we classify them. The "strict carnivores", as we've labeled them, do not solely live off of meat, but frequently supplement their diets with grasses, berries, tree bark, etc. Conversely, the animals we've labeled as "strict herbivores" also consume animals from time to time. Regardless of how you want to label it, life must feed on other life, be that life plant, fungus, animal (or in the case of bacteria, other bacteria), and animals do not discriminate how that life is classified if it suits their nutritional needs. Also, plants will even feed on other plants or animals! Not all plants are strict photosynthesizers.

@khajiithadwares2263

4 жыл бұрын

Heres an example, had a female dog that I let out of leash and first thing on her list was to rush as fast as she could to a dig place with yellow dirt & sand and swallow as much as she could. Gotta get those minerals, Marie.

@BigUriel

4 жыл бұрын

Some strict carnivores do only eat animal products (not exclusively meat but also eggs and milk). They can't generally eat plants, you may often see cats nibbling on grass but they'll be throwing it up 10 minutes later. Digesting plants is actually a lot harder than digesting meat. Pretty much anything with a stomach can digest meat.

@DANGJOS

4 жыл бұрын

@@BigUriel Well not anything. If the animal's stomach pH isn't low enough, they could get sick from it, I believe.

@jelatinosa

4 жыл бұрын

@@AzathothTheGreat you either don't know much about gardening or are simply set in old big ag ways of thought. Honestly, I bet you don't even own a single plant. The reason those products are the most widely used in agriculture is because they are an enormous waste product of the animal ag industry and they have to get rid of it somehow. You can most definitely garden and grow plants without blood, bone, fish meals, or even manures. In fact, you risk contamination when you use those products as they can contain bacteria such as e. coli and salmonella. It is healthier to use composted vegetation, leaf mold, mycorrhizae(fungi), rainwater, and attract live worms and other beneficial insects. It can also be beneficial to carefully use small amounts of well composted manure, but definitely not the huge sloppy dumps that is used in traditional agriculture. Also, you are misinformed about what veganic gardening is, and just because you seem to have something against veganism, you decide to spread misinformation even though I'm sure you know you are quite ignorant in the matter and have never even done the research. Veganic is a form of organic gardening. It's in the name, how you missed that is beyond me. Veganic gardeners most certainly do not dump synthetic ferts or "artificially manufactured chemicals into the earth". The traditional agriculture you are defending is where those synthetic ferts, herbicides and insecticides are being heavily used, on top of contaminating crops, soils and fresh water sources with bacteria from animal ag waste material.

@hainleysimpson1507

4 жыл бұрын

@@AzathothTheGreat I thought this was common knowledge? Do people not know this? Don't most people go to elementary school? This is literally in the nitrogen cycle.

Herbivores: I only eat 🌿 Carnivores: I only eat 🍖 Omnivores: food is food

@user-rn5dl6tf8r

4 жыл бұрын

We don't eat plastic

@Mgl1206

4 жыл бұрын

Кенжетайұлы problem is that doesn’t make sense because plastic ain’t food.

@meetaverma8372

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@chieckenman4432

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-rn5dl6tf8r plastic ain't food tho

@siyacer

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-rn5dl6tf8r bacteria do

"We don't have any evidence that deer kill people", maybe their just really good at covering up their "tracks".

@brokenacoustic

5 жыл бұрын

They've just developed really good silencers for their human hunting rifles.

@celinak5062

5 жыл бұрын

Dylan Dunn +

@MaMahmod

5 жыл бұрын

*walk into a deer killing someone * deer: no one will believe you me: ..... *10 minutes later * me: im telling you officer the dear did it ! officer: good one your cellmate would love that story cellmate: the dear was hunting us!!

@bobberry1463

5 жыл бұрын

Dylan Dunn actually deer do kill allot of people. Ppl try to pet them and get kick

@MorbidEel

5 жыл бұрын

Eating the evidence?

"Squirrels have no problems with eating snakes" -shows a picture of a full grown boa constrictor no hate, but a questionable choice in snake picture lmao

@KnakuanaRka

4 жыл бұрын

Technically correct, but yeah, they should have picked something like a little garter snake.

@Ratty524

4 жыл бұрын

I mean hey there is that story where a group of black squirrels tore a stray dog to shreds and carried off bits of its meat, so I'm sure they can take down a boa constrictor given the chance.

@kimberlycooper4170

4 жыл бұрын

Sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds": "The Squirrels".

@LemonLoverCockatiel

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ratty524 Source?

@CreeperKiller666

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ratty524 Assuming that is true (and the source is very questionable - it comes from a local news agency in a backwater part of Russia, and there is no evidence other than 'witness' reports - ie, it is about as reliable as bigfoot or UFO sightings)..... a boa is a *lot* harder to kill than a stray dog.

My grandpa often told me not to let the chickens close to horses. "Else they might eat the chicks" he would say. Now I believe it

@AramatiPaz

3 жыл бұрын

I've see a gif with this

@suekim1147

Жыл бұрын

There are so many videos out there of horses eating chicks😢

Rats eat anything. Campers will tell you a squirrel is just a athletic fluffy tailed rat that will eat fruit, nuts, meat, bread,, marshmallows, etc.

I've always wondered why more animals aren't omnivores--it kind of seems like a no-brainer survival strategy. I guess the answer is just that more animals ARE omnivores than we realize.

@samsonsoturian6013

Жыл бұрын

The upside of digesting fiber is the whole world is food rendering the hunt superfluous.

Kinda puts a new spin on Snow White and her deer and bird gathering

@Tzimisce

5 жыл бұрын

SuperVstech I can't unsee that mental image. Ty.

@Fr00stee

5 жыл бұрын

rip birds

@UGNAvalon

5 жыл бұрын

“Ooh~ herbivores! I’m _so_ ~ scared!” -Simpsons

@madestmadhatter

5 жыл бұрын

You implying snow white was feeding the birds, to feed the deer, to feed the white? Are you saying snow white was a servant of Dracula biding her time to invite him into the Dwarves home?

@lilaclizard4504

5 жыл бұрын

lol

Just to help stop the spread of misinformation: Rabbits/bunnies are not rodents, but rather lagomorphs. They differ in skeletal structure and a diet. (They won't eat as much animal protein)

@1enaic

4 жыл бұрын

Wait... whats the difference between a Rabbit and a Bunny?

@Squirrely456

4 жыл бұрын

@@1enaic Age :)

@ember_fox666

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you!

@DANGJOS

4 жыл бұрын

I don't recall Hank saying they were rodents. I could be mistaken though.

@grampamirlin

4 жыл бұрын

@@DANGJOS 3:33

Humans: these are herbivores Nature: are sure about that!

@dreadcthulhu5

3 жыл бұрын

@Commentator *cough* kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpiIusN_pKfXiqg.html

“This is life, and no one gets out alive, so being able to eat dead things is a pretty good way to make a living.” -Hank Green

Let’s be real, you’d probably enjoy hunting pigeons that landed in your enclosure if you were stuck in a zoo. Damn pigeons taunting you with their freedom.

@icequeenhr7523

5 жыл бұрын

Justin That's kinda true. Pigeons are annoying af.

@cormacb2326

5 жыл бұрын

+Himura Rin They are also smart af.

@lilaclizard4504

5 жыл бұрын

pelicans do it too, even if not stuck in a zoo. Maybe it's just the reaction they get from people that gives them kicks

@KnufWons

5 жыл бұрын

But Hatoful Boyfriend taught me to love pigeons!

@knee-deepin-doot8742

5 жыл бұрын

Technically they are called rock doves

Vegans: "Stop eating meat! Live in harmony with the nature!" Cow, casually chewing on beheaded chipmunk body: "Wow what a nerd"

@AhriOfAstora

4 жыл бұрын

Its not about harmony xD Its about enviroment, ethics and actual health benefits. I bet you hate those posts about people who abuse animals or kill dogs for meat. Being vegan means extending that compation to other animals at cost of your own convinience. Just like zero waste movement to reduce waste you create. Mocking it is kind of silly when most scientists warn us about climate change. Cheers and good day to you.

@atriyakoller136

4 жыл бұрын

@@AhriOfAstora but most people who go vegan/vegetarian don't even consult a doctor to see if they have any medical conditions that could give them more health problems if they go vegetarian - like nutrient deficiencies. Like literally no vegetarians I have ever met actually consulted a dietitian before going vegetarian, and one vegan person was actually against the idea of seeking medical advice prior to making a decision. So, how many health benefits? Also, many of the environmental things have been debunked, although there are true benefits to the environment.

@AhriOfAstora

4 жыл бұрын

@@atriyakoller136 True, we don't. Most meat eaters do not consult one before going to kfc xd You can compare heart diesease data to see clear corelation with animal product overconsumption. Even comparing different diets from around the world and health problems. Less meat is always advised yet most populations abuse that amount to the extremes. I wish more people would go to see dietician but its not the case for both sides. Historicly most people would eat a lot of lentils and veggies, brown bread etc, only on celebrations they could afford to spoil themselves. Nobility ate way more and that clearly shows in records who had what. Remember that you asked me a question, Im not forcing you to go vegan. Have a nice day :3

@AzureScorch

4 жыл бұрын

​@@atriyakoller136 They haven't been debunked. Farming over 70 billion animals a year and having to grow crops for them is very land intensive. 50% of habitable land is ariculture, 77% of that is livestock and meat if you include grazing land and land for livestock feed. This data comes from the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization. You can also find interesting data in the FAIRR protein producer index produced in 2019. Reading materials aimed at cattle farmers it's easy to find data pointing to a beef cattle requiring 22lb of feed per day, while it's hard to get an exact figure because they only live two years, and calves clearly won't be eating 22lb worth, it's still save to say it amounts to a high volume compared to the amount of meat produced. A lot of what I know comes from farming resources for livestock, not some silly vegan blog. Personally environmentalism isn't my reason for being vegan (I disagree with killing animals purposely without need, and I disagree with culling of new born chicks in the egg industry and the artificial insemination of cows), but there's no denying land and water use for livestock is much greater than that of plants. As for the dietitian comment, most people don't require one so long as they take things steady, don't rush it, and don't listen to idiot vegan youtubers. Some people do have conditions that means they can't have a vegan diet, but they're not the majority. I will however say that parents should consult a professional nutritionist (not a general doctor), most people don't seem to know how to feed their kids on an unrestricted diet these days, let alone a restrictive one. On that note I highly recommend the channel "Unnatural Vegan" (at least some of us are sensible).

@atriyakoller136

4 жыл бұрын

@@AzureScorch I don't argue, but lthe only thing I am against is parents making their children vegan. Children should have a say in it. And also get all the nutrients. But, I'd say a lot of people actually need to consult a doctor because deficiencies can go unnoticed unless you start, and once you switch it's harder to control. But that's coming from me, someone who has an intolerance to legumes and can't live without meat to the point I get fatigued if I don't eat beef at least a couple days in a month

7:09 _I THINK MOTO MOTO LIKES YOU_ it has never sounded more terrifying than now. Run yo. MOTO MOTO likes em choky

@theminionmemer8603

4 жыл бұрын

holy hell you made that scene a lot more darker

I have no beef with what they are doing. They don't wanna starve and meat their end, their lives are at steak.

@oceanman_8370

5 жыл бұрын

So are you gonna post this on Reddit or should I?

@catherinevo6060

5 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Elytron xD

@phillipjohnson9275

5 жыл бұрын

Reddit!!!! Put on reddit now.

@smallsignals

5 жыл бұрын

I’m liking this, just wish you’d have faith in your audience. You don’t have to spell it out to be sure they get the joke.

@luxzartheglorious

5 жыл бұрын

Ocean DeBarros I would but I can't get that to snip

Hundreds of comments and not one hungry, hungry hippo joke. C'mon Interwebz, stop slacking.

@spindash64

5 жыл бұрын

I have failed. I have brought dishonor upon my family

@denyarwing

5 жыл бұрын

Of course therre aren't any jokes... there weren't any survivors.

@rowynnecrowley1689

4 жыл бұрын

They're too busy crying about bunnies not being rodents. Which was never claimed, btw. Check, if you don't believe me.10:00

@kdavis4910

4 жыл бұрын

Of course there was. Someone above said they thought hippos ate marbles....

I've once busted my knee while outside and had a butterfly land on the blood (and for those of you that don't know they can taste with their feet)

@garychap8384

4 жыл бұрын

I can taste with my feet! Oh... no... wait... … what do you call it when you can fit your toes in your mouth?

@SineEyed

4 жыл бұрын

@@garychap8384 toefu?..

@garychap8384

4 жыл бұрын

@@SineEyed best comment ever ; )

@SineEyed

4 жыл бұрын

@@garychap8384 I woulda had nothin without your awesome set-up.. 😘 Kinda hard to believe no one else jumped on that in all this time, honestly..

Anyone who owns rodents (hamster, gerbils, etc) should definitely supplement their diets with mealworms or crickets! They're omnivores!

@princenadroj9766

4 жыл бұрын

FireBirdTheEpic I used to give my lab rats crickets just to watch them chase them around.

@woomeebly

4 жыл бұрын

Mine are hamsters.they get mealworms, dried locust, cooked chicken, boiled eggs and fish. As well as seeds, berries, fruits and vegetables. They also love honey.

@madisonturner5726

4 жыл бұрын

Call me crazy but when I had my rats they got chicken sometimes lol muffin lovvvvvved chicken

@rainpooper7088

4 жыл бұрын

utterbullspit No, guinea pigs are vegans. They’re not even allowed to have honey treats, they’re bad for them.

@michaelandbrytanyjordan7573

4 жыл бұрын

My guinea pig ate all of his babies. It was interesting for me to see this at 8 years old.

I live in an area with lots of deer, and now I'm afraid. Behind those innocent "doe eyes" are a gang of stone cold killers. 😂

@1summerflower

4 жыл бұрын

Carries Lyme disease for ticks

@ylimeasil

4 жыл бұрын

Baby birds slurpers are what they are 🐥

@NomadicCreatorMY

4 жыл бұрын

Bruce Wayne's parents was killed by deers.

@theedittingjoke

4 жыл бұрын

@@NomadicCreatorMY Just like Bambi, coincidence? *I. THINK. NOT!* (Da nana nana da nana nana da nana nana Batbi.)

@LittleMongoosie

4 жыл бұрын

After living in a suburb with two different herds for around a decade, I feel nothing for sweet little bambi. I have seen a doe gnawing on the bones of a fawn who didn't make it. It's weird, to say the least.

It's like the lines between what's an herbivore and what's an omnivore are getting blurred. Maybe all herbivores have some omnivory in them.

@RialuCaos

5 жыл бұрын

Life attains energy in the most efficient manner at hand, that's the only line there is.

@Fr00stee

5 жыл бұрын

probably true. Throws the arguments of most vegans and vegetarians out the window

@cormacb2326

5 жыл бұрын

Not slothes. They are simply too slow to catch living things

@Andrew-ug2cy

5 жыл бұрын

Sunriser you're stupid. A lot of carnivores also eat plant based foods.

@Fr00stee

5 жыл бұрын

did you even read my comment?

I knew Watership Down was more terrifying than people wanted to admit. There was always that undertone of cannibalism!

@Kaotiqua

4 жыл бұрын

The cartoon was bad. The book was nightmarish. I've been saying so since I read it in 3rd grade. People think I'm kidding. XD

Me: I'm going the the store, need anything? Deer and squirrel: B O N E

Deer As peaceful as they seem at a first glance, grazing near the edge of the woods in the early morning, deer do have some serious appetite for meat and bones. Especially male deer need lots of calcium and phosphate for growing their antlers and to prevent ostheoporosis, and often their herbal diet alone doesn't suffice. Apart from non-destructive autocannibalism, in which case they eat their antler velvet or even dropped antler, deer have also been observed killing and eating birds, insects, small mammals and fish. Sometimes, deer don't kill the birds, but instead just eat their bony legs or the eggs of ground-nesting species. Reindeer Reindeer have also carnivorous cravings, and for the same reasons as their relatives; growing an antler requires a lot of energy and nutrients. They seem to have developped some kind of preference though when it comes down to choosing their prey; in some areas, reindeer have been observed killing and eating up to 10% of the lemming populations - annually. Horses Everyone, who ever saw a raging horse, on tv or out in the real world, knows , that these animals can pose a real threat when they feel provoked or pressed. Not as well-known might be the fact though, that they have been seen to sometimes chase, kill and eat other animals. There are countless reports of owners who witnessed their horse killing dogs, rats, mice, birds and even sheep and goats or standing over the lifeless body of an animal, licking it's blood and eating from the carcass. Sheep In the Shetland Islands, lots of deer and sheep live on blanket bog over mineral deficient rock, and unsurprisingly the vegetation is poor in calcium and phosphate. In one particular island called Foula there have been reports of up to 200 tern chicks were found with missing limbs. The sheep were even observed turning over the chicks in their nests before biting off their legs. They seem to be very careful though, not to swallow any meat, skin or feathers, and only eat the bones. There are also reports from Australia and other places around the globe where similar behaviour can be observed, mostly due to lack of minerals in the vegetation. Cow Apart from eating their own placenta, there are also cases of cows killing and eating other animals. One of those cases made headlines in the DAILY NATION, a newspaper from Kenya. A farmer from a a small village witnessed one of his cows eating a sheep it had killed. Assuming, that the cow was starving, he increased the fodder and water supply, but it continued chasing after sheep. Duiker One would assume that these little, adorable creatures can do no harm. But this assumption couldn't be further from the truth; out of all the Ungulates they are the most ferocious hunters. Since Duiker only have very short intestines, they are dependant on highly nutritous and energy-rich food sources like fruits, which are rare in the jungles they inhabit. Apart from eating ants, they even prey on much bigger animals, like reptiles, birds and little mammals. Because of their carnivorous nature they are kept apart from birds in zoos. Hippo While it is well known, that hippos aren't gentle giants but can become very dangerous, it might be more counterintuitive to assume that they eat meat. When it is mating season, and the bulls don't have enough time to sustain their energy-needs by simply eating grass, they often eat from carcasses they find or they kill in order to get their precious calories. Scientists have even documented cases of cannibalism. Elephant For over 2 decades elephants have been observed exhuming and eating human corpses, and there are many cases like the slaughter of 17 people in India's West Bengal that suggest that such a behaviour is often linked to a malice against hunters or captors. An especially grim event that made headlines around the world took place in 1945, in the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland. Bertha Walt, an employee and typist at the Zurich Zoo bonded with Chang, an Asian elephant that was held captive at this time. Although he was known for his temper, she eventually got the permission to sleep near his enclosure. Bertha, blinded by her affection for the animal, decided one day to sneak in the elephants cage with a loaf of bread. The next morning, noone could find her, but there were blood splatter around the elephants enclosure. Later, bits of Walt's half digested clothes, handbag and bones were found inside Chang's droppings. Mesonychidae As you might've noticed, all of the animals mentioned so far are Ungulates, except from the elephant, which is a member of the Paenungulata. All are considered herbivores with the exception of hippos and and duikers, which are categorized as omnivores. Archeologists did find fossils however that belong to members of the family of Mesonychidae. They are known as the only true carnivorous Ungulates that ever existed. edit: The name of the woman who was eaten by Chang was Bertha Walt, not Emma Walt. Sources (possibly incomplete list, if you want to verify information and a source is missing, let me know and i will take care of it): news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150123-hippos-cannibalism-animals-food-science/ scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/12/20/carnivory-in-cows-and-deer/ www.dailysun.co.za/News/International/Cow-ate-my-sheep-20150423?mobile=true content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,794126,00.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer#Diet de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirsche#Ern.C3.A4hrung de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikanisches_Hirschferkel#Nahrung news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0825_030825_carnivorousdeer.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesonychidae

@Internetzspacezshipz

5 жыл бұрын

da139114 very interesting, thanks for the post, it was a good read in supplement to the video.

@ThereIsNoSp00n

5 жыл бұрын

you're welcome, glad if it helped. i wrote this a while ago with the intent to make a video about it, but i never did. so i thought i'll post it and maybe my work was not all for nothing =)

@vixenred

5 жыл бұрын

da139114 that was the best and worst thing ive ever read.

@ThereIsNoSp00n

5 жыл бұрын

+vixenred can you elaborate? always like to improve myself, but your comment is somewhat cryptic ;)

@celinak5062

5 жыл бұрын

da139114 +

Squirrels do eat birds and their eggs; a sight to behold waking up looking on the nest outside my window - beautiful childhood memories.

@SheepWaveMeByeBye

5 жыл бұрын

My childhood friend once mercykilled a pidgeon with a broken wing. He wrung it's head 'till it snapped. Oh, those innocent childhood years.

*Giraffe eating leaves off a tall tree* "What's that noise?" *cheep cheep cheep!* *Chomps* "Mm, crunchy"

3:38 OBJECTION! Rabbits are not rodents. They are Lagomorphs, residing in a completely different taxonomic order.

@TheRealDarthRevan

4 жыл бұрын

Objection sustained but Most people don't know that and rabbits/hares have continually growing teeth like rodents. They are very closely related so for the sake of the video its easier to just throw em in the same category

@AK-jt7kh

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that 🤔

When I first moved to Florida, my wife and I were walking down the street and my ADHD ass pointed and shouted, "OOOH LOOK! A SQUIRREL!" The joke ended when we looked up at it and saw it was gnawing on something. It was a lizard, or half a lizard at that point.

I thought hippos primarily ate marbles

@thepip3599

5 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@kittycat-sc7je

5 жыл бұрын

HA!!

@captainnapalm4173

5 жыл бұрын

marbleivores.

@colinjava8447

5 жыл бұрын

Only when pressed to do so.

kid: dad I got B12 deficiency dad: *T H E N G O E A T S H I T*

@brianjensen5661

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂🤣🤣

@TheBestAround131

3 жыл бұрын

This comment brought me such joy.

@eikenls

3 жыл бұрын

5 STARS

Thanks for verifying what I saw one winter, a squirrel eating a dead squirrel, it was scarry, with blood on its chest and nawwing on a bone, I was shocked, and most people didnt believe me.

I frickin LOVE this channel so much I could eat it. Thanks scishow for the funny, strange, and enlightening content.

@ljfaag

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe you'll get some B12 from that

Rodents are considered omnivorous for a long time hank. Never heard of anyone claiming they are herbivorous before now. (I'm a brazilian biologist btw)

@augustaseptemberova5664

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, same goes for bonobos.

@harrisn3693

5 жыл бұрын

Hank is American, yhey arent known to be the brightest tools in the shed.

@Kobra7049

5 жыл бұрын

I'm American and know most rodents are omnivores. As a matter of fact, a few islands that have had rat infestations have had their bird populations to plummet from rats eating the baby birds. Also, I rescued a baby squirrel and had it as a pet, we actually put a special type of cat food in it's milk bottle. We mixed goat milk and cat food. The squirrel grew up to be strong and healthy. Later in life the squirrel would eat out if our dogs bowl along with the nuts and veggies we fed it.

@gusty7153

5 жыл бұрын

@@harrisn3693 not americans. just the vegans. they're the only ones that missed the mark on this one.

@Morganational

5 жыл бұрын

@@harrisn3693...Really ?

I saved a baby squirrel from my cat. I took it to a vet and they told me to give it goat milk and canned cat food. They told me that squirrels need protein from meat as well. This really surprised me. He grew up to be very healthy and I released him. He is still in my yard to this day. Living fine. Guess the vet was correct.

So to the vegans and vegetarians our there, always remember to supplement! You can't get everything from plants!

And here I thought frugivores ate the frugal.

@kdavis4910

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

gosh dangit, I also could've been on this list if only I was a vegetarian.

@nodawg

5 жыл бұрын

Tut tut tut

@devondeangelis6320

5 жыл бұрын

Muscle Hank musclegod I notice you

@itsvairen334

5 жыл бұрын

Then you wouldn't be Muscle Hank, you'd be Wimpy Hank.

@drewdurant3835

5 жыл бұрын

Love you SciShow!!!! How much can you bench Hank?

@HTYM

5 жыл бұрын

Muscle Hank Congrats!

The "carrion butterflies" you mentioned just inspired a Regional variation of the Caterpie line for a Pokémon fan game of mine, as the Region I've devised is constantly below freezing and blanketed in snow.

*Stops eating poop.* Aww man, I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time...

So that creepy video of the cow eating a chick is lore accurate

@sonicboy678

5 жыл бұрын

Now I can't help but wonder about Cow and Chicken. **shot**

4 жыл бұрын

There's one of a cow swallowing a fully-grown pigeon in one piece.

8:36 Actually becoming part of the diet study just adds data to the diet study. I mean someone else will have to write it down for you, but yeah. There's that at least

@GlenHunt

5 жыл бұрын

Duh. Grad students are brought along to eliminate risk to the prof.

So if B12 cannot be found enough in plant-based food, where i comes from to make the vitamins?

You know what I really learned from this, this all goes back to Jeff Goldblum's quote in Jurassic Park. "Life finds a way".

Hey, just so you know! Bunnies aren't rodents! They're lagomorphs :)

@jerelull9629

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, someone else pointed out they aren't really floppy-eared rodents like I keep teasing my friend who cares for "rescue bunnies". As a friend. I went to feed her bunnies while she was away. Darned things very nearly took my hand off as I reached in with a handful of hay. They went hungry for that day.

Turtle tears is my band name

@tavrosnitram2966

3 жыл бұрын

Turtle tears make a great soup base

We recently learned that opossums eat mice, rats, voles etc. They have a high need for calcium in their diet. We hired a company to trap an opossum we saw in our attic. He had been up there eating little black roof rats. After luring him out they closed off all points of entry and all is quiet now. Creepy.

I have pet mice and I always include a tiny amount of meat in their "care packages" (a small sampling of food I eat, wrapped up in a napkin as a treat that also encourages their foraging instinct). Out of the 170 mice I've had in my life, only a small number really eat it, but they, at least, have a choice. I've also noticed that my mice will also attack and eat bugs like mosquitoes and "cigar beetles" that land nearby. I've worked on discouraging this, since they're dirty, wild bugs, not food from home, but it does pop up from time to time.

I'm very concerned about the sad turtles.

@alqu6375

5 жыл бұрын

Don't worry they mostly cry to get rid of salt from the water. Mostly... Sometimes they need a hug...

@idontexist6885

5 жыл бұрын

@al qu So do I...

So.... some animals traditionally thought of as vegetarian aren't entirely vegetarian? I'll be sleeping just fine tonight.

@lilaclizard4504

5 жыл бұрын

lol yeh interesting title for it's content. I think it was trying hard not to do a clickbait or vegan attracting title & just a video for the channel's regular fans who are interested in science - maybe? That's my best theory anyway

Butterflies that drink tears are the most awesomely goth thing I've ever heard of.

There’s no such thing as Herbivores, just specialized animals that take advantage of opportunity.

@karentjuhh101

4 жыл бұрын

There is also no such thing as true carnivores

@Stonehawk

4 жыл бұрын

@@karentjuhh101 there is such a thing as animals that absolutely WILL die without meat though. It isn't so much about what an animal "can't" consume as it is about what a given specimen MUST consume.

Number 5 Hippos: "Lettuce eat meat." It's like they don't carrot all that they're supposed to be herbivores... such hippo-crites.

@gravijta936

5 жыл бұрын

I applereciate all the corny puns Master.

@candicehinds5824

5 жыл бұрын

Master Therion lol

@Azrage

5 жыл бұрын

Master Therion Hippos are evil.

@josephademircedenobonilla623

5 жыл бұрын

Read my coment on the video please

@funkyassdeejay

5 жыл бұрын

Wow. That was amazing.

When I was back in the 10th grade, my science teacher had this slideshow on her computer, and every slide was just a picture of momma chipmunk teaching several young how to catch frogs. I can't remember the exact number of offspring she had, but it sounded like more than chipmunks usually have, and my teacher really entertained the idea that this family of chipmunks had some advantages by expanding their diet this way. But I really just remember this one picture, and the mom was holding the frog like how people hold hamburgers, and the frog legs were just hanging out.

These seems to be also an old myth about historical cases where horses suddenly started eating meat.

@woomeebly

4 жыл бұрын

So it looks like the tales about Diomedes horse stables were based on fact!!!! Erk.

@dingusdingus2152

2 жыл бұрын

I once had a horse who loved pepperoni pizza. All horses will drink beer

@toomanyopinions8353

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not a myth. Horses too eat chicks.

@quasarsmom

Жыл бұрын

Some northern horses are fed on fish routinely during the winter, had one who would raid the grill if you turned your back

@laprankster3264

Жыл бұрын

@@quasarsmom guess there wasn’t too much grass at that point.

I'll get my B12 from steak, thank you

@w1975b

3 жыл бұрын

yes

Guess there's more then just bears to worry about while camping now. Gotta look out for some crazed deer and squirrels attacking me in my sleep. Thanks for that SciShow!!!

@njl51

2 жыл бұрын

There was a story told by someone on youtube maybe rusty west video where a man claimed to have climbed a tree to get away from a bunch of foxes.

It's true... Because my pet squirrel used to eat chicken from up our hands... At first we were shocked but later we just got used to it. Also more amusing was when the squirrel used to drink tea and coffee from our morning cups daily. Don't know why but they would crawl under our shirt and pee on our shoulders.... Their own way of marking the territories I think 😅😅😅

@Jetsea

5 жыл бұрын

Yes they are. They aren't as stupid as some of us like to think.

@gregreilly7328

5 жыл бұрын

The stealing drinks and peeing seems more like establishing dominance.

@roddo1955

5 жыл бұрын

@@gregreilly7328 as in; I take your drink, eat your chicken and then piss on you, beeeaaaatch

Bambi said “bird”... OH LAWD

One of the best sci show videos! Thank you

The way its explained. I just imagine a deer looking at a fitness tracker like " Oh looks like I need more amino acid and b12.

Damn, nature... You scary...

Welp, I'm sending this video to as many vegetarians I can

@simarillion666

5 жыл бұрын

Why? Herbivores hardly ever do this.

@spinosaurusaegypiacus8028

4 жыл бұрын

How about vegans?

@willwinn8559

4 жыл бұрын

@@spinosaurusaegypiacus8028 Lol , they sneak cheese burgers.😊

@Grofvolkoren

4 жыл бұрын

Vegetarians are omnivores so..

@agirlwholovesgoats4583

4 жыл бұрын

yyeeeeesssssss

Even the Crocodile Hunter stayed as far away from hippos as possible. I saw an episode where he crossed a hippo-infested river. They were about 100 yards away from the hippos, but had to whisper so they didn't get noticed.

Oh, great. Now I'm worried zombie butterflies are going to eat us all.

@udtheaesir

5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant B-movie plot!

@keshiaanders6452

5 жыл бұрын

Butterflies aren't able to eat, but they can drink.

@lzrshark617

5 жыл бұрын

Prettiest apocalypse ever. Being smothered in butterflies doesn't sound like that bad a way to go

I remember once when I was young, my father and I were butchering a springbok on the farm. The chickens swarmed the tree where the carcass was hanging and drank the blood as it dripped into the sand. Nature, you scary.

@kipchardakat5556

4 жыл бұрын

hugo van dyk do I see a fellow South African?

@heatherlea2444

4 жыл бұрын

Hell, chickens will eat anything. Insects, mice, each other, even us. Especially us. Seriously, watch your back around chickens.

@seraphimprince

Жыл бұрын

I see that. Mammal blood is a much richer source of iron and other minerals than some plants or even insects.

I actually have seen videos of hippos rescuing antelope from crocodiles and trying to help them stand up. One of the antelope had intestines hanging out, but the hippo tried to save him , standing him up and breathing into his mouth. I am now even more impressed that the rescuing hippos didn't try to eat the antelope!

Always interesting, thank you.

"That's probably why bunnies and some rodents eat their own feces" *cough* What? Well, so much for them being adorable...

This makes so much sense as I've had to balance diets for cattle in college. Getting enough calcium and phosphorus to cattle without supplements would be so fricking difficult.

Thanks Matthew for supporting this channel

We had a couple of animal skulls in our back yard…my dad found them while hiking. Squirrels would constantly come and chew on the skulls!

Ok so here goes another fairytale from childhood into the bin.

@Call-me-Al

5 жыл бұрын

Shivam Shukla like the gruesome blood baths when Snow white forgets to feed her deer friends with mineral rich treats?

@shivamshukla6359

5 жыл бұрын

Il Al My comment was rhetorical I know that almost every mediaeval story was either bloody or racist or nothing innocent.

@Call-me-Al

5 жыл бұрын

Shivam Shukla basically! :D

Bunnies aren't rodents. They're lagomorphs.

@Coromi1

4 жыл бұрын

He said "bunnies and some rhodents". No mistake there.

@BrentsCardsAndCoins

4 жыл бұрын

Coromi1 No, he said, “and other rodents like mice, beavers, and bunnies...” What you quoted isn’t even in the video.

@Coromi1

4 жыл бұрын

True. I am surprised I got that one wrong.

@badteeth7880

4 жыл бұрын

@@BrentsCardsAndCoins 10:00

@BrentsCardsAndCoins

4 жыл бұрын

Bad Teeth watch the entire video.

I can add another to the list for nightmares, the Quokka (yep that cute little selfie addict from Australia) has been photographed eating meat (and not being fed it by inconsiderate humans, but doing it by themselves)

This confirms that I actually did see a squirrel eating a hot dog...

Add horses to the bird eating list :p often even with a salt lick.

@Call-me-Al

5 жыл бұрын

Matthew McLeod salt licks are mainly sodium chloride and trace amounts of other minerals, no? If they are suffering from a stronger deficiency it makes sense they would go for something where the minerals are more concentrated.

@Chwiirleader

5 жыл бұрын

Il Al very true, I suspect thats the primary reason as the video demonstrates. I also think the birds just annoy them sometimes and they do weird things when they're bored/lonely.

@lilaclizard4504

5 жыл бұрын

Nowadays "mineral licks" are more common than "salt licks"

turtle tears is the name of my emo band.

I've rescued abandoned baby birds and carefully fed, cleaned (there is a lot of cleaning!) and kept them warm. Some I've taught to eat, fly and look after themselves, the majority I have sadly been unable to save. Most abandoned baby birds are abandoned for a reason - such as bird canker or chest infections - which typically require a ton of expensive medications to cure and even then, not always. I've never had a baby bird imprint on me, most of them readily fly away as soon as I'm confident they can fend for themselves. a few come back once or twice to say hello. Looking after baby birds has been exhausting and even though I know so many are not going to make it, it still tears a chunk out of me when I can't save one. Even with birds who appear to be terminal cases, I do everything I can to make sure their last moments on earth are as comfortable as possible. ...so it turns out I was wrong, I'm supposed to be eating those small chicken pops.

I'm gona start slapping ravenous squirrel stickers next to those "I am not chicken nugget" signs.

This show could use a bit more footage of the things talked about.

*OH DEER* 😳

@connorwaud6134

5 жыл бұрын

Blanche Yap 👏👏👏

This is an amazing video to see so close to having debates with veggies about the nature of meat eating.

Good you mentioned vitamin B12. Most don't now take intake to that vitamin.

A deer eating meat sounds like a catching a vegan friend snarfing down a double cheeseburger.....

Nice to see someone taking on SR Foxley for the coveted President of Space title. Rock on Matthew! As far as the actual subject matter - welcome to RealityLand(tm), folks. It's just brutal out there, especially if you're a baby bird.

@SrFoxley

5 жыл бұрын

Yep! Rock on Matthew! Thanks for supporting the Scishow production at that level, eh!

I knew about squirrels and rabbits chewing on antlers that’s why u rarely find deer antlers intact on the ground

"No one gets out of life alive" sounds like a pretty good thing to tell a chicken right before you lop their head off.