Well, i usually open the fridge out of boredom and casually give a bite to a dead chicken that is stored there.... sometimes i just take a slice of a monolith of emulsionated pigs.
Just let me slap you in the face with my boobs bro, it's just really cold bro, it's just until your skull cracks open and i can eat your brains bro, please bro, they're great tits bro, it's science bro
I've seen chickens do this to other chickens. It's normal for them to peck at each other a bit, but if they see blood, they go crazy. They also eat eggs sometimes. Chickens, though
Chickens actively hunt and eat mice, as well. I've actually seen one of my chickens find, slam around until dead (I fucking hope it was dead anyway), and swallow whole a mouse.
Brutal little creatures. They would 100% kill and eat you if they were big enough/ you were small enough.
Humans are a very fortunate size, aren’t we? A little bigger, and we’d be extinct like most megafauna. A little smaller, and our place on the food chain would be very different.
You know that we are megafauna. And the extinct megafauna had the misfortune to be either good eating for H. Sapiens, or were too dangerous to us to let live
(Quick edit: As I am not close enough to biology this statement may be incorrect as chickens may not technically belong to the category [whichever level and correct name it may be/have] of dinosaur. In this case I am sorry for perpetrating this misinformation)
Chickens typically eat eggs when they have a vitamin deficiency, although that's why typically obligate herbivores will sometimes eat baby birds and small rodents.
One thing to think about is that all birds are descended from a common ancestor that is carnivorous. Every omnivorous or herbivorous bird evolved that diet from ancestors that primarily ate animal products.
Just goes to show that with enough time, life finds a way to make use of biomass all around it, even if it means evolving away from an ancestor's dietary limits.
started another community. pinned post has link to my trailcam pics album. thousands to scroll through from just this winter. i'm not a birder, just love to see them. ;; https://midwest.social/c/bird
Great tits make me brainless too
Pack it up, folks. We already have the best comment...
I gave it its 69^th^ upvote. Nice.
Even unremarkable tits are known to have this effect on me
You and me both
Apparently horses sometimes eat small birds. They shouldn't but it seems it can happen if they are hungry, or bored and/or curious.
A family member had a mule that had to be kept away from the chickens, as the animal would gobble up any chick within reach.
It wasn't casual, it wasn't out of hunger.
The vet was horrified when he saw it happen, even after being warned.
🎶 I ate a chick and i liked it 🎶
I hope my farmers don't mind it
It's an easy source of nutrition. Why wouldn't you gobble up some chicks?
Exactly.
I once read an article where a biologist stated that herbivores should be instead considered oportunistic carnivores.
Oportunistic carnivores? Too lazy to hunt prey you mean.
And cows sometimes eat frogs 🤷🏻
Imagine being bored and just like "oops I ate this living thing that was screeching trying to escape"
Well, i usually open the fridge out of boredom and casually give a bite to a dead chicken that is stored there.... sometimes i just take a slice of a monolith of emulsionated pigs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYNmGMsU18
Just let me slap you in the face with my boobs bro, it's just really cold bro, it's just until your skull cracks open and i can eat your brains bro, please bro, they're great tits bro, it's science bro
Birds never stopped being dinosaurs 🤷
Anyone who has owned chickens knows this for a fact. They're fucking brutal.
And if you give them a fake tail they walk like dinosaurs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMmgnpcaKyM
Last year I witnessed a bird MURDER another bird over some dispute over bird seeds.
As it turns out, many "herbivores" just need to eat and will fill in with your flesh given the chance and they're hungry enough
Great Tits aren't herbivores, they mainly eat lots of insects. The description in the comic is pretty misleading.
Nerd.
I don't know about all herbivores, but a deer will eat every little baby it finds if it discovers a nest.
I don't think it matters what kind of baby, they are all delicious
Must be a republican
Unfortunately, great tits are always eating at my brains.
I've seen chickens do this to other chickens. It's normal for them to peck at each other a bit, but if they see blood, they go crazy. They also eat eggs sometimes. Chickens, though
Chickens actively hunt and eat mice, as well. I've actually seen one of my chickens find, slam around until dead (I fucking hope it was dead anyway), and swallow whole a mouse.
Brutal little creatures. They would 100% kill and eat you if they were big enough/ you were small enough.
Humans are a very fortunate size, aren’t we? A little bigger, and we’d be extinct like most megafauna. A little smaller, and our place on the food chain would be very different.
You know the reason why most of the recent megafauna went extinct? (Mammoths, big birds, giant sloth, saber toothed cat, ...)
Their feet got too big for their boots?
They got too big for their britches?
You know that we are megafauna. And the extinct megafauna had the misfortune to be either good eating for H. Sapiens, or were too dangerous to us to let live
Dinosaurs, ey?
(Quick edit: As I am not close enough to biology this statement may be incorrect as chickens may not technically belong to the category [whichever level and correct name it may be/have] of dinosaur. In this case I am sorry for perpetrating this misinformation)
Avian dinosaurs certainly existed, it isn't inaccurate to just call them dinosaurs.
Chickens typically eat eggs when they have a vitamin deficiency, although that's why typically obligate herbivores will sometimes eat baby birds and small rodents.
I agree. It's a struggle based on food availability. The bigger fowl, keep them away from their food, and the smaller fowl, eat their eggs.
Honestly, we incubated too many eggs with too small of an enclosure. They're getting better, also winner winner chicken dinner
One thing to think about is that all birds are descended from a common ancestor that is carnivorous. Every omnivorous or herbivorous bird evolved that diet from ancestors that primarily ate animal products.
Just goes to show that with enough time, life finds a way to make use of biomass all around it, even if it means evolving away from an ancestor's dietary limits.
crestedtufted titmouse;I love watching birds. We have a bird feeder outside kitchen window and see all kinds of birds show up there.
Why is every bird better looking than most humans... They really are.
Just this guy in your picture, stunning.
been collecting that camera about a year now. disregard dates, scroll photos; https://photos.app.goo.gl/ALp76oVMb356twLn6
Tufted titmouse would be my guess.
this one has a sunflower seed. angle makes it hard to see 'tuft', but is probably same;
Nice, and I see a black-capped chickadee too.
started another community. pinned post has link to my trailcam pics album. thousands to scroll through from just this winter. i'm not a birder, just love to see them. ;; https://midwest.social/c/bird
My honest reaction every time I see something like this. For what it's worth, the small mammals were pipistrelle bats, and other flesh and organs were missing. I don't think they've ever been reported to eat rodents.
..and by "harsh" they mean "typical"
Here, in the North, as snow covers the ground we make sacrificial fat ball offerings to the beast, you know, just in case. Brain is mostly fat tissue.
Eat their brain, gain their knowledge.
Raptors being raptors
I wonder if they sometimes get prion disease from that.
Maybe their lifespan is so short it won't matter.
Possible but rare
I prefer small tits
Me too.
They deserve it, honestly
The first thing to successfully starting a war is to dehumanize the target
Great Tits man
The definition of “small mammals” is too vague, because compared to a blue whale, I am fairly small. That’s why I feed those critters.
Mostly doing a lot of heavy lifting here 💀
Fool of me, I searched "Great Tits" to learn more about this bird and, well... Don't do it.
I want a review of great tits for wendsday, first hour.
Clever girl.
"We are a great tit!"
Grand Tetons
😂 Oh how did I ever find amusement before the internet existed
Brains…
Just like me!
Vegans doesnt like this.
Yeah, but what a way to go!
There needs to be a Fallout Raider faction called Great Tits and their signature meal is cracked skull brain omelette.
... would not have expected such a dick move from a great tit.