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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

mmm... tastes like chimkin

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mmm... tastes like chimkin

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  • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    Herbivores are pretty universally opportunistic carnivores. Check YouTube for examples if you want a jarring few minutes

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      Horses just slurping up chicks is so fucked to see.

      • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I think I got the search terms reversed

        extinct terror bird holding a horse in it's mouth, but the size difference is goofy it's holding the whole horse in it's beak meaning either the bird is like 5 times bigger than actual or the horse is only a foot long

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          Ahhh so the horse was just getting revenge then

    • bitcrafter@programming.dev
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      …though my personal recommendation is that you don’t.

    • zeca@lemmy.ml
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      Are we actually herbivores that are oportunistic carnivores?

      • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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        Try to feed an herbivore a nutritionally stable 100 percent meat diet and they’ll just die. Try the same with us and we’ll be relatively fine indefinitely. Definitely not herbivores

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    Need to snack on the crunchy chicks to get the evil modifier up. There’s a door with loot, after all.

    It’s okay, because you can get even more loot by donating to a temple; and everyone forgets it.

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      That’s just an old fable

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        • TachyonTele@piefed.social
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          I don’t have any context for that image. What is it?

          • Kobibi@sh.itjust.works
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            It’s just like, ‘ayyyy’

            • TachyonTele@piefed.social
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              Cool. Thanks!

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    Not that surprising. Many herbivores are opportunistic carnivores.

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      Also most carnivores are oportunistic herbivores too. It’s not shocking enough, but it’s true.

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        Yeah, I also feel like that’s not a surprise to anybody that’s had dogs.

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          My cats sometimes think they’re plastic-vores so I gotta keep the bags locked up.

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      Usually mostly mammals though because since they’re able to digest breast milk a little meat tends to agree with them better. But yeah at the end of the day free protein is probably worth an upset tummy out in the wild.

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    Fun… Well not really fun… Fact:

    Giant tortoise didn’t get a scientific name for 300 years. They were so delicious no crew actually managed to get one back to England. They always ended up eating all the cargo.

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      Another not-so-fun fact: several tortoise species have gone extinct due to humans hunting them for food.

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        deleted by creator

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    Zoos secretly buy rejected 1-day-old male chicks from egg farms: it’s the cheapest live meat for carnivores. I wonder if that’s how the chick got near the tortoise.

    • potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world
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      How’d you get in on the secret?

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        It’s not really a secret, it was reported on public radio in my country recently, zoos admit to it when asked. But they don’t actively spread this information: during beasts’ of prey public feeding hours, they are given something less gory but more expensive, like a skinned pig you might see at a butcher’s.

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    …a slow, carnivorous reptile finds a food source…breaking news…wtf are you people stupid?.. I only calls 'em like a sees 'em

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      Carniverous? All living giant tortoise species are herbivores.

      Now who’s stupid.

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        Damn well near every herbivore will happily eat meat if it’s entirely risk free and can easily be eaten.

        Look at horses as a great example.

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          Yes. The other person said they were “carnivorous” though. Giant tortoises are not carnivorous.

          Horses are also not carnivorous even though they do eat meat on rare occasions to survive.

          Words mean things.

          You’re also wrong about horses. Put a steak on the ground in field of plentiful grass, horses will ignore it until it’s rotted away to nothing. They do not just eat stuff outside of their regular died because its risk free and easily obtained.

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        …apparently, we’re both wrong…according to wikipedia…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise

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          • notsure@fedia.io
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            …yeah, you didn’t read the full article which contradicts itself…

            • Kalothar@lemmy.ca
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              Oh yes, my bad, you gave me a broken link and an entire wikipedia article

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                …you didn’t read the article…

                • Kalothar@lemmy.ca
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                  I can’t read, it’s my greatest secret

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    humm tendies

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    NGL if a turtle eats you, that sounds like a skill issue on your part.

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    Tortoise: “I’m not a goddamn rock! You pooped on me for the last time! …Not so tough these days, eh, dinosaur?”

    But seriously, not surprising. I heard that many tortoises, while herbivorous, will just happily munch all snails that rest on the greens. (For nutrition. And also to demonstrate superiour speed!)

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    Pretty much the only prey they outspeed

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    If you’re surprised by this, you haven’t been following giant tortoises.

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