My crazy deer eating a bird

That's crazy

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I have seen my deer eat birds also. They are not the innocent creatures they portray themselves to be!! We at one time entertained the thought of raising some free range meat chickens in our deer pastures.......until we saw the bird eating

 

That's something you don't see everyday! Someone posted a few years back of a deer that chased a young bird and pawed it to death before eating it. Reminds me of a grey squirrel I saw running down a tree with a baby bird, jumped to a log and sit there and ate it.


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Damned tree rats are terrible on baby birds.

 

Ive posted pics of mine eating birds, and also described them eating young rabbits too.

 

I was looking up info on meat-eating deer just a few days ago, it's pretty crazy. They were even eating deer meat.

http://www.kpcnews.net/outdoors/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=557:seeing-is-believing-with-meat-eating-deer&catid=37:don-mulligan&Itemid=55

 

I witnessed a doe chase down and eat a young turkey poult .

 

I recall reports of sheep eating red grouse chicks on the moors over here.
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DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT turn your back on those deer.

 

It's a strange behavior for sure, but I think it may be related to either deficiencies in nutrients or an ancient gene clicking on randomly. Keep in mind that most all ungulates used to be carnivores. "Wolves on hooves" or "Mesonychids" as I believe they are known in the paleontology world.

 

Mmmmm, tastes like chicken!

 

I read it was because they get calcium from the skull. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0825_030825_carnivorousdeer.html
here is a video where the deer eats a live baby bird http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk