Thread: New Study Shows Deer Eat Meat

On 2009-10-18, Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote:
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> They also eat eggs from birds' nests and other deer.

I wasn't aware deer laid eggs.

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"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
| On 2009-10-18, Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote:
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| > They also eat eggs from birds' nests and other deer.
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| I wasn't aware deer laid eggs.

They usually keep them to themselves.

pavane

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:08:54 -0400, pavane wrote:

> "notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]..
>| On 2009-10-18, Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote:
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>|> They also eat eggs from birds' nests and other deer.
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>| I wasn't aware deer laid eggs.
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> They usually keep them to themselves.
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> pavane

they're good with sparrow bacon.

your pal,
blake

Mark Thorson wrote:

> This raises the risk for Chronic Wasting Disease (deer form of Mad
> Cow Disease) as well as trichinae parasites from venison.
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> http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/h...ory?id=4556529
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> They also eat eggs from birds' nests and other deer.

Doesn't surprise me.

Most horses will gladly eat cooked meat and I knew one that would run
down, kill and eat rabbits.

In article <8f3Dm.99502$[email protected]>,
Kathleen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > This raises the risk for Chronic Wasting Disease (deer form of Mad
> > Cow Disease) as well as trichinae parasites from venison.
> >
> > http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/h...ory?id=4556529
> >
> > They also eat eggs from birds' nests and other deer.
>
> Doesn't surprise me.
>
> Most horses will gladly eat cooked meat and I knew one that would run
> down, kill and eat rabbits.

People have some rather fixed ideas about herbivores, omnivores and
carnivores. Those animals have evolved to optimize a certain diet. In
truth, all of them will eat anything they can. I've kept a few tropical
fish for several decades (not always, and certainly not the same fish).
They are classified by diet, but there is always this caution: it
doesn't matter how much of a herbivore a fish is, if it can fit a
smaller fish in its mouth, it's food.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
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