Amazing! If I haven't Seen Myself.....

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24 April 2008, 09:32

Saeed

Amazing! If I haven't Seen Myself.....

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I was sitting my the pool yesterday, with an air rifle, shooting birds to feed our owls.

I shot this dove, which fell in the compound where the gazells are.

A scimitar horned oryx approached it, and started to sniff it. Then he proceeded to eat it!

I let him feed on it for a while, then went and took these photoes!

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24 April 2008, 09:39

L. David Keith

You have a Vamporyx Saeed. Proceed with caution. Just when you thought it was safe to go into the compound again.....

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24 April 2008, 09:41

DCS Member

quote:
Originally posted by L. David Keith:
You have a Vamporyx Saeed. Proceed with caution. Just when you thought it was safe to go into the compound again.....

It must be related to the chupacabra...

I meant to be DSC Member...bad typing skills.

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24 April 2008, 09:43

Saeed

I saw a trailer of a film of some sheep that eat people!

This might be happening here!?

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24 April 2008, 09:51

L. David Keith

Well....if that Oryx ever gets sick, you know you can get him to take his medicine....put it in a Dove

24 April 2008, 12:50

Macifej

Feed the Oryx some of these to keep him occupied......

24 April 2008, 14:21

mete

Whitetail deer here have been known to occasionally eat strange things, even fish !! No one seems to know why.

24 April 2008, 15:31

Aspen Hill Adventures

I had a horse that would eat squirrels and rabbits. He seemed to enjoy crunching the bones the most. Pretty gross but true.

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24 April 2008, 15:57

stuey

Stienbok are also known to eat meat.

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24 April 2008, 16:10

jimmara

Had a friend that had a pet Grey Duiker and his new born chickens kept going missing.He thought it was the dog until he caught the duiker in the act.We then did some research into this and we found that duikers are well know for eating meat and carian

24 April 2008, 16:19

Boghossian

A random guess here, but could it be the sign of a mineral deficiency of some sort?

24 April 2008, 17:22

trophyhunter5000

quote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
I saw a trailer of a film of some sheep that eat people!

This might be happening here!?

The film is "Black Sheep"...

It is pretty much a zombie-sheep flick...ala "Night of the Living Dead" spin off...

Saeed you need to stay indoors and prepare to defend yourself...aim for the head!!!

At least we know you have plenty of rifles for just such an occasion...

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24 April 2008, 17:44

butchloc

quote:
Posted 24 April 2008 09:43 Hide Post
I saw a trailer of a film of some sheep that eat people!

This might be happening here!?

This sounds like something walter should check out

24 April 2008, 18:18

Nzou

Hi Saeed, nice gory pics! It is not unheard of for stict vegetarians to munch on carrion from time to time. I would second the mineral/vitamin deficiency theory. He may have just been curious too! You were brave to enter the pen to retrieve the remains

24 April 2008, 18:35

kudude

Your discovery seems to go along with the observations by researchers studying chimps that show they are not only carnivorous, but cannibalistic.

Maybe most animals will become "omnivores" when opportunity or an need for something they are not getting in their food occurs. Kudude

24 April 2008, 20:10

Fjold

Many times I have seen ground squirrels feeding on the carcasses of other ground squirrels that I have shot.

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25 April 2008, 10:54

BSA

Hi,

quote:
Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:
I had a horse that would eat squirrels and rabbits. He seemed to enjoy crunching the bones the most. Pretty gross but true.

our neighbour's horse once ate one of their ducks.

Somewhat ironic, as the horse's name was "Flamingo".

Cheers.

25 April 2008, 12:44

why no photos of it actually eating it?

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25 April 2008, 14:35

Huglu

It seems like many different animals at times do eat things that are not normally considered to be their diet.
I have seen ducks & ducklings (mallards) that fight over some fish heads & leftovers from when I gutted the fish to smoke it. They were just like seagulls!
Normally the mallards up here do not let any human be within 50-100 meters of them and would never try to get some breadcrums as they do further south.

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25 April 2008, 21:33

Brice

I have read reliable (game dept.) reports of deer eating nestlings.

26 April 2008, 21:23

crbutler

I have seen a muskrat kill and eat a crippled mudhen, so I would think anything is possible! I would think that at times of biological stress, critters will eat whatever they can.

Interesting to see that apparently well fed zoo animals would do this.

28 April 2008, 19:47

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by trophyhunter5000:
quote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
I saw a trailer of a film of some sheep that eat people!

This might be happening here!?

The film is "Black Sheep"...

It is pretty much a zombie-sheep flick...ala "Night of the Living Dead" spin off...

Saeed you need to stay indoors and prepare to defend yourself...aim for the head!!!

At least we know you have plenty of rifles for just such an occasion...

Better add some sterling silver bullets! vampires won't stay dead if you don't use silver bullets!

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28 April 2008, 22:46

Jriley

I saw a wild hog eat a dead great bluc heron last year in the Everglades.