fossilesque to Animal behaviorEnglish · 11 months agoIbis add toxic cane toads to the menu with clever technique to eliminate poison firstwww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
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minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoCool. That is now crows, magpies and bin chickens that have been observed safely eating cane toads. Crows and maggies use a different method. They flip the toad over and eat them belly first. They don’t eat the skin, just the internal organs.
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoAnimals are way smarter than we ever have them credit for, even when we did give them credit.
Cool.
That is now crows, magpies and bin chickens that have been observed safely eating cane toads.
Crows and maggies use a different method. They flip the toad over and eat them belly first. They don’t eat the skin, just the internal organs.
Animals are way smarter than we ever have them credit for, even when we did give them credit.