10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

Burmese pythons either escaped from pet trade breeding facilities in South Florida after Hurricane Andrew or were released by people who no longer wanted them as pets. The analysis of Python stomach contents indicates that they eat mammals, as small as mice, and as large as a fully grown deer. Rock Python.

Pythons 193

Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 193

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2014

Birds hatch out of eggs, like some species of snakes, who also have no boobs, although with a snake the fact is more readily apparent. While snakes protect their eggs, and may protect their young for a short period of time after they hatch, baby snakes are very soon on their own. Milk + Wildlife = Big Mistake.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 255

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Eggs 255

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

When I was a kid (and don’t you hate it when blog posts start like this, with the author apparently just assuming that you care about how he spent his childhood), the first pets we had were a pair of Budgerigars. ” At the same time, they are popular as pets, as they may be the best talkers of the Australian cockatoos.

Birds 147

Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. The baffling, mind-boggling public. wrote Maryjane Angelo.

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages. Presumably, the species also not only eats fruit but also mammals and possibly birds –the HBW specifically mentions the species catching bats emerging from caves at dusk, and feeding them to juveniles.

Rhinoceros 140

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

An abstract from a recent paper in Nature : Anthropogenic threats, such as collisions with man-made structures, vehicles, poisoning and predation by domestic pets, combine to kill billions of wildlife annually. billion mammals annually. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality.

Feral Cats 257

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2023

The most likely explanation – as judged by the authors – is something called the farming hypothesis, which states that brood parasites such as the koel may deliberately destroy nests as it gives them a good chance to deposit an egg in the replacement clutch. Well, you know, mammals.

Birds 147

Birds Mammals St. Louis Monkeys 147