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EvetsYenoham t1_j5ocdmg wrote

I mean deer are herbivores but ok…

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heili t1_j5ofbj5 wrote

Deer like many other herbivores are opportunistic carnivores as well.

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alwaysboopthesnoot t1_j5oe1x2 wrote

They will eat birds, mice, etc. So will cows.

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EvetsYenoham t1_j5oeqgu wrote

Chickens?

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alwaysboopthesnoot t1_j5p3yrw wrote

They will eat Turkey polts and smaller chicks. Yes. Grown ones/adults? No. They’d be more likely to stamp or kick them to death. But a cow or deer will attack/bite and kill a young kitten, or puppy. Eat them, afterwards? No, probably not.

I have seen them eat carrion, things like dead rabbits, crows, and squirrels. They’re opportunistic feeders for those things. They don’t hunt them to eat them like predators will—but will enthusiastically eat another animal’s leftovers.

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tulipz10 t1_j5ofppk wrote

Uh no. Google that. They've even been caught on camera at the body farm eating human bones.

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