Nature, red in beak and claw

I’ve seen herons eat frogs, fish and slugs. I have never seen the like of this.

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nautilus3 says:

October 31, 2008 at 1:46 pm

There is a curious sense of “not-rightness” about this which gave me pause for reflection. It’s like the recent discovery that bonobos DO hunt – it’s not just their chimpanzee kin. We have these images of our fellow-creatures which we don’t like to see altered. Image of herons – they eat fish and amphibians, not mammals… perhaps they are opportunists in their diet. Nevertheless it must be unusual for it not to have been reported before…

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