Re: birding-aus What no takers ?

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Rachelle Levingston wrote:

>
> By the way does anyone know if Straw-necked Ibis eat dung beetles?
>
> If not what do they eat pacifically?

Specifically and generally also pacifically  [= peacefully ;-) ]  they eat vast
quantities of small, white, "Italian" snails, hereabouts. I once timed one of a
flock as it swallowed approximately one snail per second, non-stop, for about 10
minutes, before I got bored and went inside for breakfast.
Cheers
Anne

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