Slightly off topic but interesting none the less.
I read an article in New Scientist a few years ago about how various animals
self-medicate. Dogs will often seek out helpful herbs in the garden, wild
animals are known to change their eating habits, such as eating mineral rich
rocks to get what they need.
One example in particular that stands out is from Scotland I think it was.
On the coast up there a bird nests annually, Puffins maybe, and locals kept
finding chicks with their heads missing, still in their hollow. Fearing
foxes or stoats they staked the nests out to find out what was going on.
Turns out that when the sheep were feeling low on nutrients they'd browse
the nests and bite the chicks heads off!
Based entirely on this then I declare that Gang-gangs must surely get the
taste for meat eventually. Could you imagine only eating seeds?
Evan
A reformed vegetarian
On 6/26/06, michael norris <> wrote:
Don't know about Gang Gangs but Rainbow Lorikeets certainly do eat meat!
An elderly lady - and an eccentric who wouldn't listen to cautions about
over-feeding - puts out mince meat in a local park for the magpies (and of
course helps the butcherbirds to thrive!). Some she places on the boughs
of
low trees and over the last two years I have seen up to 10 Rainbow
Lorikeets
feeding on the stuff.
I've also seen Rainbow Lorikeets digging into the soil - don't know why.
What does HANZAB say ?!
Michael Norris
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
===============================
--
Evan Beaver
Lapstone, Blue Mountains, NSW
lat=-33.77, lon=150.64
===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
===============================
|
