Yes that video has been around for a long time, once again though I have to stress its not very common at all, they are oppertunistic feeders, the turtles in that video obviuosly have adapted to taking off the pidgeons who for whatever reason are just standing there with them. Usually when...
Of course, just imagine how horribly boring the world would be if everyone did and acted and thought the same way. To me a snapper is very low on the list of threats to chickens, especially chickens that are only out when supervised. I guess I just prefer trying to live with nature instead of...
I was talking about specificly about chickens being taken out on land, they will take anything that comes in reach in the water. There is no reason to kill something thats very unlikely to even be a threat to these animals.
Keep in mind predators are largely oppurtunistic,when anything is hungry enough they will go after anything that could possibly be food, including people. In that example unless the irrigation pond wad stocked and thriving with fish and other edibles found I'm their natural environment there...
Wouldnt work, reptile eggs cannot be moved while incubating especially near hatch time. Unlike chicken eggs reptile embryos need to settle and stick to the side of the egg. Tiny veins transfer air from the surface to the embryo, as well as there are no chalazae anchoring the yolk. Turning a...
Very nice snapper! No it will not eat your birds no matter the size, unless of course your birds like walking on the bottom of lakes and rivers. These creatures spend just about all their time in the water where they wait at the bottom hidden in the muck for anything about the size of its head...