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In August 1992, however, its nocturnal assaults were captured on video, [8] [49] proving that at least some kea will attack and feed on healthy sheep. The video confirmed what many scientists had long suspected: that the kea uses its powerful, curved beak and claws to rip through the layer of wool and eat the fat from the back of the animal.
A Kea will attack and eat part of the sheep, but the bird doesn't directly kill it. Our section on Diet covers this. If you can't access the video cited there, this picture gives a reasonable portrayal of a Kea attack. -- Avenue 21:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC) The sheep photo in the article shows a deep wound close to the kidneys.
Merino sheep tend to be the most vulnerable, due to their habit of scattering upon attack, unlike fat-tailed sheep which bunch together for defence. In Transvaal between 1965 and 1971, a study on the stomach contents of over 400 jackals showed that sheep constituted 6% of the diet of jackals living in game reserves, and 27% for those living ...
Horses are very curious animals, and they like to check things out that they come across. You could be grooming your horse and might have a brush, bucket, sponge, and other tools with you to get ...
A Florida couple is facing child abuse charges after local authorities say the man beat a child for nearly half an hour and his wife failed to help the boy. The incident happened on Dec. 7 in ...
We’ll know just how real Kurtis Rourke’s chances of winning the Heisman are on Saturday. The Indiana QB is the co-No. 4 favorite for the award heading into the No. 5 Hoosiers’ gargantuan ...
The trampled dead body of Scottish botanist David Douglas (discoverer of the Douglas fir) was found in 1834 in a bullock pit on Mauna Kea. Those traps were known for catching cattle, but the possibility of murder was considered in this case. [4] Feral cattle contributed significantly to the decline of many plant species in the Hawaiian Islands. [2]
The RSCPA and other groups oppose the live export of animals, and New Zealand banned such exports by sea last year after a ship bound for China sank in a typhoon in 2020, killing almost 6,000 cows ...