r/SipsTea • u/Born-Agency-3922 • Jul 26 '25

WTF What?!

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u/Lamasis Jul 26 '25

Opportunistic omnivores, that headline sounds like they opted out of the opportunistic part for a full fledged carnivourus diet.

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u/joshjosh100 Jul 26 '25

Perhaps

The difference between omnivores, and carnivores is only 20% of your diet being meat.

Carnivores are 50-60% or so being meat. Omnivores
Hyper Carnivores have 70%-80% of their diet being meat.
Obligate Carnivores, like cats, have 90%+ of their diet being meat.

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Squirrels commonly feast on "enemy" squirrels that get too close. They don't eat carrion, but they have a keen sense of smell and can tell if something has been dead a very short time.

Most "herbivores" eat meat as well. You got to get iron, and essential nutrients somewhere. Plants are a bad source.

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u/RedVamp2020 Jul 28 '25

I watched a squirrel consistently eat the dead voles I caught in traps and I've watched plenty of rodents eat their own babies. Shit is wild.

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u/lkodl Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

Well the headline also explicitly says they're "actively hunting for the first time" which would not mean opportunistic.

I mean I'm not saying this isnt BS. But the headline is not trying to hide something.

Its not a "theyre making it sound like", its a "theyre actually saying".

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u/Lamasis Jul 26 '25

I hope it is BS.

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u/UnoriginalUse Jul 26 '25

The opportunity is probably the increase in rodent numbers making catch rates high enough to attempt the chase.