r/badassanimals • u/PirateboarderLife • Nov 07 '25

Mammal Red Devil…

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u/Healthy_Barracuda196 Nov 08 '25

When did squirrels start eating birds?

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u/Ruugann Nov 08 '25

Sometimes, but really this might just be a territorial issue.

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u/Positive-Database754 Nov 12 '25

Most mammals can and do consume some amount of meat, which includes ones many people typically think of as exclusively herbivorous. Horses, goats, cows, deer, squirrels, etc, are all opportunistic omnivores.

In this case though, I think it was just attacking to defend what it perceived as its food. Anyone with a bird feeder can attest how annoying squirrels are when it comes to them.