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Re: OT: A Bald Eagle
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John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:53:10 -0500
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Heck, everybody eats fast-food once in a while!!

John Lee


At 01:28 PM 6/27/05 -0500, Matthew Perdue wrote:

>In defense of the bald eagle, it is not a scavenger. It is a raptor, with
>stereoscopic eyesight, that hunts its prey. All hunting animals in the wild
>(with the possible exception of man) will take advantage of carrion to some
>degree. The fact that a hunter will eat food from a dumpster or road kill does
>not make it a scavenger - scavengers, such as vultures, eat only carrion
>and do
>not hunt and kill their prey. A hunter eating carrion (or from a dumpster) can
>be said to exhibit scavenger-like behavior, but the activity does not
>reclassify the animal as a scavenger.
>
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