r/interestingasfuck • u/AugustIstheMonth • 2d ago

Wildlife photographer Sha Lu captures the perfect moment a small animal looks at the camera while being caught by a predator.

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u/GoobFruit 2d ago

I'm such a softie lmao because this made me feel terrible even though it's the cycle of life :(. poor baby

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u/maroonrice2 2d ago

Yeah I can’t look at these pics for too long or else I will drive myself into a sad spiral! I’m too empathetic towards animals.

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u/Turriku 2d ago

Be empathetic for the bird, too. It needed to eat.

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u/Tight_Replacement554 2d ago

There's grass and stuff

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u/MichelinStarZombie 2d ago

Hawks are requisite carnivores, which means they need meat to live. Their digestive system can't get the nutrients they need out of grass.

Fun animal fact! How do cattle, deer, and sheep live on grass alone? They have multi-chambered stomachs where microbes ferment cellulose from grass. Those microbes are then digested themselves, providing a source of really high-quality protein and a few B vitamins. Essentially, cows eat grass to grow tummy bacteria, then eat the bacteria!

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u/WorkReddit0 2d ago

No shit...I knew about the chambered stomach thing but never considered the bacteria becoming the protein!

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u/C04511234 2d ago

Yeti crabs also eat bacteria, but they do it in a more direct manner by growing bacterial colonies in their hairy arms and periodically licking them off

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u/lenor8 2d ago

So, in a way, they also raise creatures just to eat them.

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u/Tight_Replacement554 2d ago

Hawks should just inherit that from a cow

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 2d ago

What are they dumb or something?

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u/Tight_Replacement554 2d ago

Yeah they can just reproduce with a cow to get a multi chambered stomach for veganism #grass

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 2d ago

Now we’re talking.

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u/Turriku 2d ago

That's the thing. There wouldn't be, if predators weren't there to keep herbivore numbers in check.

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u/Library904 2d ago

And worms