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I remember watching a very disturbing video once, where a deer ate a sparrow. I can't quite find the link. Will post if I am able to.

I personally feel that some animals understand their nutritional requirements and select their food accordingly. It's for survival, nothing personal.

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A quick search led to this¹, is it the right one?

Edit: Also, in regards to India there's this video² of a cow catching and eating a chicken.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOQdBLHrLk

2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9vxHN8_jSE

I am at work and cannot access YouTube. But not many videos like the one I watched exist, so this must be the one. :)

True, mostly happens with domesticated animals that has a diet lacking in minerals. But then it's usually a cadaver or the bony remains and as such not 'film worthy' I guess.

Someone posted a video on Reddit of a baboon eating a baby deer, alive. It was like 2-3 mins, couldn't watch more than a few seconds. It was horrible. I remember thinking, why can't the stupid baboon kill the deer and then eat it, instead of eating it alive?

Animal kingdom is cruel

I think "indifferent" is probably more accurate. The baboon didn't do it out of malice, the idea probably just didn't occur to it.

That actually strikes me as even more grim, in some ways. Nature isn't out to get you, nature just doesn't care at all. It just is.

May be, but many (most?) carnivores first kill their prey before eating them. There are exceptions of course, like the Python.

Either way, it is horrible to watch.

I think that's this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcnH_TOqi3I

Not the most pleasant thing to watch over breakfast.

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