I was by the beach and i saw a bunch of birds (the kind that live around the water)....anyways i thought that the birds might be hungary so i gave them some fried chicken and they ate it like crazy!!! then more birds came and i gave them some more chicken......did i make the birds cannibals???
2007-01-10 08:25:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
Dudette! Those birds are gonna take over the world and eat all the birds alive! Then when the birds are done with, they're gonna come after humans!!! Jk No, I don't think so. I've given my parakeets chicken and they don't eat each other so I guess they're not cannibals.
2007-01-10 10:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by ♀VANshee 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unless the fried "chicken" you were eating was actually one of those birds (I'm guessing gulls) it's not cannibalism, if a chicken were eating chicken it would be considered cannibalism. Just because one bird eats another does not make it a cannibal, that would be like saying humans are cannibals because they eat beef (mammal eating a mammal). To be considered a cannibal a species must consume an individual of its own species.
2007-01-11 18:32:19 · answer #2 · answered by crazy.carabid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many birds especially seagull are omnivorous like us and will eat anything.The concept of cannibalism as being immoral is a purely human concept. I doubt birds have that kind of higher thinking. Avoid giving them fatty foods like fried chicken or chips. If we stop feeding them, they will go back to eating their own healthy diet. Have fun at the beach.
2007-01-10 16:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by firestarter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pet birds can eat well cooked chicken and enjoy chicken bones, not sure about fried chicken being too good in large quantity but the problem would be the fat and salt content not the chicken.
2007-01-10 16:47:43 · answer #4 · answered by Angie C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Most "beach" birds are opportunist eaters, meaning that they will usually eat whatever they can get there beaks on...including human foods. Besides there are many creatures that cannibalize, it's just a matter of survival.
2007-01-11 09:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by the_green_grass_horse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birds love protein and the chicken was high in protein. They are not cannibals, they just desire anything with high protein including chicken or any meat.
2007-01-10 16:29:08 · answer #6 · answered by SC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope not!....lol.....they enjoyed the breaded/fried out side....and probably would have eaten a rock if you would have thrown one- if they were starving.
2007-01-10 16:36:17 · answer #7 · answered by ~*common sense*~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋