pigeons

[gaz_farr]

i was standing in victoria station earlier eating a chicken sandwich when a bit dropped on the floor and a pigeon swooped down and ate a piece of chicken

isnt this cannabilism (i dont they probably dont care) but isn't it dangerous to the pigeons to eat a fellow bird

[wiggal]

That does sound abit weird, but then surely us eating beef, pork, lamb and so on is the same as we are all mammals?

I cant see it being dangerous, as some animals eat their own babies at times?

[icemaiden]

My parrot likes nothing better than a piece of cooked chicken!

KFC is her favourite. Honest.

[Noweia]

Cannibalism is one species eating another of its own species. As pigeons and chickens are separate species, pigeons eating chicken can't be considered cannibals!

[cpheonix]

I always found this odd too, but then again, you get eagles eating pigeons and other birds, plus fish (like sharks) eat smaller fish and snakes eat smaller snakes.

Pigeon eating a pigeon would be cannabilism. Btw, try finding a videoclip of a pelican eating a pigeon that happened a few months back!

[McNoodle]

If you were eating a pigeon butty and dropped some they'd eat it for sure. Rats with wings.

[Monika]

At a risk of lowering the tone, I was once made to feel very very queazy when standing in a bus station to see a pigeon eating someone's vomit.

It was truly disgusting and I think they will eat just anything, no matter what.

[lugus]

I once saw a pheasant eat a mouse. I don't know if it caught it or not (probably not they're neither smart nor fast) but I thought that was pretty wierd as well.

[Blueflame]

My chickens like chicken (cooked of course) the only thing they don't like are pickled onions!