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hydrogen_wv
at Mon Jun 4 14:27:49 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by hydrogen_wv ]
Quite a few animals do this. I've heard that it is for protection, especially in animals that live close together. They will eat teh dead to keep scavengers away. If a dead animal is found, they may attack one of the living. Dogs do this.
Gross story, but here goes... My friends dog had puppies. A few days later she was standing by the door like she wanted out. Me and my friend were both there and all of a sudden her stomach sort of spasmed and a stillborn puppy came out. We both looked at each other in surprise and disgust.. We looked back for the still born puppy and the mother dog had just finished chowing it down and was licking up the blood on the floor. We were so grossed out, but it happens.. It's natural. I don't see why turtles could not be the same way...
Bones will unlikely leave a scent that attracts scavengers, so leaving the bones is no issue, it'd seem.
I'm not 100% sure, but this seems more logical than cannibal turtles of same species.
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RE: Cannibalsim - hydrogen_wv, Mon Jun 4 14:27:49 2007