Basically, imagine the Jaws poster, only instead of a woman swimming it was a bird, and instead of a shark it was a soul-sucking monstrosity. Chickens, pigs, cattle, and other animals raised for food are the primary consumers of water in the U.S.: a single pig consumes 21 gallons of drinking water per day, while a cow on a dairy farm drinks as much as 50 gallons daily. Simply have it sprayed on the pumpkin after it has been carved. These are birds remember, as are pelicans, so they’re roughly the same species. One second they’re swimming along enjoying being a fish, and the next they’re YouTube fodder. Wobbegong? discus2_22/CC-BY-2.0. Perhaps the killer whale evolved to say “F you” to other whales BECAUSE IT ISN’T A WHALE?! Who doesn’t like to watch a small black swallower? They only eat plants. Try raised beds for keeping animal pests from eating tomatoes and other garden plants. And other grisly details we learned about our pets from a forensic anthropologist. Most other predators will attack and kill their prey, before eating it bit by bit. The blue whale, despite being the largest animal on Earth, couldn’t swallow a grapefruit. You live and learn, we guess. It in now way suits a creature that looks like someone glued sea weed to a failed Pokemon design. The worst part is, it wasn’t a freak occurrence; after that video went viral, dozens of people stepped forward to say that they too had seen pelicans mouthnap other birds. That’s the movie we want to see. Ever since then, millions of people have started seeing owls as cute birds that make great pets, instead of the squawking bundles of terror they are. But no; despite his name, Jaws mostly chews his food. It’s noted that turtles pretty much vacuum up jellyfish whole, eating hundreds of them per day. Otherwise, wolves will shake out the stomach contents of their large herbivorous prey before sometimes eating the stomach wall. See how animals have different teeth for different diets, and how the variety in human teeth allow us to eat a range of food. We can’t really imagine the surprise this National Geographic photographer felt when he snapped a photo of a wobbegong eating another shark. When we saw the word “sharks” up there, even we thought we were going to spend a hundred words talking about great whites. Sannakji. Others are called ‘herbivores’. 4,5 It takes more than 2,400 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of cow flesh, whereas it takes about 180 gallons of water to make 1 pound of whole wheat flour. It can choose to eat only the most nutritious parts, and avoid any that might make it ill. Snakes eat their prey whole. Some of these groups have helped to promote alternative, more sustainable ways for poachers to earn a living. Poachers sometimes kill or capture animals to sell them locally or for the global trade in wildlife. Her most vehement argument is against factory farming. Normally, the plant traps bugs and particularly stupid spiders inside its pitcher-like maw (hence the name,) after which they’re slowly absorbed and melted down into a gooey mixture that we’re told tastes like McDonalds milkshakes. Sucks to be them. Animals eat other animals to survive; that’s nature. Scavengers, predators, insects, and other organisms eat and decompose the animal’s skeleton and other remains until there’s no meat, fur, or other delicate parts left. The result? Carnivores such as tigers, wolves, lions, etc. Plants turn that sunlight into usable food energy, and that energy is transfered to the herbivorous animals that eat those plants. 2. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Virunga National Park, one of the continent’s most dangerous, at least 170 rangers have been killed during the past two decades. Because poachers in Africa and Asia are often impoverished local people who make small profits in comparison to traders and kingpins, penalties for poaching wildlife are generally less severe than those for trafficking wildlife. Where are the the scenes in Harry Potter where Daniel Radcliffe throws up after watching Hedwig break the neck of Ron’s pet rat (and exploding as he turned back into Peter Pettigrew halfway through being eaten)? When those plant eating animals are themselves eaten by predators, the energy is transfered higher up the food chain and becomes concentrated in the bodies of the top, or apex, predators. This matters not one iota to the pelican, who will gladly and readily swallow a terrified pigeon as it struggles for life in the  belly of a creature who looks like it’s always just about to open its gaping maw and let people see what Hell looks like. Oh wait, it’s Australian? However, sometimes other creatures fall for the plant’s sweet, sweet smell. 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