Crawfish eating live mouse

[troppond]

It's a mouse rebel, really, a mouse, Unless you are vegetarian you can't argue

 

[Wiggles92]

The point is that it's unnecessary to feed the crayfish a live mouse; they'll gladly accept dead mice as food, too. Some people may pull out the old "People feed their snakes live mice." argument, but the difference there is that some snakes absolutely refuse to convert to dead food so there is no other option for feeding them.

 

[Zfishies]

i saw a blue lobster today at the LFS, might be setting up a tank now...he was huge

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

I with wiggles. Should have been dead but I dont really care. I just desire to know what about the skeleton!!

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[Zfishies]

the only thing left could of been the skull right? the other bones could of been eatin?

 

[Wiggles92]

the only thing left could of been the skull right? the other bones could of been eatin?

Hmm... Good question...

I would imagine that they would eat the majority of the bones minus the skull and a few other bones.

 

[Inglorious]

I'm sure feeder fish enjoy being eaten by piranha right? And if you ever eat meat then make sure you watch some videos of what sometimes occurs in slaughterhouses.

 

[HPIZZLE]

And how often for a mouse carcass end up in the river?

obviously often enough for them to have an appetite for mice..

 

[kevinfleming21]

obviously often enough for them to have an appetite for mice..

Hahaha! I'm still waiting on pics personally

 

[SimonL]

I don't think that live feeders, regardless of the species of animal, are inherently cruel. There is a paradox here too; is a mouse somehow more deserving of a "merciful death" than a feeder fish? Or live crickets/mealworms? We don't see flaming everytime someone feeds their beardie some live bugs.

My issue is when an animals pain or death becomes "fun". If you are creating this spectacle to enjoy an animals death rather than recreate nature, there's something wrong.