John,all I did was post a video of a fish eating a struggling bird because I thought it was relevant to the thread....sounds like you had a few too many today 
should arowana be fed mice
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No argument that fish occasionally eat prey that may consist of mammals, in the wild.
I once watched a wild bird (a young Magpie) swallow down a fresh turd that one my dogs just deposited on our lawn. Unfortunately no video to follow, it happened rather quickly. But again, I wouldn't recommend dog turds be fed to captive Magpies.
Why ever not? Would that be down to their poor nutritional content, or their appalling taste, lol.
WELL WELL
And yes I searched 'Magpie eats dog s#@t' on youtube but I have no shame anyway
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John,all I did was post a video of a fish eating a struggling bird because I thought it was relevant to the thread....sounds like you had a few too many today
Nope, not even one.
When these discussions arise, one person posts an amusing little clip of an unusual event...and some rabidly argumentative poster on one or the other side of the debate will say "See? SEE??? I told you so! Aros eat birds! I'm going to start raising chickens to feed my fish and you should all do the same!!!"
Just trying to nip that in the bud...
Incidentally, lots of young animals eat poop; it's thought that beneficial gut bacteria are passed on from parents to young this way. I used to breed Solomon Island Skinks; maybe more is know about the phenomenon today, but back then it was considered pretty much mandatory to allow the young 'uns to chow down on poop in order to be successful in raising them to maturity.
I once, while sitting in a deer blind, reached for my water bottle and took a big swig...and immediately realized that I had mistakenly grabbed the pee bottle.
I wonder if that has affected me long-term?
Correct, and I believe that in fish it has now been demonstrated in a number of studies that gut microbiota is at least partially passed on from the parents, the rest from the environment. Which typically means that the gut microbiota in a captive raised fish that lives in a glass box, is going to most likely be quite different compared to that same species that lives in the wild, or even in an outdoor pond. So digestion, and/or potential gastrointestinal issues, between those various fish could be quite different. The same would apply to birds, and even humans. It's why folks that grow up in Mexico can safely drink the water, and consume food from street vendors, while if a gringo such as myself tried that I would probably spend the rest of my vacation talking into a toilet bowl.
I once, while sitting in a deer blind, reached for my water bottle and took a big swig...and immediately realized that I had mistakenly grabbed the pee bottle.
I believe it has....catastrophically! It explains absolutely everything. Lol.
Though I don't know what my excuse is, as far as I know I've never drank my own piss!
Oh, trust me...you'd know if you had...
...well, actually, I guess you wouldn't be certain whose it was, but...
