Hi, so I just saw a video of a little bird eating a bee. And it made wonder: How does the bee being at least a bit alive (and angry!) while swallowing not hurt the birds when eating? I feel the same way about other animals who tend to swallow their prey whole e.g. predatory fish, owl who swallow mice and so on. I imagine it would hurt a lot to have an angry animal thrashing with all their might from within. 🙁
In: 15
it’s absolutely not uncommon for animals to die or be hurt from what they’re eating.
I remember hearing stories of naive snake owners thinking it was cheaper/easier to just feed local live rats rather than pet store frozen ones and in a few situations the rat basically killed the snake and ate it instead.
Latest Answers