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These Squirrels Are Hunting and Eating Meat and Scientists Only Just Noticed
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An article from last year:
https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/carnivorous-feeding-squirrels-documented-california
This had been known since the 50's in urban areas.
If you give a mammal little choice and they are desperate, they will eat anything. Same with predator fowl like Hawks and Pelicans. This is all well documented. Rabbits are also known to eat meat if necessary.
The numbers suggest it’s not an act of desperation. Deer eat small birds. Pika eat meat. Apparently squirrels too.