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Carnivorous Squirrels Documented in California (www.ucdavis.edu)

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You fucked with squirrels, Morty!

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[–] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago

Cool... I guess nobody understood the definition then?

They need meat in their diets (specifically taurine, which is often an additive in cat food). Just because there are photos of them eating veggies, doesn't mean they're not obligated to eat meat.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 days ago

0% nutrition, 100% cromch.

[–] cryptTurtle@piefed.social 4 points 4 days ago

This is cute but you really shouldn't be feeding cats plants