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Kewl deal... I'll go ahead and continue then for now.
On the subject of arboreals and "birdeater" species actually eating birds, a lot of what I've read indicates that they are known to rob nests of hatchlings (easy prey) when they find them, but as for eating adult birds I've read that this is extremely rare, and I would think it highly unlikely that this is a common thing in the wild for several reasons.
I was rather amazed to see a pic recently on the net of a T eating a bat to be honest, and though I can see how this could happen from on rare occasions with species that normally climb around the mouths of caves in their natural habitat, I'm certainly not ruling out the possiblity of some photographers puting captured/injured ones down near a T's burrow in order to get a pic that will sell for a significantly higher price than a pic of the same T eating a large insect.
Sensationalism sells, and there are a lot of photographers that will do what ever is necissary to make sure they get a high dollar pic. Not saying that's what happened in this case, but I'm not saying I believe bats are on a daily menu because I saw a pic of a T eating one either.
On the subject of arboreals and "birdeater" species actually eating birds, a lot of what I've read indicates that they are known to rob nests of hatchlings (easy prey) when they find them, but as for eating adult birds I've read that this is extremely rare, and I would think it highly unlikely that this is a common thing in the wild for several reasons.
I was rather amazed to see a pic recently on the net of a T eating a bat to be honest, and though I can see how this could happen from on rare occasions with species that normally climb around the mouths of caves in their natural habitat, I'm certainly not ruling out the possiblity of some photographers puting captured/injured ones down near a T's burrow in order to get a pic that will sell for a significantly higher price than a pic of the same T eating a large insect.
Sensationalism sells, and there are a lot of photographers that will do what ever is necissary to make sure they get a high dollar pic. Not saying that's what happened in this case, but I'm not saying I believe bats are on a daily menu because I saw a pic of a T eating one either.
