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• NoDignity@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Eagles will eat just about anything they physically can so probably lots of squirrels, rabbits, smaller possums and raccoons but also eagles will sometimes eat carrion so I could certainly imagine they sometimes get this off something like a deer carcass.

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  • percent@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    IIRC, some bald eagles were found with neurological issues caused by nicotine from cigarette butts too.

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  • SillyDude@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was trying to think of what is getting shot with lead but still getting away. I just spent however long reading about wound rates for deer. Which is low, but yeah. One thing I wonder is if it has anything to do with the amount of fish they would be eating. No other north American raptor eats fish like bald eagles do that I can think of.

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    • Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s lead shot California condors went extinct in the wild because of lead poisoning from birdshot but they bred some in captivity and reintroduced them.

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• Formfiller@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  People still use lead target shells all the time

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