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Jaguar attacks on pets and farm animals are a common problem, but after developing a drug-induced stomach ache, the big cats seem to learn not to kill certain animals

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[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We should do that to Meta.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@jeena if anything needs to be dewormed and purged, it's Meta.

[–] LennethAegis@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought that was a standard farming defense technique. Feed the local predators rotten sheep and they become disgusted at the sight of sheep.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

@LennethAegis looks like this is a very similar process. But instead of waiting for the meat to rot, they are taking fresh meat lacing it with dewormer, and wrapping it in animal skin.

[–] LennethAegis@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And probably easier on the farmer to not have to deal with rotten meat and fresh meat more likely to attract predators than rotten ones.

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@LennethAegis Agreed. If I was a farmer, I would probably prefer to deal with fresh meat over rotten meat.

[–] RemembertheApollo@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder if predators would learn to detect the smell of dewormer and just avoid that and not the prey.

[–] NotAPenguin@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Or we could just stop exploiting "livestock" for profit/taste and it wouldn't be an issue at all.

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