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Dead Swan, eaten

  • 23-08-2020 10:20pm
    #1
    patspost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭


    Hi there,

    I came across the remains of a dead Swan today.
    Whatever attacked it, ate most of it.

    Location on western shore of L Derg, not far from Portumna.

    I haven't come across something like this before.
    What would have done this?


Comments

  • #2
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,283 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    A fox maybe?
    Mink are vicious feckers too.


  • #3
    CiarraiAbu2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 584 ✭✭✭CiarraiAbu2


    Maybe died naturally and scavenged afterwards.
    Mink and foxes could probably take one down though.


  • #4
    patspost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 252 ✭✭patspost


    Thanks for the replies.
    Yep, maybe a fox or indeed a mink.
    He was a decent sized Swan.

    It didn't occur to me that it may have been scavenged, that is possible.

    As it happens I passed the same spot last week and it wasn't there.


  • #5
    Eddie B
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    It may have been scavanged by several different animals. Swan may have been old, sick, or injured before it met its end.


  • #6
    homewardbound11
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    A mink will do a lot of damage especially in chicken coups . They will kill the lot if they had time and create a mess . A fox on the other hand will kill to eat . So only one chicken or hen at a time . Often they will take it with them too . Chicken to go .


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  • #7
    Eddie B
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Eddie B


    homewardbound11 wrote: »
    A mink will do a lot of damage especially in chicken coups . They will kill the lot if they had time and create a mess . A fox on the other hand will kill to eat . So only one chicken or hen at a time . Often they will take it with them too . Chicken to go .

    A fox will do the same as a mink. Mink aint that much different than our native predators. Like all predators, when numbers are high, they can put a lot of pressure on struggling species.


  • #8
    Graces7
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    Eddie B wrote: »
    A fox will do the same as a mink. Mink aint that much different than our native predators. Like all predators, when numbers are high, they can put a lot of pressure on struggling species.

    Mink.. They broke into my chicken run once and ate the heads of three hens. And they "hole" lambs; ie when the lamb is asleep they pierce a vein behind the ear to suck blood.


  • #9
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    homewardbound11 wrote: »
    A mink will do a lot of damage especially in chicken coups . They will kill the lot if they had time and create a mess . A fox on the other hand will kill to eat . So only one chicken or hen at a time . Often they will take it with them too . Chicken to go .[/QUOTE

    Sadly not so; a fox will go on a killing spree in a hen house.


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