标题: House Cats Kill [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 8-8-2012 14:54 标题: House Cats Kill Elizabeth Weise, Cats Kill more Critters Than Thought; And fluffy's not just eating birds. USA Today, Aug 7, 2012 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nat ... ats-kill/56831262/1
(cat wearing a video cam; 30% of roaming house cats kill prey--two animals a week on average)
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"The cats brought home just under a quarter of what they killed, ate 30% and left 49% to rot where they died.
"The carnage cuts across species. Lizards, snakes and frogs made up 41% of the animals killed, Loyd and fellow researcher Sonia Hernandez found. Mammals such as chipmunks and voles were 25%, insects and worms 20% and birds 12%.