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Who is the enemy? (mander.xyz)
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[–] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Same thing with lead shot accumulating in large birds.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wait, so the lead shots imbed in the animals that eat the lead shot large birds? And again for the animals that eat the animals that eat the lead shot large birds?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    If an animal gets shot with lead, survives and runs away, there is now a wounded animal or an animal carcass containing lead somewhere in the wild.
    If it is wounded or freshly dead a carnivore will eat it and accumulate lead. That may be large carnivore or a smaller carnivore that later gets eaten by a bigger one. Birds tend to have stronger stomach acid that most mammals, allowing them to dissolve the lead better.
    Vultures having it the worst as they will eat any carcass and have the strongest acid.

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