Author: Waldo Lee McAtee

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Published: 2017-10-27

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ISBN-13: 9780265835999

Excerpt from Food Habits of Common HawksBirds, mammals, snakes, lizards, and at least the snapping turtle and the bullfrog of their respective races, prey upon, and in turn are eaten, by each of the others. The interrelations of these and of other forms of life entering into the predation complex are so intricate and involved that offhand judgments upon them by casual observers should be entirely taboo. Certainly hawks do not stand alone as predators, and the fact of predation alone. Is clearly no guide to policy regarding the protection of an animal. Rather, before judg ments are entered or action taken, consideration should be given to all available evidence as to the harm or good ultimately resulting from choice of food.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.