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cthulu2016

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4. Y'know Skp, I am considering doing just that. (It does have a point, though...)

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:07 AM

Jan 2013

The number of birds killed by cats keeps being posted in successive articles in GD, but birds kill waaaaaaay more bugs than cats could ever hope to kill birds, so I guess it's about where one's sympathies lie.

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Birds kill trillions of worms and insects each year [View all] cthulu2016 Jan 2013 OP

You should post this in GD. NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #1

Y'know Skp, I am considering doing just that. (It does have a point, though...) cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #4

Do you have a number for the microbes destroyed by worms and their slimy ilk? NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #6

I am confident my choice of dinner killed a trillion gut microbes. cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #8

You are a shill for the Vermiculobby!llE!!o11!!!11 NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #10

Yes, I am in the pocket of Big Microbe cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #11

Caught a bird in a mousetrap the other day. It pretty much cut the bird in half. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #2

A bird in the hand is worth 2 halves of a bird in the mousetrap pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #7

Only the government should be able to own birds, in them we trust The Straight Story Jan 2013 #3

Eh, they kill more damn sunflower seeds than that just around here n/t Fumesucker Jan 2013 #5

Those bloodthirsty murders!!! SpartanDem Jan 2013 #9

Now all we need is a humans kill x amount of x animal a year thread. Jamastiene Jan 2013 #12

Or God killing X number of humans per year cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #13

which impacts bird populations more > deforestation/pesticides or cats? KittyWampus Jan 2013 #14

Deforestation for the purpose of growing cat food NoOneMan Jan 2013 #16

Im furious with our feathered friends NoOneMan Jan 2013 #15