Tegu Eating a Baby Chicken (IMAGE)

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Tegu Eating a Baby Chicken

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The tegu, Salvator merianae, is an omnivore. As a juvenile, its diet consists of insects, snails, fruits and seeds. The adult tegu also consumes these, but becomes more predatory, eating reptile and bird eggs as well as small birds. Here, a captive tegu is fed a baby chicken.

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Photo by Renato Recoder

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