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I recently ran across a post on Deja.com that asserted there is a huge death toll in crop production. "the vertebrate deaths come from: frogs, toads, anole lizards, shrews, voles, mice, rats, snakes, a couple of kinds of turtle, cat, rabbits, skunk, nutria & muskrats, raccoons, possums, deer, pheasant, quail, pigeon, cattle egrets, sparrows, starlings, waxwings, .... although all of these are not harvested *every* time, or even most times, they are the 'regulars.' occasionally a: turkey, canvasback, teal, heron, mallard, black duck, coot, spoonbill, crow, hawk, kite, buzzard ... is shredded, as is the occasional feral pig or lost calf, coyote or dog. for information, an acre has 43,264+ square feet. the vast majority of the deaths are (as one would imagine): frogs, toads and anole lizards; rodents and insectivores." Have there been any scientific studies on this kind of thing? Is this common or simply nonsense? I would appreciate any links you could point me to.
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