Deer in Costa Rica have been spotted doing something unusual – munching on sea turtle bones
Jaguar Research Program of the National University of Costa Rica
Some white-tailed deer on the Costa Rican coastline have a macabre habit: chewing sea turtle bones. Researchers have recently documented scores of the herbivores scavenging on the remains, possibly to augment their uptake of key minerals.at the National University of Costa Rica and his colleagues were studying jaguars and their prey using motion-activated cameras set up throughout Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Conservation Area.
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