Toucan eating a young rat. Viewer Discretion- toucans at times do prey on other animals.

Watch a toucan eat a young rat. Viewer Discretion: some graphic content.
At times the peaceful toucan, will prey on other animals for the higher protein content. Especially during the breeding season. Falcon Quest Birds of Prey explains to the viewer in this video that predator type birds are not limited to the raptor group of birds.
Nature and what takes place in nature is so interesting, and sometimes what we think to believe is absolute actually is not and we learn something new. Toucans can use that large bill to catch other animals and then bang the animal up against a rock or tree trunk to kill and dismember its prey.
Toucans in captivity store Iron from their diet which can become life threatening. One should never feed food items with too much iron this includes meat type products. A young toucan that is still growing should only be given a protein source periodically, and not on a daily routine basis.
See a related video on my channel about why I raise rats for my birds of prey. I also have a video about a falcon eating a rat.
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[@rhondadole5806]

Coca Puffs is beautiful!

[@falconquest-birdsofprey7326]

And to think she actually will develop more colors in the beak as she matures.

[@prima-luce]

Toucans are my second fav group of birds after most birds of prey. But toucans are susceptible to iron storage disease. Won’t the feeding of meat to young toucans increase the likelihood of hemochromatosis?

[@falconquest-birdsofprey7326]

You are very correct, iron storage in the liver is a concern with these birds and most certainly foods high in iron should not be fed on a routing regular basis. However, in the wild and in captivity the toucan will eat higher level of protein sources during the mating season. Young toucans in the wild will be fed an assortment of foods to include more protein sources. Documentation from wild birds shows that during breeding season toucans raid and eat baby birds and they have been seen even snatching up fruit-bats. In captivity, most pairs of toucans will not breed unless given higher protein to get them into breeding condition. Bottom line however, a toucan should mostly be fed foods with no are very little iron. I only feed a periodic protein source to this growing toucan like once a week. Once fully grown, no more protein.

[@raphlvlogs271]

all raptors are predatory birds but not all predatory birds are raptors to put it in short

[@falconquest-birdsofprey7326]

Good way of stating it. Perhaps someday I will do a video describing why a raptor is a raptor.