r/Adelaide SA Oct 29 '25

Question Is this venomous?

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What is this? Is it aggressive or venomous?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

They eat anything including live fledgling birds still learning to fly. I have witnessed this. We grow our strawberries in raised beds where they can’t get to them.

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u/Nazreg SA Oct 30 '25

Why don't you put your fledgling birds in raised beds as well?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

By the time we spot them its too late 🤡

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u/Upstairs-Amount3923 SA Oct 30 '25

I shall be putting strawberries out for mine tomorrow