Assertion: weasel | /r/CapableOf | kill chicken
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: many times
type: TEMPORAL
value: to go on killing
type: PURPOSE
value: unlike predators
type: OTHER
value: for their survival
type: PURPOSE
value: due to their savage nature
type: CAUSE
value: with claws
type: MANNER
value: to kill squirrels
type: PURPOSE
value: with their razor sharp teeth
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Yes, weasels can kill a chicken with their razor sharp teeth and claws.
text: Weasels are also known to kill rabbits, squirrels, worms, snakes, insects and birds.
text: Weasels can be a pain for humans’ livelihood: they kill poultry, rabbits, and eat eggs.
text: If can often be too late to save them, even so, as weasels often kill more chickens than they can eat, due to their savage nature.
text: Weasels are known to kill many chickens for their survival.
text: Unlike predators that take one bird at a time, weasels tend to kill or injure several birds during one attack, if not the whole flock.
text: My sister’s free-range chickens are locked up each night, but the other evening a weasel got into the coop and killed several chickens.
text: Little did I know weasels killing chickens is all too common.
text: First, the wild, squawking and flapping movement of the chickens triggers the instinct, causing the weasel killing chickens to go on killing until it perceives there is nothing left to kill.
text: Although the damage is done by the time you determine a weasel is killing chickens, you can still try to trap it to prevent future losses.
text: Equipped with incredibly strong jaws and sharp canine teeth, weasels kill chickens with one or more powerful bites to the head or neck.
text: Some are tiny; for instance, some weasels aren't much bigger than a mouse, but they can kill rabbits and chickens many times their size.
text: However, if they run out of food, they will sometimes kill small animals, such as chickens or small pets.
text: Why do weasels kill chickens?
text: Weasels are also known to kill rabbits, squirrels, worms, snakes, insects and birds.
text: The latter often are farmers, who may lose chickens and other poultry to weasels, which sneak in under the cover of darkness and kill the birds.
text: The weasel has been known to attack full-grown rabbits and will occasionally enter a chicken coop and kill poultry.
text: Weasels go for both the chickens and the eggs, and they often kill more chickens than they can eat.