Carnivorous, they eat rats, frogs, fish, snakes, crabs, turtles, and deer ​ — in small quantities; large males average only 18 to 24 ounces [500 - 700 g] of food a day.
एखाद वेळी, एक मोठा “खाऱ्‍या ” बेसावध मनुष्यावर हल्ला करू शकतो.