Sentences with phrase «unlike omnivores»

Unlike omnivores such as humans, they can not fully metabolize carbohydrates — which don't do anything for them except make them fat.

Unlike omnivores and herbivores who forage for fruit and nuts, rabbits are grazers who evolved to sustain themselves by eating massive quantities of high - fiber, low - starch, low - fat hay.

Unlike omnivores cats also can not convert vitamin A from beta - carotene in plants and need animal - derived sources of vitamin A such as liver.

Unlike omnivores, carnivores often have difficulty digesting fiber - heavy plant foods.

Millions of years of eating nothing but meat has rendered cats and other obligate carnivores dependent on it — unlike omnivores or herbivores, cats can no longer synthesize certain vitamins and amino acids, so they must get these nutrients by eating the flesh of other animals.

Not exact matches

Yet unlike other omnivores, our diets are tightly interwoven into the fabric of our society.

With respect to vitamin D, as we know, dogs (and cats) are not capable to synthetize adequate amount of it in the skin from sunlight exposure (unlike other omnivores, herbivores etc.); therefore it is essential they get it from diet.

With respect to vitamin D, as we know, dogs (and cats) are not capable to synthetizing adequate amount of it in the skin from sunlight exposure (unlike other omnivores, herbivores etc.); therefore it is essential they get it from diet.

But unlike cats, who are obligate carnivores, dogs are considered omnivores, which means that they can thrive off a wide variety of foods.

Unlike people, who are omnivores that have evolved to eat diets that include fairly high amounts of starch and other carbohydrates, cats are obligate carnivores — they are literally «obligated» to be carnivorous!

Unlike dogs, cats are carnivores (dogs, like humans, are omnivores).

Unlike cats, dogs are omnivores, which means that they are able to extract nutrition from plant sources — including nut - based foods.

Unlike cats and ferrets, which are obligate carnivores, and dogs, rats and mice, which are omnivores, rabbits are herbivores.

Unlike herbivores, such as horses, or even true omnivores, like humans, dogs do not thrive on diets made up predominantly of grains.

However, unlike many other omnivores and more like the cat, the dog conjugates bile acids only with taurine (Haslewood 1964) and can not make vitamin D, an animal product (Hazewinkel et al., 1987; How et al., 1994; NRC, 2006).

Unlike many other small animals, hamsters are omnivores.

Unlike the Natural Science diets, which are formulated specifically for adult rabbits and guinea pigs, the supplements are applicable to numerous species, including omnivores such as rats, hamsters and gerbils.

Unlike the vast majority of monitors, tegus are omnivores and do best when their diet of rodents, birds and insects is supplemented with the occasional fruit salad.