Sentences with phrase «as herbivorous»

Fortunately, hamsters are omnivores similar to dogs and to people, which means that their diet is not quite as limited as herbivorous bunnies or carnivorous cats.

Tritylodontids lived in the Jurassic era and proliferated worldwide, but were thought to have died out as herbivorous mammals took over their ecological role in the late Jurassic.

Not exact matches

As for whether such shops preach only to the converted, The Herbivorous Butcher says: «We actually have more omnivore customers than vegan and vegetarian customers!

«The carnivorous theropods were more closely related to the herbivorous ornithischians and, what's more, some animals, such as Diplodocus, would fall outside the traditional grouping that we called dinosaurs.

«D. suzukii may act as an evolutionary bridge between fruit - centered and herbivorous species within the Drosophila family,» says Ian Keesey, first author on the study.

The dinosaur, first described in 2015 as a bizarre, herbivorous theropod, is actually a primitive ornithischian, according to the study — a placement that would strengthen the authors» argument for rewriting the entire family tree.

A compilation of studies suggests that as temperatures rise, herbivorous mammals will suffer greater effects from the toxins they eat, with animals living in dry regions at particular risk.

As a result, the researchers suspect that the predatory theropods came from the mainland in order to hunt the herbivorous Europasaurus.

Moabosaurus belongs to a group of herbivorous dinosaurs known as sauropods, which includes giants such as Brontosaurus and Brachiosaurus, who had long necks and pillar - like legs.

As an international study conducted by the University of Zurich based on 3D reconstructions of animal skeletons reveals for the first time: Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies than their usually slim carnivorous counterparts.

The result: On average, herbivorous mammals have a body cavity that is twice as big as carnivores of a similar body size.

Consequently, after the dissemination of this research, «the typical description of aphids as sap - sucking insects and, therefore, strictly herbivorous, should be nuanced,» according to David Martínez.

Aphids, which are herbivorous, provide ants with molasses as food in exchange of hygienic care and protection from predators.

As bears, their digestive systems are designed to break down meat and small amounts of plant material, yet in the wild and in captivity these bears are exclusively herbivorous.

An amazing megafaunal menagerie roamed the region: Giant armadillos resembling armor - plated autos; bears twice the size of grizzlies; the hoofed, herbivorous toxodon, big as a rhinoceros; and saber - toothed tigers.

One hypothesis suggests that Neandertals were rigid in their dietary choice, targeting large herbivorous mammals, such as horse, bison and mammoths, while modern humans also exploited a wider diversity of dietary resources, including fish.

The results are surprising, for even in the presence of many different herbivorous animals, plants produced the same amount of biomass as in simulations with a low diversity of herbivore species.

This idea helps explain how we started out as a small, apelike, herbivorous species 6 million years ago in tropical Africa, and after a history of origin and extinction of species, what's left today is us: a single species all over the planet with an astonishing array of abilities to adjust.

The study also highlights the benefits of alternative fisheries restrictions, including bans on specific fishing gear such as small - mesh nets and restrictions on herbivorous species.

In the process, we were able to determine that the extinct relatives of today's humans primarily fed on large herbivorous mammals such as mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses,» Prof. Bocherens said.

I am specifically interested in behavioral adaptations of herbivorous insects that may have adaptive functions in foraging, and have begun exploring nocturnal herbivory as one potential mechanism.

As is always the case, nature knows what it's doing, and for us herbivorous humans, plants are designed to be the perfect food for us.

In my opinion, I believe that the synergetics effects of eating the diet that our species was made to eat (yeah, science already can show as that we are herbivorous) can easily handle that amount of plant - based saturated fats.

For herbivorous animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas and prairie dogs, grass hay should form the bulk of the diet.

We, as primarily herbivorous humans, get most of our micronutrients from plant sources.

Even their ancient cousin the wolf is omnivorous, engaging in the eating of plant matter with similar acts of grazing on grasses, as well as eating the plant matter out of the guts of their herbivorous prey.

Because we are creatures who thrive on the spice of variety, the monotonous diets of our herbivorous bunnies may strike us as depressing.

ungulate a hoofed typically herbivorous quadruped mammal (as a ruminant, swine, camel, hippopotamus, horse, tapir, rhinoceros, elephant, or hyrax)