Sentences with phrase «carnivorous animals»

Although meat «technically» contains all the protein we need, human bodies do not absorb these proteins as well as carnivorous animals, so we need to find other, more bioavailable sources of protein.

Beyond teeth, when we compare the anatomy of humans with that of herbivorous animals and of carnivorous animals, physiologically, we resemble the herbivores substantially more than we do the carnivores.

If bitter detection evolved to detect plant toxins, the scientists expected to find fewer functional bitter receptors in strictly carnivorous animals like cats and more functional bitter receptors in related species that eat more plants.

Carnivorous animals lack both D6D and D5D enzymes, and must obtain the longer chain fatty acids from their food supply.

As you may already know, dogs are largely carnivorous animals, though they do have a limited ability to process carbohydrates.

They do not manufacture amylase in their saliva, to start the break - down of carbohydrates and starches; amylase in the saliva is something omnivorous and herbivorous animals possess, but not carnivorous animals.

A newly discovered genus and species of primitive carnivorous animal that lived in what is now Europe roughly 55 million years ago sheds light on the origins...

Dogs have none of these, but have the shorter foregut and hindgut consistent with carnivorous animals.

This is why carnivorous animals prefer organ meats to muscle meats, as these supply DGLA, AA and DHA.

Therefore, holistic veterinarians conjecture that because dogs and cats are naturally carnivorous animals, a meat based diet, which is low in magnesium, promotes healthy bladder and urinary function.

Because it's so high in protein, it's a great food for carnivorous animals, like your cat, as well as vegetarian animals.

Because dogs are primarily carnivorous animals, most of their nutrient needs to come from animal - based sources with a focus on protein and fat.

Distemper is a viral disease that affects both wild and domestic carnivorous animals.

On the other hand, dogs are considered to be carnivores as well but lean more to the omnivorous side, which means that they need to be fed a diet with more fiber than carnivorous animals such as cats.

However, even if such contaminations were rare and unlikely to happen again, there are other issues that need to be considered when feeding a carbohydrate based food to an essentially carnivorous animal.

While distemper might affect a wide range of various carnivorous animals, the human animal is excepted from this likelihood.

These items are digested in a different way than proteins - providing quick energy and often a blood sugar spike to a mainly carnivorous animal.

These corals are carnivorous animals known as polyps, which eat small sea creatures that float by, capturing them with stinging tentacles.

Carnivorous animals like cats and dogs would have consumed a high amount of saturated fat in the wild and the beneficial fats in coconut oil are a great way to make sure they are getting enough in their diets.

Carnivorous animals lack the enzymes needed to produce EPA and DHA.

You probably already know that protein is the most important nutrient for dogs because they are largely carnivorous animals.

«Dogs do NOT produce the necessary enzymes in their saliva (amylase, for example) to start the break - down process of carbohydrates and starches; amylase in saliva is something omnivorous and herbivorous animals possess, but not carnivorous animals.

Some people say that this is because of their roots as carnivorous animals.

• On backwoods «bearanoia»: «Often you don't see, hear, or smell anything even mildly suspicious, but are nonetheless struck by the unreasoning certainty that you are about to be killed and eaten by a 1,500 - pound, drooling, carnivorous animal.

Our house may never recover from cleaning - neglect and our neighbors are probably fretting that our overgrown lawn has become a refuge for large, carnivorous animals.

The carnivorous animal, which was roughly the size of a small lion, walked on all fours, its forelimbs and hindlimbs are similar in proportion, and the limbs themselves are pretty short relative to the length of the body.

(Unsurprisingly, the carnivorous animals showed virtually no interest in wood smeared with a substance that smells like bananas.)

Still, he warns that the findings may not apply to all carnivorous animals and their olfactory systems.

But even then, feeding vegetables and grains to a carnivorous animal is a questionable practice.

Also if we look at all carnivorous animals, we find that after the kill the first thing they go for are the viscera often leaving the the muscular parts to the vultures.

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Such scenarios might someday cease thanks to what naturalists view as an equally alarming prospect: the very extinction of some of Earth's most fearsome, carnivorous animals.

Cat nutrition mainly includes protein since cats are carnivorous animals.

Remember that in order to prevent bladder infections in cats and dogs, these carnivorous animals need a meat - based diet to maintain acidic urine.

As carnivorous animals, protein is one of the most important nutrients a dog gets, so why would they ever need a low - protein food?

Sugar gliders should be fed a commercially prepared diet (pelleted diet) for insectivorous / carnivorous animals as 50 % of their total diet.

«I hate to admit this but I started having some feelings of resentment toward my carnivorous animals» Gibbs says.

The carnassial teeth are innovations of the carnivorous animal that requires shearing action to process flesh.

The guide explained that dragons are carnivorous animals that can reach up to 3.5 meters in length and eat only once a month.

These coral are carnivorous animals, known as polyps, which eat small sea creatures that float by, capturing them with stinging tentacles.