Sentences with phrase «herbivores who»

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.

Rabbits are grazing herbivores who have evolved to live mostly on grass and hay, which will meet most of their nutritional needs.

Unlike herbivores who are well - adapted to processing calorically dense foods like fruit and nuts, rabbits have evolved to get all of their nutrition by eating relatively low - energy foods.

Grass and hay probably do not seem like food to us — after all, even human vegetarians don't chow down on your front lawn — but rabbits are unique types of herbivores who have specialized digestive systems.

Unlike omnivorous humans, rabbits are grazing herbivores who have evolved to eat large amounts of fiber and very small amounts of sugar.

Rabbits are herbivores who adore a wide range of fresh produce, but the Internet is full of warnings against feeding buns fruit on a regular basis.

Rabbits are grazing herbivores who have evolved to eat large quantities of fibrous foods.

by Walter Chaw Arlo (voiced by Raymond Ochoa) is the runt in a frontier family of stylized dinosaur herbivores who struggles to live up to the example of towering Poppa (Jeffrey Wright) on the family farmstead.

The low carb diet is not consistent with our anatomy or physiology as hind - gut fermenting herbivores who have evolved to eat starch with more amylase genes and a 40 % larger small intestine than our great ape relatives.

how nature created different groups for specific purposes: plants that convert sunlight into energy; herbivores who have a rumen specifically designed to digest this plant matter; predators and omnivores, with no rumen and a hostile environment for microbes (in the acidic stomach)

This is a relatively harmless herbivore who prefers to live alone and gorges on just about any plants it can find.

Not exact matches

Anna of Herbivore Triathlete, is a multisport endurance athlete who follows a plant based diet.

Some symbiotic bacteria living inside Colorado potato beetles can trick plants into reacting to a microbial attack rather than that of a chewing herbivore, according to a team of Penn State researchers who found that the beetles with bacteria were healthier and grew better.

«The herbivores created space for other plants and animals to move in and we saw much more diversity and variety in these ecosystems,» said Rebecca Kordas, the lead author of the study who completed this research as a PhD student in zoology at UBC.

«Factors such as escape from natural enemies including herbivores, predators, pathogens or parasites were thought to explain how species become invasive,» says Colautti, an NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow with the UBC Department of Botany, who started the research in 2007 as a PhD student at the University of Toronto.

These non-natives support more generalized and redundant herbivore communities than the native plants that they're potentially replacing on landscapes,» said Burghardt, who added that this is especially true for young herbivores that use the plants for food.

Deer clearly avoid certain invasive plants that are increasing in abundance in natural areas, suggesting that the herbivores are indirectly contributing to the growth and spread of unpalatable invasive plant species, noted lead author Kristine Averill, who spearheaded the research while pursuing her doctoral degree in Ecology at Penn State.

Most of the fossils are of predators who attacked asphalt - trapped herbivores and became stuck themselves, creating an ossified tableau of nature, red in tooth and claw.

A new study shows that climate change that significantly decreases plant quality grants a competitive advantage to larger invertebrate herbivores, such as grasshoppers, who can convert the foliage to energy more efficiently than smaller herbivores.

«We've known for a long time that herbivores do eat other insects, but so far people studying herbivory have kind of ignored that because it's a lot easier to put herbivores in a neat bin in which they only eat plants,» says Michigan State University ecologist William Wetzel, who did not participate in the study.

Determined to return the infant to its «herd» before winter sets in, the hairy herbivores accept a questionable offer from Diego (Denis Leary), a smooth - talking saber - tooth tiger who promises to help find the toddler's parents.

Most people who own rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas know they are herbivores and only eat plants.

As omnivores who tend to eat like herbivores, hamsters are perfectly equipped for extracting valuable micronutrients and phytochemicals from plant foods like cilantro.

Rabbits, who are herbivores, seem to have dietary needs that many of us find perplexing.

A team of animal - welfare specialists with the agency took custody of the 83 long - eared herbivores after finding out about their plight from a person who had bought the Riverside County farm where they had been housed in filthy, antiquated cages, according to SDHS spokeswoman Kelli Schry.

Retailers should make sure their customers who own herbivores know that hay is not just a treat.

Players control 32 - year old «herbivore man» Vincent who, after meeting mysterious 22 - year old femme fatale Catherine, begins having strange dreams in which he must climb an endless stairway in his skivvies or die, avoiding sheep people and chainsaw babies along the way.

It helped me discover which plants possess the best leaves or fruits for herbivores, which are used for shelter, and which are very attractive to pollinators — who will be more attractive to my insectivores than poisonous ants, for sure.

Instead of introducing you to the vicious and carnivorous members of the team who feed off the weak like Jurassic World's Velociraptors, they introduce you to the calmer humans or herbivores.