Sentences with phrase «ingested by mammals»

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Weta, giant flightless grasshoppers native to New Zealand, ingest and disperse seeds --- an ecological role played by small mammals in other parts of the world.

Pesticides or heavy metals enter rivers or lakes and vegetation, where they are ingested by fish and mammals and, in turn, are consumed by other animals and humans.

The eggs, or oocysts, are ingested by rodents, birds and other ground - feeding mammals, such as sheep, cattle, goats and pigs, which then migrate to the brain and muscle tissue.