rock
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Post by rock on Jun 21, 2019 0:43:48 GMT 5
(from this viewpoint, one could plausibly refer to herbivores as parasites of plants). Now THAT sounds more like it! rock What do you think? i can agree with that |
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Post by creature386 on Jun 21, 2019 0:43:56 GMT 5
I find it very confusing to use terms in such a way. That's why I'd add the criterion that parasites must specifically go after the metabolism. A mushroom sucking the nutrients out of a tree's cytoplasm can be considered parasitic. An elephant plucking off trees not so much.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jun 21, 2019 1:59:53 GMT 5
Well I guess that is reasonable as well
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Post by leo on Jun 25, 2019 1:46:13 GMT 5
Yes herbivores techinally are predators ,also Some herbivores rarely include meat in their diets like deers eating rabbits and horses eating baby chicks
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Post by rock on Jun 25, 2019 2:03:53 GMT 5
Yes herbivores techinally are predators ,also Some herbivores rarely include meat in their diets like deers eating rabbits and horses eating baby chicks i agree that some herbivores [like tree eating herbivores] are predators , herbivores are not hunter predators and very rarley as you mentioned include flesh in their diets if ever , most herbivores will not touch a spec of meat in their entire lives. |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jun 25, 2019 9:14:37 GMT 5
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Post by leo on Jun 25, 2019 19:54:44 GMT 5
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Post by dinosauria101 on Jun 25, 2019 20:04:22 GMT 5
Thanks! Be sure to contribute whatever you can find Nice avatar by the way |
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Post by leo on Jun 25, 2019 20:05:00 GMT 5
Thanks! Be sure to contribute whatever you can find Nice avatar by the way Thank you |
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