herbivore
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In May, it was revealed that a different type of long-necked herbivore dinosaur - the nagatitan - had been identified by scientists from remains dug up in Thailand.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Guillermo Deferrari, of Ushuaia's scientific research center, downplayed the landfill theory, explaining that the colilargo is herbivore and lives off seeds and fruit found in forested ecosystems, not in dumps, where the common rat feeds.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Students must do a training stint in each of four main categories — carnivore, herbivore, bird and primate — so they may wind up working with animals they find unpleasant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
The newest — described on Thursday by a team of researchers in the journal PeerJ — is Lokiceratops rangiformis, a five-ton herbivore with spectacular, curving brow horns and huge, bladed spikes on its meter-long frill.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Big mammalian herbivore species react to danger from predators or humans in different ways.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Overfishing is also hurting corals as certain herbivores and predators help control algae and maintain an ecological balance, the organisation said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
It could also be an amynodon, or “swamp rhino,” a member of an extinct family of of large-bodied herbivores that are distantly related to rhinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The team believes giant prey animals may have triggered an "evolutionary arms race" in which predators evolved stronger jaws and skulls to overpower increasingly massive herbivores.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
"They're herbivores, so they feed on lots of different vegetation, so you'll often see piles of sticks with the bark chewed off."
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
It has been found that animals, both wild herbivores and livestock, are sometimes strangely attracted to a plant that has been sprayed, even though it is not one of their natural foods.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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