herbivorous

Known in Argentina as carpinchos, capybaras are gentle and herbivorous, but they are hard to miss.

However, the island is also home to an abundance of mostly herbivorous mammals big enough to crush a snake, including deer, pigs, sheep, cows, goats, and humans.

University of Sydney researchers have shown it is possible to shield plants from the hungry maws of herbivorous mammals by fooling them with the smell of a variety they typically avoid.

The recent study didn’t focus on the bear’s alleged predatory behaviors against people, but it did find that when ranchers and farmers raised free-range livestock, grizzlies remained largely herbivorous.

After the Spanish arrived, the bears’ consumption of meat more than doubled—increasing from 10% to 26%, with one-third of that coming from livestock—but they remained mostly herbivorous.