herbivorous

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

Little is known about them - compared what experts know about stegosaurus, triceratops and the mighty T-rex - but it is thought they walked on their front feet and their hind limbs, were herbivorous and from the late triassic period.

A team of researchers led by biologist Florian Schiestl of the Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany at the University of Zurich has now discovered that the interaction of plants with pollinators and herbivorous insects influences their adaptation to soil types and thus the formation of ecotypes.

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.