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RE: Qilongia & omnivory
Stephan Pickering wrote:
>I have also observed
>an adult giraffe, with its 18 inch tongue, clean out a nest and eat the
>chicks and eggs.
Giraffes have also been observed gnawing on bones (left behind by predators
and scavengers). The reason for this behavior is thought to be giraffe's
need for calcium - perhaps also the reason for the ovivory described above.
However, neither behavior qaulifies the giraffe as omnivorous, IMHO.
> it would not surprise me in the least if the
>feathered taxa from China were omnivores: berries, insects, lizards.
Personally, I think troodontids may have eaten plants, and that they
comprised a large part of their diet. However, hunting small prey was
definitely their raison d'etre.
T. Mike Keesey wrote:
>IIRC, there's a mushroom called _Phallus impudicus_, so....
Is this the one that Charles Darwin's daughter (?Etty) wanted to
exterminate? (Fungus envy?)
Tim
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