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But as climate shifts increased the diversity of plants and flowers, herbivorous dinosaurs grew larger and more prevalent.
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Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
While manatees are herbivorous and pose no threat to humans, other species in the Everglades are not so harmless.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
For example, the team found that the contents of coprolites from the first large herbivorous dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs, contained large quantities of tree ferns but also many other types of plants and charcoal.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
The biggest difference is between herbivorous species, like carp and tilapia with a FIFO ratio up to 0.83 at the upper bound of the adjusted model, and carnivorous species like salmon and trout, with a FIFO ratio up to 5.57 — a near sevenfold gap.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
While manatees are herbivorous and pose no threat to humans, other species in the Everglades are not so harmless.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
For example, the team found that the contents of coprolites from the first large herbivorous dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs, contained large quantities of tree ferns but also many other types of plants and charcoal.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
The biggest difference is between herbivorous species, like carp and tilapia with a FIFO ratio up to 0.83 at the upper bound of the adjusted model, and carnivorous species like salmon and trout, with a FIFO ratio up to 5.57 — a near sevenfold gap.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Herbivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbivorous. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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