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Post by Himmapaan on Sept 30, 2011 13:08:25 GMT
Hm, what do we see next? A group of Triceratops hunting and eating T-Rex. I hardly think so. These are examples of usually herbivorous animals simply supplementing their diet during harsher conditions, stress or for other growth/nutritional factors. It isn't quite the same as declaring them carnivores or hunters. I'm mostly a herbivore who occasionally eats a little meat myself (mostly fish, molluscs and crustaceans though). ;D |
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Post by sid on Sept 30, 2011 16:17:08 GMT
(mostly fish, molluscs and crustaceans though). ;D Here where i live fish costs just too much so i can't afford it  And the tragic fact is that Ligury (the region where i live) is ON the sea, so in theory fish should be cheap... Yet no, thanks to pollution and over-fishing in the past years we basically decimated our local fish population  Sorry for my rant, and back on topic i guess Trike and company sometimes could have eaten some protein, why not? |
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Post by bowheadwhale on Sept 30, 2011 18:55:58 GMT
Anything is possible. I read somewhere that 100% vegetarians, as well as 100% carnivores, simply do not exist; there are only "most of all vegetarians" and "most of all carnivores".
Look at cats, for example. Who hasn't seen a cat grazing the lawn after a meal? Biologists say that cats do that to help the intestinal transit. And I've seen dogs doing it also. Yet everyone knows cats and dogs are carnivores! And who knows how many snails, beetles, worms or ants are eaten at the same time as grass when a cow is grazing? Snails and company are animals, aren't they? And cows don't seem to bother whenever a bug enters their mouth. And everyone knows the example of pigs who eat plenty of meat, despite the fact they are artiodactyluses. So, to say that triceratopses may have eaten meat sometimes... it's not that surprising. It's possible.
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Post by Himmapaan on Sept 30, 2011 19:39:04 GMT
Here where i live fish costs just too much so i can't afford it And the tragic fact is that Ligury (the region where i live) is ON the sea, so in theory fish should be cheap... Yet no, thanks to pollution and over-fishing in the past years we basically decimated our local fish population ... I do sympathise. Also, I just wanted to add that I have Liguria to thank for another favourite food of mine: pesto. ;D |
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Post by sid on Sept 30, 2011 21:40:24 GMT
Also, I just wanted to add that I have Liguria to thank for another favourite food of mine: pesto. ;D VERY glad to hear it! ;D Ah, but you should have tasted my grandma's pesto (may she rest in peace) , simply the best i've ever eaten  |
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Post by gwangi on Sept 30, 2011 21:59:05 GMT
Anything is possible. I read somewhere that 100% vegetarians, as well as 100% carnivores, simply do not exist; there are only "most of all vegetarians" and "most of all carnivores". Look at cats, for example. Who hasn't seen a cat grazing the lawn after a meal? Biologists say that cats do that to help the intestinal transit. And I've seen dogs doing it also. Yet everyone knows cats and dogs are carnivores! And who knows how many snails, beetles, worms or ants are eaten at the same time as grass when a cow is grazing? Snails and company are animals, aren't they? And cows don't seem to bother whenever a bug enters their mouth. And everyone knows the example of pigs who eat plenty of meat, despite the fact they are artiodactyluses. So, to say that triceratopses may have eaten meat sometimes... it's not that surprising. It's possible. Well said. I never understood why people assume dinosaurs either ate one or the other, omnivores existed as well and I would bet money that the ceratopsians were among them. |
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