By Stephen Augustine
2011 Presentation
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Why do Gorillas eat termites? If bears eat huckleberries where do they
get their protein? What that might tell us about humans? What kind of an
animal are humans? We have canines and therefore aren't we supposed to eat
meat?
• Herbivores
- Foregut fermentation (deer, sheep, bovines, camels, peccaries, hippos, kangaroos, colobine monkeys, langurs, some rodents, leaf-eating sloths)
- Hindgut fermentation (elephant, horse, guinea pig, rat, porcupine, beaver, rabbit, and some birds, including grouse)
• Omnivores - primates, raccoons, bear, pigs, most canines, opossum
• Carnivores - cat family, some aquatic mammals, fish, and some birds
Question: Do herbivores ever eat meat?
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