09.03.2023 - By Common Descent
Eating plants isn’t easy, and yet the habit has evolved many times over the history of life on Earth, and herbivores have become essential components of ecosystems as we know them. This episode, we discuss the adaptations animals use to get around the challenges of plant-eating, as well as the incredible history of the repeated origins of herbivory.
In the news: vampire squids, death by ammonite, early archosaurs, and dinosaur tracks.
Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:06:35Main discussion, Part 1: 00:37:10Main discussion, Part 2: 01:18:35Patron question: 02:04:00
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Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/