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Plain and simple, meat comes from animals (especially mammals)
2019-10-08 18:00:00| National Hog Farmer
Just as you cannot get milk from something that does not have teats, you cannot get meat from something that has not walked or flown on this earth.
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Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies
2016-11-04 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] What do enormous dinosaurs have in common with tiny shrews? They are both four-legged vertebrates, otherwise known as tetrapods. In the course of evolution, tetrapods developed various body shapes and sizes - from the mouse to the dinosaur - to adapt to different environments. Their feeding habits range from pure herbivory to fierce carnivory, and their body structure reflects this feeding diversity. As plants are usually more difficult to digest than meat, herbivores are thought …
Ancient DNA traces extinct Caribbean 'Island Murderer' back to the dawn of mammals
2016-09-13 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] From skeletal remains found among ancient owl pellets, a team of scientists has recovered the first ancient DNA of the extinct West Indian mammal Nesophontes, meaning “island murder.” They traced its evolutionary history back to the dawn of mammals 70 million years ago. The authors, including Selina Brace, Jessica Thomas, Ian Barnes et al., published their findings in the advanced online edition of Molecular Biology and Evolution. …
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Ice-age lesson: Large mammals need room roam
2015-11-03 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A study of life and extinctions among woolly mammoths and other ice-age animals suggests that interconnected habitats can help Arctic mammal species survive environmental changes. The study went online Nov. 2 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences "Early Edition." Short periods of warm climate in the midst of the last ice age triggered boom-and-bust cycles in the populations of large mammals in the Arctic, the researchers found. Many large mammals became extinct when these cycles...
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Ice melt endangers Arctic mammals
2015-04-06 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Three kinds of whale, six varieties of seal, the walrus and the polar bear all have these five things in common: they are marine mammals; they depend on the Arctic for their survival as species; they are vulnerable; and biologists know surprisingly little about them. And since the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, their future could become even more threatened as climate change increases habitat loss. The stress, so far, is on the word 'could', as the first challenge...