I have to agree....and also animals have to compete for food much
more than we do. So they "partition the resource" eat what
they can where they can find it, and adapt feeding strategies to reduce forage competition.
Did you know Leather back sea turtles eat jellyfish, which have very
low nutritional value, and swim from the tropics all the way to the Arctic.
All we have to do is find the least crowded grocery or fast food store. Wouldn't it be funny if humans had different sizes and shapes of mouths.
At 03:39 PM 11/17/2003 +0100, you wrote:
On 17 Nov 2003 at 9:10, Paul Marriner wrote:
> I hate to burst the bubble, but that myth about fish only eating items > that return+ the energy expended is just that, myth. Obviously it's > true on average, but as for each individual food item, nonsense. You > have a much larger brain, and even you can't accurately predict > whether or not that lettuce leaf returns the energy necessary to get > it on the fork and to your mouth, plus chewing and digestion of > course.
LOL
Only Paul will truly appreciate when I join him in his selected corner, in full support without even a critical note ;-)
Cheers, Hans
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