fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agoWonder what their cousins liked to snack on...mander.xyzimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWonder what their cousins liked to snack on...mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days ago And how do the crocs know which fruit to eat? Instinct i guess? The digestive tract is a chem lab that analyzes nutrient contents. You’ve eaten it once, you get a craving once you require something of it.
minus-squarebryophile@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoSo they go around eating plants they don’t know to see if they like them and get a craving for them later? Doesn’t seem very crocodile-like
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoWell, at least human children do that.
Instinct i guess? The digestive tract is a chem lab that analyzes nutrient contents. You’ve eaten it once, you get a craving once you require something of it.
So they go around eating plants they don’t know to see if they like them and get a craving for them later? Doesn’t seem very crocodile-like
Well, at least human children do that.