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An area where the tracks cross raises questions about possible interactions between the carnivores and herbivores.
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Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
Researchers in Argentina announced the discovery of a new bipedal herbivore in 2024.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
At one point erroneously believed to be water dwellers, these huge, land-dwelling herbivores had small heads and shorter necks and tails than most other sauropods.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Through photosynthesis, the particles of light power a cellular reaction that manufactures chemical energy (in the form of sugars), which is then passed around the food web in a complex dance of herbivores, predators, scavengers, decomposers and more.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
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Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
Researchers in Argentina announced the discovery of a new bipedal herbivore in 2024.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
At one point erroneously believed to be water dwellers, these huge, land-dwelling herbivores had small heads and shorter necks and tails than most other sauropods.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Through photosynthesis, the particles of light power a cellular reaction that manufactures chemical energy (in the form of sugars), which is then passed around the food web in a complex dance of herbivores, predators, scavengers, decomposers and more.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Herbivore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herbivore. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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herbivore
noun
her·bi·vore
ˈ(h)ər-bə-ˌvō(ə)r 
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
: a plant-eating animal
Medical Definition
herbivore
noun
her·bi·vore
ˈ(h)ər-bə-ˌvō(ə)r
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
-ˌvȯ(ə)r
: a plant-eating animal
especially
: ungulate
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