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The discovery confirms what researchers have long suspected: Juvenile tyrannosaurs, like this one, sliced through the flesh of small prey with blade-like teeth, while adults, with chompers strong enough to crush bone, targeted giant herbivores.
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Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
Flocking together was a helpful habit for herbivores, decreasing the dangers posed by predators.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Again did introduce Anguirus, a recurring kaiju that looks like a cross between a horned herbivore dinosaur and a porcupine.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Those who ate an omnivore’s diet (meat, plants, everything) were more likely to have caught COVID (52 percent) than herbivores (40 percent).
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
The giant sloth’s environment was home to an abundant supply of herbivores, which the omnivorous sloths likely hunted for food, dispatching their prey with seven-inch claws.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
And lately, as the rapidly changing climate greens the Arctic, these herbivores are thriving on a heaping smorgasbord of plants.
—Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
All told, these were some of the most successful herbivores on the planet, Sereno says.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
Though the herbivores only feast on veggies, groundhogs still have formidable teeth.
—USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
Flocking together was a helpful habit for herbivores, decreasing the dangers posed by predators.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
Again did introduce Anguirus, a recurring kaiju that looks like a cross between a horned herbivore dinosaur and a porcupine.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Those who ate an omnivore’s diet (meat, plants, everything) were more likely to have caught COVID (52 percent) than herbivores (40 percent).
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
The giant sloth’s environment was home to an abundant supply of herbivores, which the omnivorous sloths likely hunted for food, dispatching their prey with seven-inch claws.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
And lately, as the rapidly changing climate greens the Arctic, these herbivores are thriving on a heaping smorgasbord of plants.
—Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
All told, these were some of the most successful herbivores on the planet, Sereno says.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
Though the herbivores only feast on veggies, groundhogs still have formidable teeth.
—USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
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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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