Guides such as Eggleston place observers on sandbars at least 150 feet from the charismatic carnivores.
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Susan Portnoy,
AFAR Media,
3 Oct. 2025
The leg bone, which belonged to an ancient ancestor of crocodiles, shows that the dinosaur was a carnivore and may offer clues into the food chain of ancient Patagonia.
Moreover, in every case, the ancestors were either insectivores or carnivores, with insect-eaters making the shift about three times more often than carnivores.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
ArsTechnica,
20 Aug. 2025
Belonging to the same group of mammals as sloths and anteaters, armadillos are voracious insectivores that eat large numbers of beetles, grubs, ants, termites, and other insects, grabbing them with their sticky tongues.
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Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 July 2025
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