Owners should practice patience and understanding, as well as learning to recognize any signs of fear or anxiety in their new pet.
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Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Tyrese Gibson has found himself at the center of an animal cruelty investigation after a neighbor claimed that dogs belonging to the Fast & Furious star attacked and killed his own pet earlier this month.
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.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Mountain lions are hunters, carnivores, apex predators.
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Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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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