fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoWonder what their cousins liked to snack on...mander.xyzimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1525arrow-down13
arrow-up1522arrow-down1imageWonder what their cousins liked to snack on...mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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-up4arrow-down1·2 months 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.