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Humans can’t eat a completely carnivorous diet because of the liver’s ability to generate only part of our energy needs from protein.
ICE AGE HUNTERS’ LEFTOVERS MAY HAVE FUELED DOG DOMESTICATIONBRUCE BOWERJANUARY 7, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
That suggests that the use of feathers for complex display purposes may have a very ancient history within the carnivorous dinosaurs.
A NEWFOUND FEATHERED DINOSAUR SPORTED FUZZ AND WEIRD RODS ON ITS SHOULDERSJOHN PICKRELLDECEMBER 14, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
The reptiles are primarily carnivorous, and it is not uncommon for them to seek out small pets as a source of food along with other mammals — although fatal attacks on humans are relatively rare.
VIDEO SHOWS MAN WRESTLING PUPPY FROM ALLIGATOR’S JAWS WITHOUT DROPPING HIS CIGARJENNIFER HASSANNOVEMBER 23, 2020WASHINGTON POST
It is evident that many of them might readily become carnivorous to a large extent under suitable conditions.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRIS
Among the carnivorous mammals the social dog or wolf tribe displays the intelligent habit of mutual aid.
MAN AND HIS ANCESTORCHARLES MORRIS
The Ternat bats are carnivorous animals, voracious, and possessed of an appetite for every thing that offers.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VII (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFON
These baboons though mischievious and ferocious, are not carnivorous; they principally feed upon fruits, roots, and corn.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFON
They are, indeed, among our most valuable sea scavengers, although they are carnivorous hunters as well.
A CIVIC BIOLOGYGEORGE WILLIAM HUNTER
He is an almost wholly carnivorous animal, his food consisting of fishes and seals, which he skillfully captures.
TRUE BEAR STORIESJOAQUIN MILLER
Of course, I should, said the new young man,-159- man is nothing but a carnivorous animal.
SMOKETURGENEV IVAN SERGEEVICH
WORDS RELATED TO CARNIVOROUS
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- eager
- edacious
- esurient
- gluttonous
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- hoggish
- hungry
- impatient
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- niggardly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- piggish
- prehensile
- rapacious
- ravening
- ravenous
- selfish
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
- acquisitive
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- close
- close-fisted
- covetous
- craving
- desirous
- devouring
- eager
- edacious
- esurient
- gluttonous
- grabby
- grasping
- grudging
- hoggish
- hungry
- impatient
- insatiable
- insatiate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- niggardly
- omnivorous
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- prehensile
- rapacious
- ravening
- ravenous
- selfish
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- voracious
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