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  1. Paedophagy (Zoology 🦥)

    Paedophagy in its general form is the feeding behaviour of fish or other animals whose diet is partially, or primarily the eggs or larvae of other animals. However, P. H. Greenwood, who was the first to describe paedophagia, defines it to be a feeding behaviour evolved among cichlid fishes.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paedopha

    #Paedophagy #Zoology #Carnivory #Cichlidae #Ichthyology

  2. Paedophagy (Zoology 🦥)

    Paedophagy in its general form is the feeding behaviour of fish or other animals whose diet is partially, or primarily the eggs or larvae of other animals. However, P. H. Greenwood, who was the first to describe paedophagia, defines it to be a feeding behaviour evolved among cichlid fishes.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paedopha

    #Paedophagy #Zoology #Carnivory #Cichlidae #Ichthyology

  3. Unearthing how a #carnivorous fungus traps and digests worms
    phys.org/news/2023-11-unearthi

    Key processes required for the different stages of #fungal #carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

    "#Arthrobotrys oligospora usually derives its #nutrients from decaying organic matter, but starvation and the presence of nearby #worms can prompt it to form traps to capture and consume worms. A. oligospora is just one of many species of #fungi that can trap and eat very small #animals."

  4. Unearthing how a #carnivorous fungus traps and digests worms
    phys.org/news/2023-11-unearthi

    Key processes required for the different stages of #fungal #carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

    "#Arthrobotrys oligospora usually derives its #nutrients from decaying organic matter, but starvation and the presence of nearby #worms can prompt it to form traps to capture and consume worms. A. oligospora is just one of many species of #fungi that can trap and eat very small #animals."

  5. Unearthing how a #carnivorous fungus traps and digests worms
    phys.org/news/2023-11-unearthi

    Key processes required for the different stages of #fungal #carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

    "#Arthrobotrys oligospora usually derives its #nutrients from decaying organic matter, but starvation and the presence of nearby #worms can prompt it to form traps to capture and consume worms. A. oligospora is just one of many species of #fungi that can trap and eat very small #animals."

  6. Unearthing how a #carnivorous fungus traps and digests worms
    phys.org/news/2023-11-unearthi

    Key processes required for the different stages of #fungal #carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

    "#Arthrobotrys oligospora usually derives its #nutrients from decaying organic matter, but starvation and the presence of nearby #worms can prompt it to form traps to capture and consume worms. A. oligospora is just one of many species of #fungi that can trap and eat very small #animals."

  7. Unearthing how a #carnivorous fungus traps and digests worms
    phys.org/news/2023-11-unearthi

    Key processes required for the different stages of #fungal #carnivory by a nematode-trapping fungus journals.plos.org/plosbiology/

    "#Arthrobotrys oligospora usually derives its #nutrients from decaying organic matter, but starvation and the presence of nearby #worms can prompt it to form traps to capture and consume worms. A. oligospora is just one of many species of #fungi that can trap and eat very small #animals."

  8. Deficiency causes rare tropical #plant to develop appetite for meat phys.org/news/2023-05-deficien

    #Carnivory on demand: #phosphorus deficiency induces glandular leaves in the African #liana Triphyophyllum peltatum nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do

    Under certain circumstances, a rare #tropical plant develops into a #carnivore. A research team has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for this.

  9. Deficiency causes rare tropical #plant to develop appetite for meat phys.org/news/2023-05-deficien

    #Carnivory on demand: #phosphorus deficiency induces glandular leaves in the African #liana Triphyophyllum peltatum nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do

    Under certain circumstances, a rare #tropical plant develops into a #carnivore. A research team has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for this.

  10. Deficiency causes rare tropical #plant to develop appetite for meat phys.org/news/2023-05-deficien

    #Carnivory on demand: #phosphorus deficiency induces glandular leaves in the African #liana Triphyophyllum peltatum nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do

    Under certain circumstances, a rare #tropical plant develops into a #carnivore. A research team has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for this.

  11. Deficiency causes rare tropical #plant to develop appetite for meat phys.org/news/2023-05-deficien

    #Carnivory on demand: #phosphorus deficiency induces glandular leaves in the African #liana Triphyophyllum peltatum nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do

    Under certain circumstances, a rare #tropical plant develops into a #carnivore. A research team has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for this.

  12. Deficiency causes rare tropical #plant to develop appetite for meat phys.org/news/2023-05-deficien

    #Carnivory on demand: #phosphorus deficiency induces glandular leaves in the African #liana Triphyophyllum peltatum nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do

    Under certain circumstances, a rare #tropical plant develops into a #carnivore. A research team has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for this.

  13. A carnivorous #fungus (#Pleurotus ostreatus, the common oyster #mushroom!) kills #nematodes with a toxin that paralyses the worm and triggers #apoptosis. The toxin is a ketone that is stored in toxocysts that release their content when the worm touches them.
    The dissolved worm then is then fed on by the mushroom.
    science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

    #carnivory #Sporespondence

  14. A carnivorous #fungus (#Pleurotus ostreatus, the common oyster #mushroom!) kills #nematodes with a toxin that paralyses the worm and triggers #apoptosis. The toxin is a ketone that is stored in toxocysts that release their content when the worm touches them.
    The dissolved worm then is then fed on by the mushroom.
    science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

    #carnivory #Sporespondence

  15. A carnivorous #fungus (#Pleurotus ostreatus, the common oyster #mushroom!) kills #nematodes with a toxin that paralyses the worm and triggers #apoptosis. The toxin is a ketone that is stored in toxocysts that release their content when the worm touches them.
    The dissolved worm then is then fed on by the mushroom.
    science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

    #carnivory #Sporespondence

  16. A carnivorous #fungus (#Pleurotus ostreatus, the common oyster #mushroom!) kills #nematodes with a toxin that paralyses the worm and triggers #apoptosis. The toxin is a ketone that is stored in toxocysts that release their content when the worm touches them.
    The dissolved worm then is then fed on by the mushroom.
    science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

    #carnivory #Sporespondence

  17. A carnivorous #fungus (#Pleurotus ostreatus, the common oyster #mushroom!) kills #nematodes with a toxin that paralyses the worm and triggers #apoptosis. The toxin is a ketone that is stored in toxocysts that release their content when the worm touches them.
    The dissolved worm then is then fed on by the mushroom.
    science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

    #carnivory #Sporespondence

  18. The puny digit II of seriemas might offer insight, into the origins of the hypertrophied 'raptor claw' and lifestyle, it can scarcely suffice as a parallel, for the hypertrophy of the claw.

    More interesting to me is the way seriemas and roadrunners, slam whole vertebrate items on the floor, to kill them and facilitate swallowing them whole. Do preserved gut contents, indicate any Mesozoic coelurosaurs did this?

    #dromaeosaurids #seriemas #cariamids #anatomy #foot #carnivory #evolution

  19. The puny digit II of seriemas might offer insight, into the origins of the hypertrophied 'raptor claw' and lifestyle, it can scarcely suffice as a parallel, for the hypertrophy of the claw.

    More interesting to me is the way seriemas and roadrunners, slam whole vertebrate items on the floor, to kill them and facilitate swallowing them whole. Do preserved gut contents, indicate any Mesozoic coelurosaurs did this?

    #dromaeosaurids #seriemas #cariamids #anatomy #foot #carnivory #evolution