{"id":36278,"date":"2022-06-16T12:20:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=36278"},"modified":"2022-06-16T12:20:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:20:47","slug":"word-of-the-day-798","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/06\/16\/word-of-the-day-798\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Folivore<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In\u00a0<a title=\"Zoology\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoology\">zoology<\/a>, a\u00a0<b>folivore<\/b>\u00a0is a\u00a0<a title=\"Herbivore\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Herbivore\">herbivore<\/a>\u00a0that specializes in eating\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Leaves\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leaves\">leaves<\/a>. Mature leaves contain a high proportion of hard-to-digest\u00a0<a title=\"Cellulose\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cellulose\">cellulose<\/a>, less energy than other types of foods, and often toxic compounds.\u00a0For this reason, folivorous animals tend to have long\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Digestive tract\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digestive_tract\">digestive tracts<\/a>\u00a0and slow\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Basal animal metabolic rate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basal_animal_metabolic_rate\">metabolisms<\/a>. Many enlist the help of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Symbiotic\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symbiotic\">symbiotic<\/a>\u00a0bacteria to release the nutrients in their diet. Additionally, as has been observed in folivorous primates, they exhibit a strong preference for immature leaves, which tend to be easier to\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Masticate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Masticate\">masticate<\/a>, tend to be higher in energy and protein, and lower in fibre and\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Poisons\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poisons\">poisons<\/a>\u00a0than more mature fibrous leaves.<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folivore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<em>The Bizarre Beast with Claws on Its Wings<\/em>,&#8221; Bizarre Beasts:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Bizarre Beast with Claws on Its Wings\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0HytWfqWYUQ?start=159&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I love what its chicks do when danger appears, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folivore: In\u00a0zoology, a\u00a0folivore\u00a0is a\u00a0herbivore\u00a0that specializes in eating\u00a0leaves. Mature leaves contain a high proportion of hard-to-digest\u00a0cellulose, less energy than other types of foods, and often toxic compounds.\u00a0For this reason, folivorous animals tend to have long\u00a0digestive tracts\u00a0and slow\u00a0metabolisms. Many enlist the help of\u00a0symbiotic\u00a0bacteria to release the nutrients in their diet. 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