eli5: Why are herbivorous animals usually fatter/bigger than carnivorous animals?
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All energy comes from the sun. Plants turn it into something they can use and get the most energy from the sun. Herbivores eat plants, but don’t get all of the suns energy from eating them. Carnivores get even less “sun energy” cause it has been rinsed and repeated too many times.
Hence HUGE trees, reasonably large herbivores, and smaller carnivores.
A herbivore’s food is there for the taking, all they have to do is walk over to it. A carnivore has to work for it’s food a lot more.
A herbivore’s food is there for the taking, all they have to do is walk over to it. A carnivore has to work for it’s food a lot more.
All energy comes from the sun. Plants turn it into something they can use and get the most energy from the sun. Herbivores eat plants, but don’t get all of the suns energy from eating them. Carnivores get even less “sun energy” cause it has been rinsed and repeated too many times.
Hence HUGE trees, reasonably large herbivores, and smaller carnivores.
A herbivore’s food is there for the taking, all they have to do is walk over to it. A carnivore has to work for it’s food a lot more.
It isn’t so anyway but carnivorous animals tend to be nearer the top of the food chain so they must be big enough to have a chance of killing their prey animal.
It isn’t so anyway but carnivorous animals tend to be nearer the top of the food chain so they must be big enough to have a chance of killing their prey animal.
It isn’t so anyway but carnivorous animals tend to be nearer the top of the food chain so they must be big enough to have a chance of killing their prey animal.
You’ve gotta have a big ole tummy to digest all those plants to get the energy you need in a day.
You’ve gotta have a big ole tummy to digest all those plants to get the energy you need in a day.
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