(ELI5) Why do animals that live in the same environment and eat the same diet taste different? (For example sheep and cows)
In: Biology
I do know that some plants when eaten provide different caloric yields to the animal depending on the animal that is ingesting them – so in a sense plants have evolved adaptations to either attract or repel particular seed dispersers. Ie. if a tortoise ate a strawberry it’ll have ingested 20 calories meanwhile a chimp eating a strawberry may ingest 40 calories. Perhaps this caloric yield can explain the difference in taste amongst animals?
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