Some herbvivores also eat the roots, fruits, and the flowers, but most herbivores mainly eat the green leaves right? I understand animals not eating the whole tree trunk, but if some animals can eat roots, surely they can eat the branches too right? I tried googling but I couldn’t find anything other than insects specialized in eat through tree barks.
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Not so. Herbivores eat whatever is in season and has the most nutrients.
In the winter and spring, deer are stuck eating browse – leaves and shoots. Because that’s what’s available.
But when the ground thaws, deer will absolutely tear the crap out of turnips.
And when the oak trees are dropping acorns, that’s where you’ll find them.
And when apples are ripe you have to beat them away from the apple trees.
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