Episode 173 - Herbivores (Plant-Eaters)

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2023

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

Eating plants isn’t easy, and yet the habit has evolved many times over the history of life on Earth, and herbivores have become essential components of ecosystems as we know them. This episode, we discuss the adaptations animals use to get around the challenges of plant-eating, as well as the incredible history of the repeated origins of herbivory. In the news: vampire squids, death by ammonite, early archosaurs, and dinosaur tracks. Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:06:35Main discussion, Part 1: 00:37:10Main discussion, Part 2: 01:18:35Patron question: 02:04:00 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Got a topic you want to hear about? Submit your episode request here:https://commondescentpodcast.com/request-a-topic/ We’re an Audible Affiliate Partner! Use this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible: https://www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Follow and Support us on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/commondescentpodcast/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.comOr send us physical mail at:The Common Descent Podcast1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome.More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.0	Hello, Will. Hello, David.
0:21.4	Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Common Descent podcast, episode 173.
0:28.1	This episode's topic is herbivores.
0:30.8	Herbivors.
0:31.7	Here on the podcast, we talk all things, paleontology, evolution, earth history, and so on.
0:36.8	A discussion about herbivores
0:38.7	means we are talking about a sort of fundamental lifestyle for life on Earth. Kind of important.
0:45.9	Herbivores are, of course, plant eaters. Yes. In an episode about herbivores, we will talk about what
0:51.8	counts as herbivory, the adaptations that have evolved to
0:55.3	deal with eating of plants, and we'll talk about how herbivores and herbivory have arisen and
1:02.4	evolved and changed through time and how they impact the world around them should be a
1:08.4	bunch of fun. Yeah. So we're going to talk a lot about all sorts of different types of life here on this episode.
1:14.8	We'll talk about ecosystems.
1:16.1	We'll go into deep time.
1:17.1	It's going to be a whole bunch of fun.
1:18.9	One of those episodes that really puts things into perspective.
1:22.9	And a big thanks as usual to the people who requested this topic. We got a number of requests either
1:29.6	for herbivory specifically or related dietary questions. These requests came from Nick, Big Bossman,
1:38.8	C-C-Stat, J-W-S, ESM-Z, Richard, and Simon.
1:45.7	Ooh, very popular topic.
1:47.7	Thank you to everybody.
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