Comment on Feces is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
Geodad@lemm.ee 3 days agoHaving to eat your food twice doesn’t sound very efficient to me.
Comment on Feces is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
Geodad@lemm.ee 3 days agoHaving to eat your food twice doesn’t sound very efficient to me.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s extremely efficient given the low calorie density, high fibre diet and extremely limited grazing time (dawn and dusk) of crepuscular rabbits.
Think about ruminants for comparison. They spend all day every day grazing on the same kinds of foods as rabbits. Rabbits have a much more rapid metabolism (faster resting heart rate and ridiculous athletic ability) than, say cattle, yet they manage to extract more energy in less time eating. Rabbits are a marvel of efficiency!
Geodad@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Well, that’s a perspective that I hadn’t considered. Thanks!