Adaptive Herbivores

I have written about why predators are careful not to do things that are maladaptive. Here's a nice little video clip about the flip side; how herbivores do things that are adaptive -- and the limits of their adaptive abilities (all things are trade offs).

• Related Links:
  ** Maladaptive Is a Two-Way Street
  ** The Battle Between Fur and Feather
  ** Why Do Dogs Eat Grass?
  ** Attack of the Flesh Eating Vegetarians!
  ** Maladaptive Pigeons at the Hand of Man
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