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Tag: diet

Taxonomy & Evolution

Studying plant remains at the entrance and the exit of a chimpanzee

A chimp’s diet can be studied through microscopic opals.

by Dale MayleaJune 2, 2021June 2, 2021
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Plant Cuttings

Final course: ‘Coffee’… *

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 26, 2019July 27, 2019
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Plant Cuttings

3rd course: Cereal and fern (and meat and fat…) **

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 25, 2019July 27, 2019
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Plant Cuttings

2nd course: Cereals, nettles and conifers (and fish…) ****

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 24, 2019July 27, 2019
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Plant Cuttings

1st course: Seagrass ****

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 23, 2019July 27, 2019
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Plant Cuttings

Food, glorious food! ***, ****

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 22, 2019July 27, 2019
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Location of the gut content in the reconstructed skeleton of Isaberrysaura mollensis gen. et sp. nov.
Featured Plant Cuttings

Sore diners, cycads and birds…

by Nigel ChaffeyFebruary 20, 2018
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Euler diagram representing the relationship between (botanical) fruits and vegetables. Botanical fruits that are not vegetables are culinary fruits.
Plant Cuttings

Fruit, true food for thought*

Some say fruit is connected to human intelligence, but is the idea a peach or completely bananas?

by Nigel ChaffeyJune 20, 2017June 19, 2017
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Many carrots
Plant Cuttings

More reasons to like plants

How helpful is healthy eating advice, if you don’t have the money for making choices?

by Nigel ChaffeyJune 6, 2017June 6, 2017
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Kapok seeds
Plant Cuttings

When is a fibre not a fibre?

Answer: When it is ‘resistant starch’.

by Nigel ChaffeyApril 29, 2017April 30, 2017
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Feedback

  1. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  2. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

  3. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    Hello Patrick, Thank you for taking th etim eto comment on this item. The source for 'catherine' that's stated in…

  4. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 15, 2023

    Catherine? I know there are many variants of the basic skeleton with related names but surely the most well-known is…

  5. Nigel Chaffey on Plants named for the great, the good, and the bad..?January 5, 2023

    ICYMI, Dr Sandra Knapp has been awarded an OBE in the UK's New Year's Honours list, for the important contributions…

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