Herbivorous fish like eating meat
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 09:01
in Biology & Nature
The grass carp, thought to be a strict vegetarian, seems to have a preference for amphipoda. NWO researcher Liesbeth Bakker made this discovery during her research into the food preferences of fish. The discovery turns our current understanding of the relationships between plants and animals on its head. Further, herbivorous fish do not seem to have equal preferences for all types of aquatic plants. This means that their grazing behaviour has an important impact on underwater vegetation.