ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Seed Dispersal, Gibbon, Evolutionary Ecology
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Primates are mammals (warm-blooded, having hair, & feeding milk to young). They become highly powerful, develop viruses that are deadly to human. Primates differ from most mammals by having. Crepuscular: active at dawn & dusk (rabbits) Cathemeral: active any time of day or night (lemer) Most eat a variety of fruits, insects, flowers and leaves. Few species specialize by eating mostly or only leaves which take special gut adaptations to digest or insects. Generally, larger-bodied species can eat more leaves whereas smaller-bodied species can eat more insects. Unfused mandibular (squiggly line down the skull) and frontal symphyses (squiggly line along the jaw) Only mammal to produce toxic saliva besides platypus. Entirely faunivorous (insects, lizards, baby birds, flesh) Body mass (110 g - 11. 4 kg) Variety of diets, social organizations and adaptations. Scaling: area (l x w) volume (l x w x d) changing at different rates. Animal doubles in size will be eight times heavier.
