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Sarcopterygii (/ ˌ s ɑːr k ɒ p t ə ˈ r ɪ dʒ i. aɪ /; from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx) 'flesh' and πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fin') — sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii (from Ancient Greek κροσσός (krossós) 'fringe') — is a clade (traditionally a class or subclass) of vertebrate animals which includes a group of bony fish commonly referred to as lobe ...
Oligophagy is a term for intermediate degrees of selectivity, referring to animals that eat a relatively small range of foods, either because of preference or necessity. [2] Another classification refers to the specific food animals specialize in eating, such as: Carnivore: the eating of animals Araneophagy: eating spiders; Avivore: eating birds
Since a fertilized egg represents a complete organism at one stage of its life cycle, eating an egg is a form of predation, the killing of another organism for food. Egg predation is found widely across the animal kingdom, including in fish, birds, snakes, mammals, and arthropods. Some species are specialist egg predators, but many more are ...
Lunch: Wild salmon and crab burger (1 can wild salmon and 1 can crabmeat mixed with 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons butter, salt and pepper) sautéed with butter and topped with sour cream.
The female has a large ovary and the potential to lay many eggs, but in the wild only produces a few hundreds of eggs, at most, during her lifetime. In captivity, 200 to 600 eggs have been laid in a single event. The lungfish does not necessarily spawn every year.
Oophagy (/ oʊ ˈ ɒ f ə dʒ i / oh-OFF-ə-jee) or ovophagy, literally "egg eating", is the practice of embryos feeding on eggs produced by the ovary while still inside the mother's uterus. [1] The word oophagy is formed from the classical Greek ᾠόν ( ōion , "egg") and classical Greek φᾱγεῖν ( phāgein , "to eat").
Sarcopterygii Euteleostomi ( Eu- teleostomi [ a ] , where Eu- comes from Greek εὖ 'well, good' [ b ] or Euteleostomes , also known as "bony vertebrates " [ c ] ) is a successful clade that includes more than 90% of the living species of vertebrates.
The eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults of certain insects have been eaten by humans from prehistoric times to the present day. [8] Around 3,000 ethnic groups practice entomophagy. [9] Human insect-eating (anthropo-entomophagy) is common to cultures in most parts of the world, including Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New ...