User talk:Slt724/sandbox

Your durophagy article is great! You were so thorough with your examples and your explanation of the behaviour! This was logical to read and flowed nicely! My only critiques would be to cite a little more when explaining what each animal species is (or when describing behaviours) (i.e. when talking about how a certain fish has certain teeth; link to the wiki page on that fish to support how you learned this info). Other than that, this was great and I think you poured some great time and effort into this!

-Lucas

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Hey! Overall great article! Here are a few things I think might be needed! Cite after this: Those with greater bite forces require less time to consume certain prey items and a greater bite force can increase the net rate of energy intake when foraging and enhance fitness in durophagous species.In the order Carnivora there are two dietary categories of durophagy, bonecrackers and bamboo eaters. Bonecrackers are exemplified by hyenas and saber-toothed cats, while bamboo eaters are primarily the giant panda and the red panda. Cite: The shell can be crushed to expose the soft parts of the prey to digestive juices or the soft parts can be removed from the shell. Species that crush the shell are defined by their large and greatly thickened pharyngeal bones. These bones have flat-crowned teeth and along with their dorsal fellows drawn by powerful muscles, create a crushing mill. The jaws are less derived as they are for just for picking up relatively large objects

Maybe link the animals and other terms to other wiki pages.

-Leah P — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leahpritchett (talk • contribs) 19:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)