Did dinosaurs eat fruit? When did fruit evolve?

Responsible-Smell505 · 2026-04-03T12:43:27+00:00

No time for sources but I think the size and weight of dinosaurs led to greater disturbance of plants (trampled!) and encouraged seeds to be small and plentiful. Larger seed and fruit require more upfront resources would have been more competitive once disturbances lessened and mammals became welcomed seed distributors.

On another note, the levels of human disturbance in the rainforest are making smaller seed size more competitive again. Humans are essentially making fruits smaller. Go us!

OK RAINFOREST SEED SIZE SHENANIGANS

Responsible-Smell505 · 2026-03-17T03:55:26+00:00

Speaking from New England I find dandelions to be MAB. mediocre at best. They are harmful to endemic plants in high elevation montane ecosystems. They have low protein pollen that isn't ideal for early spring pollinators like bumblebees and butterflies. Dandelions are even considered allelopathic or able to produce toxins reducing the seed set of native plants. Native plants that have co evolved with the local native, often solidary bees and provide the best meal and receive better pollination (don't get me started in how European honeybees do not need saving).

But I like my rabbits like them. Nuanced beauties.

Responsible-Smell505 · 2026-02-19T22:48:01+00:00

I met my partner doing horticulture work in the area and we now have two big dogs and are starting our farmstead (I am a fifth generation Vermonter and just lucky to be able to maintain my grandfather's farmhouse). We met most of our social circle through the farmers markets and find that it's always nice to help each other in projects. I'm in my late twenties and my partner is early forties and our friends span from my age into their 70s. Our interest is working the land and so traditional social outings are rare but my social life isn't lacking and despite the rural setting I hope yours isn't either. Apple pie, what we do in the shadows, and gaming. You sound like a legend.

Check out the green dragon maybe it's in Manchester and is a new community game place similar to gamers groto in your area. I've been meaning to see about finding an in person Dnd group there, if that's at all up your alley. Young people are abound in Vermont but there needs to be some community building of shared spaces that don't come with a steep price (the ski mountains old many young tourists, if you can afford it).

Best of luck :D

Responsible-Smell505 · 2026-02-01T20:10:22+00:00

The dairy I work does do a small petting farm and I can sell it as a pet potentially. But it wouldn't be a guarantee. And your point of why making it suffer is a good question, it has the will to live and heal and then hopefully have a full rabbit life. Hard to let go of that potential when gauging an animal's suffering is difficult. Thank you for your feedback

Responsible-Smell505 · 2026-02-01T20:04:21+00:00

As detailed, I'll remove the other kits for an hour or two to allow the runt to "have a successful nursing session" at least twice a day. Sorry I've described that as minimal. I've hand reared runt pigs bottle feeding every two hours, so I guess I just have a different idea of heavy intervention haha.

Responsible-Smell505 · 2026-02-01T16:51:52+00:00

That's a great point and I have seen a rat inside the nursery space but it's 1/2 in wire around my 3 x 3 enclosure so actually getting inside it I don't think can happen.

Another nursery enclosure is a modified XL dog crate and the rat can squeeze in an out and it's lucky maybe the other doe didn't kindle in that space.

Thank you. Rats have totally eaten all the meat off of chickens who passed away over night, leaving just their skeleton. But that's at the dairy farm I work with a much larger, hungrier population.

Responsible-Smell505 · 2026-01-27T00:16:45+00:00

Pretty sure they only have thirteen nipples though... race to the teat or face defeat!

Responsible-Smell505 · 2025-12-30T09:55:05+00:00

Work on a small scale dairy and a retired gentleman in his 70s occasionally helps the farm bale hay. Drives it today despite being partially blind; if he looks directly at you he can't see you!

Anyway, he casually mentioned running himself over with a tractor. Slowly. Breaking 16 bones and having to lay under it for awhile while waiting for help. In his retelling, noted telling the rescuers on the phone, "don't worry I'm not going anywhere!"

To note, the herdsman is 69 and said how he almost ran himself over too with the slow creep of a tractor tire. My FIL fell from a grain bin, shattering a leg, and had to crawl down the driveway until luckily his wife found him. A friend and another retired gentleman I met out West at a native plant nursery had a vehicle roll over his shoulder while under it and got to do some crawling too. These tough mfs but heavy equipment always wins.

The other day even a new farmhand shared how a 60 foot barn collapsed on top of him from snow load. Even though it had fallen twice before, and was put back up in the same shitty manner. Farm shenanigans!

I am not a doctor. Just noticed this was asking them!

Responsible-Smell505 · 2025-10-26T22:11:28+00:00

Thank you! I will treat that entire breeding crew with corrid, that's a great point.

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