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... or do they just make up for it with sheer unrelieved quantity of greenery, perhaps?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the answer for cellulose, a tough polymer, but I'd be cautious generalising to iron.

[–] Slowy 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair criticism, and in regards to minerals especially, I totally failed to mention the need for herbivores to have access to literal rocks and dirt rich in different minerals that aren’t readily available in plant. In captivity, this takes the form of mineral blocks of course.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Particularly salt, which we usually mix into our food one way or another.