Self-study
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"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why do sambar deer feed on box turtles if sambar deer are incapable of digesting meat?
Objective
Any hypothesis that can resolve this will need to explain either that there is some reason for sambar deer to eat turtle meat without digesting it, or else that when the deer feed on box turtles, they don’t consume their meat.
1.
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a
Sambar deer eat ████ ███ ████ ██████ ██ ███ ████████
This explains that when sambar deer feed on box turtles, they don’t consume their meat. This reconciles the deers’ feeding habits with their inability to digest meat.
b
Sambar deer often ████ ███ ███████ ██ █████████
It doesn’t matter how sambar deer kill box turtles. We’re concerned about why sambar deer eat the turtles after killing them.
c
Sambar deer kill ███ ███████ ████ █████████████
It doesn’t matter how frequently sambar deer kill box turtles. We’re focused on why the deer eat box turtles after killing them.
d
Box turtles sometimes ███████ ████ ██████ ████ ███ █████
This may explain why sambar deer kill box turtles, but it doesn’t explain why sambar deer eat the turtles after killing them.
e
Box turtles are ████ ██████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ██████ █████
This may explain why sambar deer can kill box turtles, but it doesn’t explain why sambar deer eat box turtles.