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How do animals know not to eat poison?

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Herbivores use odor and taste to detect and avoid toxic plants. Thus, they are attracted to sweet flavors and repelled by bitter flavors. For example, black-tailed deer first sniff a new plant; if the odor is acceptable, it tastes the plant and if it is still acceptable, eats it.


How do animals know something is poisonous?

Poisonous plants are simply a subset of plants that cause obvious signs of poisoning or death. animals to learn that a plant is harmful, they must experience nausea after eating the plant. Nausea causes animals to form an aversion to the plant, meaning they either stop eating or reduce intake of the plant.

Why do animals not get food poisoning?

Chris - So the bottom line is, those animals in nature that are not equipped with the ability to cook food or keep it clean are therefore endowed with better immunity, better resistance mechanisms, or just don't actually respond to whatever toxin the organism uses to make us ill.

How do animals know what they can and cant eat?

They learn from experience and their parents which ones they can safely eat. Some also will nibble a bit of a leaf or piece of a plant and can tell by the taste — usually extremely bitter — that this isn't a food for them. Other animals avoid colors or combinations of colors.

How do animals know whats edible?

All animals have evolved taste and smell (and I'm sure even prior to eyesight). The purpose of taste and smell in terms of nutrition is to determine if something is edible. If something tastes bitter or extremely sour, this is mostly a warning sign for toxins or advanced microbial degradation.

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