<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/dad50167-4beb-43db-b2e7-bf7b9e31d338/F754A8AB-AD85-4A9A-B8F7-16E2083478CE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/" href="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/" style="font-size: 11px;">webecoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><H4>Nature’s Food Critics: The Bonobos</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/045ECA4A-7010-4A39-A387-2F7EB69F7E3A" alt="Bonobos Eating in the Wild" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/">Apparently if <A target="_blank" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/17/bonobo-food-language.html" linkindex="25">bonobos</A> could talk, they would tell you that their top 5 favorite foods are as follows: figs, raisins, grapes, bananas and popcorn. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><H4>Nature’s Junk Food Lovers: The Rats</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/F0CC7B09-4AA2-45AF-AA9C-6AA0305C5BCA" alt="Rats Love Their Junk Food" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><H4>Nature’s Man-Eaters: The Tsavo Lions</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/669247AF-4E6A-429C-9CBB-9B5A06727250" alt="Man-Eating Lions" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><H4>Nature’s Vitamin-D Lovers: Lizards</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/FADA3A0B-8EA7-42BA-BE49-4478315D10AD" alt="Lizards Basking in the Sun" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/">According to new research, it turns out that lizards also bask in the sun to get them some vitamin D, a vital nutrient found in orange juice.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><H4>Nature’s Food Testers: Apes</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/83F33083-307F-43F4-9CDD-AC32B057A597" alt="Apes Go Apes over Bananas" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><H4>Nature’s Spoilers: Firefly Flashes</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/3EC995A4-743D-4E4E-BCCD-4358B8A63E10" alt="Firefly Flashes and Bats" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/">A recent study found that <A target="_blank" href="http://technology-science.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3441133-hungry-bats-prompt-firefly-flashes" linkindex="53">bats use firefly lights</A> as a signal not to eat this prey, a good decision when considering that fireflies can be toxic for bats.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><H4>Nature’s Secret Food Stashes: Penguins and Sperm Whales</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/56085BF4-C6C7-41E4-8038-F7F40D625C1F" alt="Penguin and Sperm Whale Secret Food Stashes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/">the sperm whale was able to unhook the fish without getting caught in the fishing lines. For a mammal that big, stealing fish seems like an uneven playing field, but hey, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do sometimes.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><H4>Nature’s Food Myths: Beavers</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/08/hungry-hungry-animals-10-unique-stories-of-consumption/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/8929670F-007C-4F85-9B92-1CC0FA8BD23F" alt="Beaver Chewing Wood" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F754A8AB-AD85-4A9A-B8F7-16E2083478CE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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