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Some wild animals do avoid poisonous plants -- whether this is an instinct or whether it is something that their parents taught them I don't know. Other animals have become adapted to eating poisonous plants that other can't. (This is why you…
Thanks for the reply.
I thought maybe a pet (cat or dog) may have some natural "sense" which was passed down from the time when their ancestors were wild.
Do wild animals have a built in defense not to eat the wrong things as a survival mechanism?
Sam,
Not as far as I can tell. A lot of plants have very bitter tasting toxins that might discourage an animal from eating them. But hungry animals may eat them anyway. And a bad experience with a plant that makes them sick may discourage them from…
Do animals have a natural instinct to know what plants not to eat?
Hosting the chat is Dr. Eric Dunayer, Veterinary Toxicologist.
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