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Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
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Chapter 41, Problem 12TYU
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Hummingbirds are well adapted to obtain sugary nectar from flowers, but they use some ot the energy obtained from nectar when they forage for insects or spiders, as this individual is doing. Explain why this foraging is necessary.
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Ch. 41.1 - An animal requires 20 amino acids to make...Ch. 41.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 41.1 - WHAT IF? If a zoo animal eating ample food shows...Ch. 41.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 41.2 - In what sense are nutrients from a recently...Ch. 41.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 41.3 - Explain why a proton pump inhibitor, such as the...Ch. 41.3 - Thinking about our nutritional needs and feeding...Ch. 41.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 41.4 - Prob. 1CC
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