Observatory: Hairs Provide Clues to Shifts in Elephant Diet

Monday, April 13, 2009 - 18:21 in Biology & Nature

For certain animals, the ratio of isotopes of carbon and other elements in the hair can indicate whether the animals are eating grasses or trees and shrubs and how the water supply is changing.

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