Fw: Re: Carnivore breath

[Tom Holtz <tholtz@geochange.er.usgs.gov>]

>From: "Rich Hengst" <rhengst@davros.cc.purduenc.edu>
>Date: Thu, 9 Feb 95 10:32:31 CST
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>Sorry, I am not certain how to reply to the group posting.  However, I
>have several alligators which I use in my dino research project.  (animal
>physiologist, you know).  I sometimes let them out to roam around the
>greenhouse I keep them in and have observed them eating plant materials on
>some occasions.  Whether this is done in the wild I cannot say.  By the
>way, commercial alligators are fed "alligator chow", a pelletized food
>containing some fish meal.  It keeps well, and does not have a
>particularly bad odor - i.e. it doesn't rot - and they like it.
>
>Rich Hengst
>rhengst@davros.cc.purduence.edu
>219/785-5251
>
>

                                
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.                                   
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