They are surface feeders, taking either plant or animal material.
It feeds on plant and animal material and basks in the sun.
These animals may feed upon microorganisms, other soil animals, decaying plant or animal material, living plants, or fungi.
Some species, particularly those found in the order Saprolegniales, are saprotrophs and decompose both plant and animal material.
A multitude of disposal mechanisms exist throughout the plant and animal kingdoms for the elimination of excess plant and animal material.
He refers to our visit to The Vegetarian Butcher and to a Dutch study concerning the cultivation of artificial meat from animal material.
The hundreds of cabinet drawers, glass cases, and jars in a typical pharmacy hold an enormous variety of desiccated plant and animal material.
And under New Zealand law, any person who knowingly smuggles plant or animal material could face a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of about $48,500.
Others apparently oppose all scientific meddling with the origins of life on principle or simply regard procedures using animal material as too revolting for words.Some may also have confused therapeutic with reproductive cloning.
Meanwhile, half an hour away at Kew Gardens, Tyke's human counterparts are undergoing training in picking out illegal products from the bewildering range of plant and animal material that passes through Britain's ports and airports every day.
By measuring the radioactivity of plant and animal material obtained globally from the North Pole to the South Pole, he showed that the carbon-14 produced by cosmic-ray bombardment varied little with latitude.
