ADAM GOPNIK: He actually once belonged to a club, I forget its name, which specialized in eating the seemingly inedible: exotic birds, crawling creatures and the like.
The cichlids have evolved in different shapes and sizes, and with a variety of jaw types specialized for eating certain kinds of food.
Many species of the second major bird lineage to diversify, the Euornithes ("true birds", including the ancestors of modern birds), were semi-aquatic and specialized in eating fish and other small aquatic organisms.
Like living ruffed lemurs, Pachylemur specialized in eating fruit, and was therefore an important seed disperser, possibly for tree species with seeds too large for even ruffed lemurs to swallow.
Ancestral reconstructions of feeding habits based on our new phylogenetic framework suggest the evolution of feeding in the Perissodini from general carnivorous feeding to highly specialized scale eating.
Obama is the antithesis of the swaggering leaders whom Merkel specializes in eating for breakfast.
"We are seeing a tremendous increase in men's distress about their body shape," said Dr. Arnold Andersen, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, who specializes in eating disorders.
