1·Once free from predation pressure, large body size is of little advantage to herbivores.
一旦摆脱了捕食的压力，巨大的体型对食草动物没有什么好处。
2·In the distant past, large herbivores like mastodons dispersed maclura seeds, each the size of an orange in their droppings.
在遥远的过去，像乳齿象这样的大型食草动物播撒着桑橙属植物的种子，在它们的粪便中，每个种子都像橙子那么大。
3·The reduced level of photosynthesis led to a massive decline in plant life of all kinds, and this caused massive starvation first of herbivores and subsequently of carnivores.
光合作用减弱导致各种植物大规模减少，进而这首先会使大规模的食草动物饿死，随后就是食肉动物。
4·These beetles subsist entirely on the undigested nutrients in the waste of herbivores like sheep, cattle, and elephants.
此类甲虫完全依靠食草动物如：牛、羊、大象排泄物里未完全消化的养分来维持生活的。
5·This little-travelled region may represent the global nadir for herbivores.
这个小旅游地区里，食草动物在全球处于最低点。