 Here's a new word for today herbivory. Now we know that carnivores eat mead and herbivores eat plants Herbivory is a nickel-plated word for what herbivores do and that is to eat plants Now elk grazing and deer browsing is herbivory a sage grass pecking on sagebrushes herbivory Hey a road neat and grass is herbivory Wyoming for eons has always been home to herbivores Anytime we look across Wyoming's range land landscapes There are dozens of species out there inflicting herbivory upon the range land plant resources The components of today's range lands are result of the influences of the past The plants and animals of the range land have evolved together and herbivory makes that linkage of their coexistence So here's a question to ponder Without our range plants would we have our range animals which evolved to take advantage of the range plants? Well the answer is no and without the herbivory of range animals We wouldn't have the range plants we have which are a result of that co-dependent relationship from the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service. I'm Eric Peterson