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Legs: It looks like the stick-bugs are eating the slimy moss stuff.
Ebby: Grazers, not predators. Stay sharp, though. Big herbivores can still be pretty dangerous.
[one of the stick-bugs plucks a screaming grub out of the moss and eats it]
Legs: Especially if they're not really herbivores.
Ebby: Let's just stick with "everything's dangerous until we've killed it."

He felt quite safe for it was a known fact in the animal world that grass eaters never ate the flesh of any other animal and would seldom resort to violence except when protecting their young.

Ace!Tim: Hey look! Brontosaurus! I mean Brachiosaurus! I mean Brontosaurus!
Draig!Lex: Oh no, they're gonna eat us too!
Ace!Tim: No they're not, they're herbivores, they only eat plants.
Olive!Grant: That's right! Remember kids, herbivores are not dangerous under any circumstances! Ask your local zoo to place Hippopotamuses in the petting area!
Housepets!, Let's Imaginate Jurassic Park!

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
A hippopotamus is all I want
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
— Gayla Peevey, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"


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