@article {Strait:October 1998:0164-0291:867, author = "Strait S.G.", author = "Vincent J.F.V.", title = "Primate Faunivores: Physical Properties of Prey Items", journal = "International Journal of Primatology", volume = "19", year = "October 1998", abstract = "

Despite increasing interest in food texture and how it affects primate masticatory systems, little quantitative work has been done in this area. We discuss a method to quantify physical properties of primate food items. To demonstrate its utility, we performed fracture experiments on a sample of adult coleopterans (to approximate a “hard-object” insectivorous diet), larval lepidoterans (to approximate a “soft-object” insectivorous diet), and vertebrate muscle tissue (to represent a more carnivorous feeding regime).

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