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are part of crop, livestock, forest or aquaculture systems, harvested forest and aquatic species, the wild relatives of domesticated species, and other wild species harvested for food and other products. it also encompasses what is known as "associated biodiversity", the vast range of organisms that live
make diets more nutritious and balanced. however, there are many concerns about the unsustainable use of wild foods. contributing countries reported wild food species ( distinct species, as several are reported by more than one country), of which the vast majority are plants, followed by fish and mammals...
http://www.fao.org/state-of-biodiversity-for-food-agriculture/en/
blubber is a thick, dense layer of highly organized connective tissue with a lot of fat cells found under the skin of all cetaceans ( whales , dolphins , and porpoises ), pinnipeds ( walruses , earless seals , and eared seals ), and sirenians ( manatees and dugongs ). of the four groups of marine mammals
, only the sea otters lack blubber. polar bears, which some also include with the marine mammals, also have blubber. blubber provides insulation for these warm-blooded animals, as well as functions as an energy reserve and streamlines the body, while the elastic fibers contained in blubber may help...
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Blubber