Assertion: locust's thorn | /r/CapableOf | protect tree
Facets:
value: from browsing pleistocene megafauna
type: OTHER
value: from predatory animals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: These thorns are thought to have evolved to protect the trees from browsing Pleistocene megafauna, which may also have been involved in seed dispersal, but the size and spacing of them is less useful in defending against smaller extant herbivores such as deer.
text: The thorns protect the tree from predatory animals.
text: These thorns are thought to have evolved to protect the trees from browsing Pleistocene megafauna, which may also have been involved in seed dispersal, but the size and spacing of them is less useful in defending against smaller extant herbivores such as deer.