<span>Lipids have long been used as lamp oil and along with candles were the main fuel for pre-industrial light sources. Whale oil was one of the main fuels harvested and fueled the 19th century whaling industry leading to widespread endangerment of various species. This practice is now outlawed except in a number of countries which mostly hunt whales for cultural purposes.</span>
No, they are not connected.
The preferred prey item would be frogs.
What is optimal foraging theory?
It is a theory in ecology that proposes that predating animals that get the most energy from minimal efforts are favored by natural selection.
In order words, selection forces prefer investing minimum energy in order to extract maximally available energy.
In this case, the heron needs to use the lowest time to harvest the maximum energy possible. Since all the preys offer the same amount of energy, the one that requires the lowest time would be preferable for the heron.
In other words, frogs would be the most preferable prey.
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