An animal that eats pollen is called a palynivore. The soil-pollen cycle is a huge factor in planetary health that is barely talked about. The image below illustrates some major animal-driven processes. Herbivores consume grass pollen and deposit it as dung, which dung-beetles bury. Pollen beetles, bees and other insects consume enormous quantities. Ants bury this in soil, where super-abundant springtails eat it. The nutrientsEnergy and nutrients are the same thing. Plants capture energy from the Sun and store it in chemicals, via the process of photosynthesis. The excess greenery and waste that plants create, contain chemicals that animals can eat, in order to build their own bodies and reproduce. When a chemical is used this way, we call it a nutrient. As we More released feed mycelial networks from fungus, that creates conditions for earthworms to feed and plant growth. Pollen is produced in excess and the decline in herbivores and pollen-eaters is contributing to a massive surplus entering our atmosphere, leading to an epidemic of hay fever.
