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minus-squareZacryon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-22 days agoJust a little nitpick: vegans are omnivores too. Afaik, being omnivorous describes the biological ability to digest plant matter and meat. Voluntarily restricting ones diet for whatever reason does not remove this ability.
minus-squareauraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 day agoCarnivores can digest plant matter too, and herbivores can digest meat. Omnivore is a behavioural classification mostly. It means an animal (or person) that eats both plants and animals for energy. So vegans are herbivores in practice, even though as a species humans are practicing omnivores.
minus-squareLwL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoMany herbivore species are also opporturnistic omnivores, so it could be argued just as much that it’s about biological specialization.
minus-squareMummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 day agoYeah but they cry like babies when you call them carnists
Just a little nitpick: vegans are omnivores too. Afaik, being omnivorous describes the biological ability to digest plant matter and meat. Voluntarily restricting ones diet for whatever reason does not remove this ability.
Carnivores can digest plant matter too, and herbivores can digest meat.
Omnivore is a behavioural classification mostly. It means an animal (or person) that eats both plants and animals for energy.
So vegans are herbivores in practice, even though as a species humans are practicing omnivores.
Many herbivore species are also opporturnistic omnivores, so it could be argued just as much that it’s about biological specialization.
Fair enough
Yeah but they cry like babies when you call them carnists
Who does?