• PhoenixDog@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    will seek out and kill other animals / bugs for food under standard conditions. So no cows, deer. Etc

    Who wants to tell them?

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        19 hours ago

        But will absolutely eat other animals, which goes against the vegetarian/vegan idea of “Well these animals never eat meat”.

        They sure as fuck do. It’s called an opportunistic carnivore. If you as a human base your entire diet on imitating the majority of ‘herbivores’, then you better be eating meat several times a year.

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          I literally never said I was vegan or vegetarian. I literally said I’d eat any carnivore lol. Why are you freaking out.

          Deer and cows are opportunistic carnivore but it’s not a major source of nutrients like it is for other animals and they generally don’t choose to unless there’s and issue.

          https://deerassociation.com/what-do-deer-eat/

          It’s not like a academic resource but it’s not like deer are out here hunting down bunnies bro.

          How is it vegan / Vegetarian to go “I’m only going to eat predator species”

          Fish, birds, rodents etc do eat insects and other animals as major parts of their diets.