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Humans have teeth designed to eat meat.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 13566386:MV8xODI1NDg5XzMwNDAzOTYyX0QyMDZGMEZB] [quote:Anonymous Coward 13313098:MV8xODI1NDg5X0MyOTQ5MEI5] Humans have digestive systems (from mouth through colon) that have characteristics of both carnivores and herbivores. This makes sense, as we are omnivores. Humans have teeth for grinding and chewing (plants) and for tearing (meat). Look at your teeth. You can see the pointy ones. Like carnivores, we have only one stomach. We don't need to eat rocks or regurgitate and re-swallow to get nutrition out of our food. On the other hand, if you check out the human colon, it's full of wrinkles and folds, like an herbivore's. The carnivore colon is straight and smooth, without the little pockets. In short, humans are equipped with the anatomical tools to consume both meat and plants. Cats aren't well-equipped to eat plants and cows certainly aren't equipped to be hunters. Humans have the best of both worlds. Plus we get to use A-1 steak sauce. [/quote] Cows will eat the odd bird if its in the way cats will eat grass etc. Almost all animals eat some meat. [/quote]
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Humans have digestive systems (from mouth through colon) that have characteristics of both carnivores and herbivores. This makes sense, as we are omnivores.
Humans have teeth for grinding and chewing (plants) and for tearing (meat). Look at your teeth. You can see the pointy ones.
Like carnivores, we have only one stomach. We don't need to eat rocks or regurgitate and re-swallow to get nutrition out of our food.
On the other hand, if you check out the human colon, it's full of wrinkles and folds, like an herbivore's. The carnivore colon is straight and smooth, without the little pockets.
In short, humans are equipped with the anatomical tools to consume both meat and plants. Cats aren't well-equipped to eat plants and cows certainly aren't equipped to be hunters. Humans have the best of both worlds.
Plus we get to use A-1 steak sauce.
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