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Really? What did you have for lunch today? All the herbivores in Animal Kingdom would disagree with that statement.
by abhishivsaxena 9y ago
Really? What did you have for lunch today?
All the herbivores in Animal Kingdom would disagree with that statement.
- monkmartinez 9y agoNo really. Go to /r/natureismetal and witness it for yourself. Here is a goat eating baby chickens...http://imgur.com/kHJhMjW http://imgur.com/kHJhMjW
- mikeash 9y agoPlants still count as life.
- mod 9y agoIn many (most?) cases herbivores aren't taking the life of the plant. Think of a squirrel, perhaps, and how it feeds on plants. (Still don't agree with the GP)
- mikeash 9y agoGood point, but I think squirrels are a bad example. They're not only taking lives, they're killing the babies!
- mod 9y agoOn the contrary, I imagine a lot of the nuts are planted by squirrels! In either case, many plants have an implicit bargain with animals: eat my fruit, but you must carry my seeds out beyond where I can reach and deposit them there. Which happens when they pass through the gut, essentially.
- FoeNyx 9y agoNot sure I understand what you are trying to say. Herbivores, by definition, do eat living organisms (plants).