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> It's always an advantage to be able to benefit from something others can't, so you're not in direct competition. It is always advantageous to be an omnivore.
by lurquer 6y ago
> It's always an advantage to be able to benefit from something others can't, so you're not in direct competition.
It is always advantageous to be an omnivore.
The more things a creature can consume, the more it will reproduce and the more ‘niches’ it fills.
Cockroaches, flies, bacteria, and — through the use of intelligence that enables turning virtually anything into nutritional energy - humans.
There is never an ‘advantage’ to limiting ones foods.
- perl4ever 6y ago>There is never an ‘advantage’ to limiting ones foods. I agree in theory, if there were no tradeoffs required to consume any particular thing. But my comment took for granted that there are. Even for really versatile species, there are to some extent.