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IndianaJonesWasATerribleArchaeologist
Domestic horses get their teeth filed.
LondoMollariIsMySpiritAnimal
Equines can and do eat meat, though. The horses that were brought on arctic expeditions lived on meat and fat like everyone else.
imonewiththeforceandtheforceiswithme
perhaps it has nothing to do with our teeth and everything to do with our stomaches and metabolic system? but that's none of my business
poop273
I only feed my horses chicks.
BatmanDeadpoolSlenderMan
As someone who loves birds...COULD YOU HAVE FUCKING WARNED ME!? LITERALLY thought it would just be a cute video
FromTheShadow
Just cause that dude as pathetic canines doesn't mean I can't eat meat.
BenderBendingRodriguiz
Ignoring our canines (which can be clearly seen), gut biomes, and macro-nutrient needs.
cousteau
And reduced stomach count.
anergia
I’m a biologist, and I can tell you there are other things that decide whether you are a true meat eater or not: 1/2
anergia
2/2 Like the length of your digestive tract, whether you are bad at digesting carbs or not, or if you are simply Guy fucking Fieri.
bendoverrover
All the archeological evidence that proves we hunted animals for most of our existence?
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
And that our nearest relatives eat meat when they can get it.
RuthlessRuben
I studied Biology. I had to memorize mammalian tooth diagrams for weeks. This made me sit down and go "This isn't how any of that works"...
xKaraKx
Every animal is a carnivore if theyre hungry enough. Or lacking calcium
Kbantar
TIL: gorillas are meat eaters. Dentition is not the entire story. I hate these grossly simplified science memes.
HeroOfKvatch1
The fact that they didn’t go with “herbivore” to fit with omnivore and carnivore and went with “vegan” is just irritating as hell.
Laxeey
HE ATE THE CHICK!? WTF KINDA DEMON HORSE IS THAT?!
revabe
A normal one
Roshiro
I'm glad you, out of all but one top comment, were the first to address the fucking carnivorous horse .gif
TheHawkRules
Who replaced that person’s canines with flat teeth?
AfroInvasion
yeah looks like they just cherry picked someone with really shallow canines.
PrincessPuffyPants
I'm officially disturbed by that horse, that's some seriously fucked up shit right there!
TheBlackWindHowls
I've never heard an animal be called a "vegan."
pianoNoodleTraveler
My canines were so long my dentist shortened them. I never forgave him.
AgamemnonsMemes
Mine are longer than the rest as well. It pops up about 50% of the time in my family so its a little weird
TheMostModestMouse
my canines are above the rest of my top teeth, it looks like im a vampire when I smile.
710FPS
Even a Vegan biologist points out the stupidity: https://veganbiologist.com/2016/01/04/humans-are-not-herbivores/
dcfrenchstudent
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Biocurious
Doot doot
ZzOmgiLoveSpamCrapEmailHowDidYouKnow
Great read, thank you!
antcaesar
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whitefoxkei
That is one of the best things ever. Good on them.
cousteau
Yeah there's quite a difference between "I think I should stop eating animals" and I think you should stop eating animals"
Minnakht
Considering how humans have molars that don't even fit in their jaws and are routinely removed, I don't trust human dentition to be reliable
YouSufferWithCognitiveDissonance
Crowded and small jaws are due to gestational nutrient deficiencies
Minnakht
as a sign of what nature intended us to do
leabelle
Without modern dental care most people would have lost a set of molars by the time their wisdom teeth came in, then there would be room and
leabelle
you have a new set of chompers to last until you die in 20 years.
JackalopeElope
It's thought that we chew to little to make our jaws grow to their full size. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-15823276
JackalopeElope
Argubly a diet with less meat and dairy would help fix that, having lower caloric density.
cdelta
And probably plants that were not "genetically engineered the old-fashioned way" to have such a high carb to fiber ratio.
ZOMGNO
In addition to that, the use of cutlery to cut our food instead of tearing it, has changed our jaw shape. Its a combo of things!
Reinette
Story time: a few years ago I had a very nice event horse prospect on trial. She was a great jumper, had fab paces, the works. Well at 1/?
Reinette
The time the horses were mainly living out because it was summer and it tends to be better for them. I kept finding dead rabbits in the 2/?
Reinette
Field and couldn't figure out what was going on. My pup at the time was the main suspect but they looked a bit too squished to have been 3/?
Reinette
Killed by a dog. Went out to being the horses up one day and watched the mare hunt and kill two or three baby rabbits. She ate one too 4/?
Reinette
I sent her back to her owner the next day because it disturbed me so much. AFAIK she still likes to kill small furry things now
DodyShiratori
I'm not a vegan, but if I was, instead of arguing that it's unnatural for humans to eat meat, i would argue the fact that we have the 1/?
DodyShiratori
choice to eat and get nutrients from a variety of things and therefore we can change our diet based on our moral values is why choosing 2/?
DodyShiratori
to go vegan even if it's "unnatural" makes it all the more meaningful. Instead of following instincts, we can choose to do what we 3/4
DodyShiratori
believe is right and good. 4/4
cousteau
But it's more fulfilling to troll people and be annoying pieces of shit with pseudo-scientific bullshit.
revabe
I believe eating meat is good.
dunkledan
Elnauriel
Well said. =)
FrizBFerret
realargonwolf
All rodents (to my knowledge) are omnivores, just because squirrels are associated with acorns doesn't mean they won't eat meat
joelataupe
SeanBowen
Saw a squirrel kill a chipmunk once, was fairly entertaining.
namelessfish
antistatusquo
*vomits in my mouth*
Shendorion
Go home, nature; you're drunk.
KeeperOfThePigFrys
Now this is scary! ?
cousteau
The amount of wtf's per minute this post is giving me is alarming.
Roshiro
When acorns go up $0.50 on the market
ImadeThisAccountCuzComics
@funkurface here’s another one, yes I’m petty.
PhyshStycc
johnwill1480
Now that’s adorable
BlastingRopeToWaluigiHentai
I used to live in a city. Squirrels would gnaw through the plastic trash bins and extract chicken bones - picked clean on the lawn.
IllegalDuckling
Metal
FrizBFerret
r/natureismetal/
dfloof1191
ITakePrideInClearPee
Why do I find these nasty when I will happily watch lions eat a zebra
Darkspire
Vermin versus something similar to a game animal, would be my guess.
FromTheShadow
Contrast due to cute factor
AisforApple
Brains are weird.
Inimposter
Tbh doesn't look that different from a nut. It's too small to see ugly organs.
xKaraKx
Nature dont care. Food is food
sargassoQuadrilateral
This rule is generalized from honey badger don’t give a shit
Magpiebones
Plus most rodents, like squirrels, are omnivores.
BigRedMonkeyButts
$20 is $20
3E1X1
BigRedMonkeyButts
YAAAAAAAAAAAAS!
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
Awww I was gonna post that :(
have this instead
CrippledCrab
Ahhhhh! Someone stop that fish from eating the dolphin!
crunchychew
Is...is that dolphin fucking that fish to death...?
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
It gets boring in fish tanks. They do that in the ocean too.
crunchychew
That’s probably one of the more horrifying things I’ve seen recently. Kudos!
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thisisnotafork
Natures equivalent of a hot pocket.
ColonelSheepshanks
We are omnivores but highly adaptable. I’ve chosen to be vegetarian and that’s worked great for me- but to each their own. Enjoy yourself.
cousteau
Apes follow a mostly "vegan" diet (fruit and leaves) but will eat bugs every now and then. We just adapted our diet to leave the trees.
phobos535
You can only choose to be vegetarian because we have abundance of food to supplement our diet. In times of need no human would survive vegan
cousteau
Yeah, vitamin B12 is impossible to get without eating animal products or some techy bacteria-based supplement.
realskramz
Meat eaters are like "well u couldn't be vegetarian if it was impossible to be vegetarian?" Like thanks Einstein u fucking owned vegetarians
LandSquid12345
And most of us can only eat meat every day because we live in an industrialized society with lots of factory farms. In times of need no
LandSquid12345
human would be chowing down on burgers every day. More like, lots of root vegetables and a little bit of meat once in awhile.
phobos535
Thats correct, too. Although in winter there would probably be lots of meat on the menu
ColonelSheepshanks
Cool your jets, sir and or madame- I didn’t say vegan.
phobos535
I just said vegan because of the char limit. Also, vegetarian is pretty healthy afaik
ColonelSheepshanks
And as for your supposition: I was raw vegan for a year. No supplements. I’ve never been healthier.
IamMelonLordeYaYaYa
No supplements? Even most omnis need b vitamin supplements...
ColonelSheepshanks
And yet I didn’t suffer any issues. I did eat a lot - like holy shit a lot! of produce from the farmers market. Maybe I was eating bugs?
Euffy
And your point is ? I also choose to be vegetarian, because I can and I would prefer not to eat meat if I don't need to. If I lived in an
Pholion
point is that human have evovle to the point we can do what we want with the help of our inventions,and Earth will carry on even if u ded?
ColonelSheepshanks
That is a good point. Feel free to demonstrate.
Euffy
Extreme climate or something then it wouldn't be possible and I wouldn't do it. But I live in a city and it is very possibile. Great.
Euffy
Not to be rude but not sure why you feel the need to point that fact out? Nobody was disputing it...
phobos535
Just sayin. Live your life, I dont care. Go you. I just wanted to say that humans are not naturally herbivores.
VrryBurntpork
I think that he was more saying it as a counterpoint to vegans saying what we are meant to be genetically.
flyeaglesfly17
This x1000
cardman
When you're so into being a vegan that you start calling herbivores vegan.
ExxodusOne
Goddamned vegans and their religion.... As bad as pro-vaxx/anti-vaxx bullshit. Like who fucking cares, enjoy life!
BullfrogStormcroak
Kids with measles care, bud.
FuzzyAdventurer
Their parents don't though
PPlank
Yes! Stupid people trying to make a point, and looking stupid doing it.
iPutTheBSinBSc
Also not every vergitarian animal is a herbivore, some eat fruits and nuts and are unable to digest leaves
Cthoniki
I think you may be confusing herbivore with folivore
MachineInterface
Uh, "herbivore" doesn't mean "only eats leaves". It means "only eats plant material".
iPutTheBSinBSc
Hmmm i may have made an etymological error, not sure. There is the word "frugivore" but it doesnt exclude non fruits from the diet.
WaltherWater
No no, he said vergitarian, with that extra "r". It now means leafy boi
iPutTheBSinBSc
:/
DerlockeMolmes
As a vegan I hate these people. And I used be one too. I also hate me. We're even. Also deer will eat small game in dire situations.
Talligan
I love vegan food, I think it's tasty af
Automatvapen
Damn vegans, they've ruined being vegan!
FuzzyAdventurer
Also plants digest blood and bone
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Normal. They will eat game and carcasses under normal conditions.
Inkliest
When I was in high school I knee a guy whose horse would stomp on baby chicks running around. Just to flatten them because they exist.
DerlockeMolmes
Well that's bizzare wtf bojack?
StevieTheAussie
I believe most animals that aren’t strictly herbivores will eat some dead animals that they come across rather than waste the protein.
ChernoGamma
You vegans sure are a contentious people.
glitchead
YOU'VE JUST MADE AN ENEMY FOR LIFE!
DerlockeMolmes
Fuck yes.mm fight me.
ComradeZoidberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvYskddVt1A
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ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
That explains why my pets all loved getting collars put on.
DerlockeMolmes
Fair in a pinch I'd eat back. I'm afforded this option of ethical choice because I have privilege. Without it prep to square up
udmurt
ikr it's so stupid. Plenty of good reasons to eat more plant based food without resorting to stupid shit like this.
DaierMune
Horses are not "Vegan" they are Herbivores. Their teeth and digestive tract are considerably different than a Human's.
Walfas
Yep, and their digestive tract is somehow still terrible! Who even designed those creatures anyway
Fahargo
I dont understand how they were used for war. They are fragile broken down machines
stealthgunner385
If vegans are herbivores, their digestive tracts are probably longer. Which would explain why they're full of shit.
DaierMune
cousteau
As someone with four stomachs that offends me.
SirStrongBad
Except not even really herbivores..they eat meat too...
StopAskingMeForAnAccountImgurIWannaLurk
They're mostly obligate herbivores. They won't hesitate to eat a bird or small mammal if they're hungry but generally eat veg.
CentaurForDiseaseControl
They do that for sources of calcium and essential vitamins
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Only rarely, the vast and overwhelming majority of their diet is plant based.
stealthsushi
Some deer eat meat too. I learned that recently /o/
SirStrongBad
I've been out hunting and seen deer feeding on carcasses...so yeah...
stealthsushi
I can only imagine how spooky that looks.
SirStrongBad
Freaky AF....
IllBeAGoodManOneDay
I have longer canines than that
PhailRaptor
It's pretty common for that. The person pictured would appear to be an outlier.
Voltair
All my molars are pointed. Dentist had to round them off so I'd stop biting myself.
Dwerioc
I don't, but that's because I grind my teeth. I used to, when I was younger.
LondonerBoy
So does my gf - the grinding noise cuts right through me. Out of interest, have you tried anything to stop it?
IllBeAGoodManOneDay
Crack
skylin05
I've had dentists offer to file my canines down because they think it hurts me or something.
erikleorga
I could freak out my ex with my 'fangs'.
MantisTobagganMD
For real. Mine are pointy as fuck
OutoftheDarknessIntotheLight
My sister and I have vampire canines. Mine would look freaky if I didn't have large front teeth.
SomeFavoritesNSFW
I needed to get mine shaved down because they made my lips bleed with the smallest bite.
L0rdinquisit0r
My father looks like fecking dracula compared to the shortstuff mouth model
F1eshfeast
I had someone at a piercing/tattoo shop ask if I’d had mine capped or sharpened. Nope, just naturally that way.
robogeek78
Yah i was thinking that as well
nicer120006
My guess is the original wingnut that made it specifically looked for pics of human teeth without sharp canines.
FuzzyAdventurer
Yep, me too - I have two sets of top canines, the ones either side of my bucky front teeth are pointed as well as the regular canines
Tsarlacc
Long Canine crew!
wGiraffeBandit
Yeah I got them vampire teeth.
Golfbob
I don’t have any because I grinded them away
Gonnaderpya
I have some sharp ass canines.
swordofblaze
I had longer canines than that but my orthodontist took them out.
Mustakraken
They picked someone with unusually short ones to try to make their point.
BrandomHouse
Everyone here loves a good pun
BigRedMonkeyButts
Skewing the sample to support an agenda? I thought this was 'Merica!
Alphadef
It is, that’s why they did it
BigRedMonkeyButts
#thatwasthejoke
ThatOneFriendWhoTriesTooHard
CuriousMeatball
letmehityouwithsomeknowledge
Ealadon
Bravo sir, Bravo!
zachtidmore
Dot
IAmTheLastOne
Ha! Perfect.
rob98000
How is Daphne related to that comment?
ThatOneFriendWhoTriesTooHard
Buffy could handle Shaggy without barely breaking a sweat
jacencaedus
IllBeAGoodManOneDay
Someone once described me as Spike, but not cause of my teeth
terramisu
Because you look like a chubby dinosaur?
IllBeAGoodManOneDay
Yup yup yup! Wait no.. no I don't
ilhares
It was your poetry, wasn't it?
JollyRogarrgh
Because of your pointed penis?
IllBeAGoodManOneDay
EneZio
You just suck the life out of people to the point where they wish they were dead?
IllBeAGoodManOneDay
I actually care very much about the people I care about, I'd do anything to keep them happy regardless of how I'm doing.
absolutezero182
Is it because you spike women's drinks?
IllBeAGoodManOneDay
Hell's yeah, in boring parties they all line up to get served, guys gotta pay tho
boevis
I mean, our teeth look more like the omnivores, which is what we are, so ...
groxx
There are minor similarities with omnivores, yea https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0a/a1/c2/0aa1c29f6c187666eb6e33e802c33838.jpg
WizardofParrotry
Actually, we're more like frugivores like our ape counterparts.
DavidBrooker
Although humans are, obviously, omnivores, that's a relatively recent change in evolutionary terms, and our physiology definitely leans 1/n
JohnHawkIll
3.5 million years are not "recent change" and our gut as evolved to depend on meat. We synthesize B12 vitamin, but only in the ileum part1)
JohnHawkIll
2)of our small intestine(the last part before the colon), we can only absorb it in the duodenum(the first part af the stomach. Humans are
JohnHawkIll
3)depended on diet to obtain B12.
DavidBrooker
towards plants, especially fruit (and most great apes are primarily frugivorous, aside from mostly insect protein). The biggest change 2/n
MisterPeachum
I wonder why most insects don't taste good to us.
DavidBrooker
to humans since adopting a lot of meat to our diet has actually been to our brain size, rather than to our gut, and in turn, to our 3/n
DavidBrooker
posture that enables tool use. We can still gut ferment, which is a pretty big indication of a herbivorous past. 4/4
Euffy
I think humans are probably meant to be omnivores (though I think it's still possible to be healthy and have a vegetarian diet) but, our
Euffy
Teeth definitely do not look like omnivore teeth, particularly using the pictures above.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Yes, but since the person who chose those pics obviously had a bias, they wouldn't have searched out an omnivore whose teeth look like /1
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
ours. In fact they'd have been motivated to find one that looks as little like ours as possible. /2
throttlemeister2000
That's what you get when you select on looks instead of function.
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
https://www.sciencesource.com/Doc/TR1_WATERMARKED/4/6/d/3/SS2873849.jpg?d63648844007 This is the skull of a monkey that eats little but
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
grass. Looks can be deceiving.
Robindino17
Those canines probably don't serve a dietary function but rather a ''social'' function or a defensive function.
Redshift713
It’s not a good argument anyway. Pandas are herbivores, but because they are bears, they have similar sharp teeth.
Necropoledancer
It's a decent rule of thumb so long as you're aware of taxonomic groups.
Jinxer13
I mean, emperor penguins are carnivores. So yeah..
briham86
And baleen whales are predators but since they eat krill, their teeth are useless for biting.
gtmiller
Pandas are neither bears nor herbivores. They are closer to racoons and are omnivores.
briham86
Scientists suspected that was the case for a while, but more recent genetic evidence shows it is, in fact, a bear. Also, the red panda turns
gtmiller
That hasn't been proven soundly. There is evidence that is a product of convergent evolution and they evolved seperately.
briham86
out to be not very close to raccoons or giant pandas.
gtmiller
Did not know about red pandas.
gtmiller
Looking into it, red pandas are in the same boat as giant pandas, but its just wierder. Mostly sounds like questions of how to use geneomes
AlmightyThor117
Yeah, I’m curious what animal is the “omnivore” teeth picture... looks a lot like a dog’s teeth which are definitely carnivores
bufflehead
It's a dog, it's the second result when I googled "dog teeth"
JupitersWitch
How is everyone missing the fact that their teeth look like that because they are designed to kill. Our teeth tear and mash.
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Svartlebee
Cats are not omnivores. They are obligate carnivores.
monadi
He can eat all that but it doesn't give him ANY nutritional value. So, he's not an omnivore, just a fatty. ;)
Provideniya
Club Chonker
Dwerioc
same.
LuckyBaguette
Dogs like veggies too
AlmightyThor117
Liking something doesn’t classify the animal, it’s based on physical morphology, dog’s teeth and digestive tract are designed for meat
AlmightyThor117
Their digestive tracts can’t fully break down plant matter and they will die of malnutrition if they are not fed meat or dog food
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Judging from my neighbor's dog shit, which I always shovel back onto their porch, dogs don't digest veggies.
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Partially right. They cant survive on a plant diet but they do need plant matter on occasion. Many species regularly eat fruit/nuts.
boevis
I'd guess bear
BushiestCream
My guess was Metallica, or atleast megadeath
bufflehead
It's a dog, it's the second result when I googled "dog teeth"
AlmightyThor117
That was my other thought, it’s hard to tell from the picture though, no scale
bufflehead
It's a dog, it's the second result when I googled "dog teeth"
suiseiseki
Well bears aren't exactly known to be found in the same place as bananas anyways.
HairyBamBam
Dogs aren’t actually obligate carnivores. They need some veg material to stay healthy. Cats, however, should only ever eat meat.
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
My cat loves broccoli with olive oil
nicer120006
That's why I get so worried when I see vegans with pets. I always fear they are not feeding them correctly.
kelsyels
Don’t worry, a majority of us aren’t that stupid.
BlueEyedDominus
Not obligate like cats, but they nonetheless are a member of order Carnivora.
FarkasMacTavish
Order Ca4nivora has nothing to do with diet.
avavilina
That reflects their genetic and evolutiibary background, not what they eat right now...
Kbantar
Not only. Even in the wild up to 10% of a cats' diet is non-animal. But it's certainly not this way over 50% that store bought food is.
Robindino17
Well cats eat grasses for 2 reasons, to help with hairballs and to help stimulate their digestive track, like us when we eat fibre
Kbantar
They eat plants other than grass though. Not a lot, but some in the wild.
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SenileLlama
Let him try some chocolate or grapes. He’d love that.
HairyBamBam
I think most animals have some flexibility that allows better survival. I just meant for “optimal” health, cats should eat almost only meat.
AninOnin
I dunno man, the longest lived cats were fed greens along with their regular food. Lemme see if I can pull up the link
TheThoroughbredOfSinBadHorse
The point is that if cats do not eat meat they will die. Whereas a vegan dog is sad but probably will not die.
Robindino17
Doesn't need to be sad, but I do agree that feeding dogs at least some meat is better than none at all.
realargonwolf
Cats are obligate carnivores, they require meat because they can't produce certain nutrients and have to eat them. Dogs are omnivores, they-
realargonwolf
-can survive on a diet of pure meat or a diet of pure plants, but are healthier with both, leaning more toward the meat end of the spectrum.
Kbantar
Tomatoes and garlic are toxic to cats. They destroy RBCs. Please don't.
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Tsamane
Cats eating tomatoes and garlic destorys the Royal Bank of Canada?
xKaraKx
My cat loves to try and eat raw onions. Doesnt mean you should let them