Why are Herbivores Eating Meat?

[@nathans.3618]

When I was 12, I was watching a whitetail doe eating corn at a feeder with some squirls. There was plenty of corn for all of them. But this one squirl kept running all around the does legs. Then she snapped. She began stomping the squirl for about 30 seconds. It was pulp. Then she leaned down and began biting it and used a hoof to hold it down and she pulled the whole back off. Then just sat there chewing it. As a 12yo without a weapon all alone in the woods, that was the creepiest thing I've ever seen and I was terrified. I had about a 5 mile walk back to my cabin in woods filled with carnivorous deer.

[@hundow3340]

Damn, thats terrifying

[@iwatchkittenvids45]

Well, that's freaky af

[@romeofabian8102]

😂😂😂

[@jagar5580]

Skinwalkers be like

[@uncannyvalley2350]

Take note Disney

[@mortson978]

One day, my wife sent me a picture of our tortoise with chicken all over his face. He had apparently gotten into the scraps she'd left out for the cats. I knew some tortoises were known to eat birds on occasion, so I wasn't worried. Ever since then however, we've had to wear socks around him, because he's become quite the toe biter. It would be scary if he wasn't so slow.

[@pumpkinhills7611]

"quite the toe bitter" made my day hehehe

[@NuggetOG]

Now Im imagining Tortoises moving at 20Km/h, that would be horrifying

[@yondu689]

I used to have a cat that did that and they ain't slow.

[@_Vengeance_]

Now that he's had a taste of meat, he's trying to eat you.

[@meatloafer2762]

I'm just imagining giant tortoises running super fast, chasing a bunch of birds lol

[@shadowhog777]

"Don't kid yourself Jimmy, if a cow ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about" -Troy McClure

[@Chuked]

Imagine getting caught dead by a cow

[@ethanliscano1467]

“You might remember me from such films as eaten by a cow”

[@TheGoodGuy777]

Great episode!

[@sheridan5175]

@@Chuked I wouldn't be caught dead being caught dead next to a cow

[@imjustaguy4340]

@@Chuked thats actualy not weird, there like 500-800 pounds

[@gideonmele1556]

“Moms love their babies until there’s no food around” They still do, just in a more culinary fashion

[@andrewpellman6605]

Bruhhhhhh, that last part had me in stitches.

[@Redentor92]

"Uff, surely I breed delicious."

[@isthattrue1083]

Yeah, alligators for example will be very tolerant mothers for the first two weeks. Then she will no longer recognize her own offspring and they become food. That's why they abandon their mother as soon as they are able to. Don't mess with what has worked successfully for about 180,000,000 years.

[@goatintuxedo2206]

not all animals do this.. some will starve to death so their little ones can eat. it's called good parenting.

[@Patolagos]

"Wait... herbivores also eat meat?" The "always has been" meme fits pretty well with people finding out herbivores also eat meat

[@annedrieck7316]

Koromoan 😁

[@yuritrasimaco5201]

This was so good that now I will identify myself as a vegetarian from now on! I'm just not that hardcore vegetarian that eat raw meat, commit cannibalism nor (good ol' ) infanticide but I promise I will improve in the future!

[@wakcedout]

Honestly something I never knew in all my interest in basic evolution. But now is something ill use against every vegetarian and.vegan lol

[@fist-of-doom487]

More ammo for veganism is unrealistic arguments. Not even herbivores are 100% anti meat

[@odaineanthony]

All creation/creatures goes against the laws of nature. All known herbivores eat meat.

[@puzzleplank4333]

I remember knowing about this for a long time as my pet rabbits would occasionally seek out and kill crickets to eat, it was quite confusing at the time

[@josephbennett3482]

That's not unnatural for rabbits to do that because rabbits actually do eat insects as part of their diet.

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

My cousin's rabbit once ate a gecko lol

[@cognitivedisability9864]

@@kakalimukherjee3297 loool, what a little monster

[@marka8817]

Good source of protein

[@jimmythecrow]

there is a major difference between a cricket and a bird

[@Pinkie007]

Tortoises are actually known omnivores. They’ll eat anything… provided they can catch it of course

[@davidharris3028]

How TF do they even catch anything?

[@Pinkie007]

@@davidharris3028 Idk rolling I guess

[@ms.chuisin7727]

@@davidharris3028 I know they eat birds

[@morbidmarz3710]

Well how did the tortoise beat the Hare? Maybe he jus ate the hare then made his way to the finish line.

[@justamoogle5268]

The Galapagos Giant Tortoise which was known with a fully herbivorous diet was caught eating a bird

[@maxhogan7342]

I appreciate that this video addresses that animals do not abide by human morals.

[@heskisinin]

Human are insignificant to this vast realm of nature. The earliervthe vegans learn this the better.

[@lemur1129]

@@heskisinin Lol, no. No offense but we could probably wipe out the planet itself with the large hadron collider if we decided to.

[@sunrisesunset1734]

Human morals? Humans eat corpses so when they take a dump their insides and waste are so filthy and stinking smelling that it has to be whisked away to a treatment facility. LOL.

[@fruitkid4759]

You want to live without human morals?

[@fruitkid4759]

@@heskisinin so if it happens in nature its automatically okay for humans to do? Canabilism, assault, murder, kidnapping etc

[@mikeoxlong7607]

"Mom loves their babies, until there's no food around"

[@NotEnoughtInkYourSelf]

Mother then be Like ; ah shit here we go again *Start chewing own kids*

[@Kaifen.]

Sometimes a 37 trimester abortion is necessary.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

Animals don't really love like we do.

[@savagesock3598]

@@Kaifen. lmfaooooo

[@TalesByAJ]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 because that crime isn't recognized as a life sentence. Even if they love like we do, we don't kill out of fear.

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

Tortoise's chomp on bones for two reasons: Their beaks can grow over the bottom and clamp shut. Grinding bones for them is using a nail file. Also they're living rocks and bone is mostly calcium.

[@StuartCansdale]

Yeah, I thought so as well! I was wondering if this could also be a partial reason the giraffes, wildebeests, and other things were eating rocks. I'm not sure how their teeth works, if someone knows, please inform me!

[@xx_underoosyt_xx3127]

@@StuartCansdale it's to aid digestion

[@MajorJakas]

@@StuartCansdale did they not teach in your school that animals eat rocks for digestive purposes, or did you just not pay attention?

[@StuartCansdale]

@@MajorJakas What's your problem? What part of "also" and "partial" do you not understand?

[@MajorJakas]

@@StuartCansdale so, you didn't pay attention then?

[@omarbenkhaled285]

Carnivores:"no you can't eat meat if you eat grass!" Herbivores:"same goes with you!" Omnivores: *casually look away*

[@Marconel100]

rocks look away at everyone.

[@nosauce338]

@@Marconel100 , ': -(

[@nickolasphillips3776]

These animals aren't herbivores they are omnivore's such as cows deer and many other animals aren't actually herbivores

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

There's no such thing as an omnivore or a herbivore they're all carnivores.

[@red-hn5iy]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 what about rockivores?

[@nathansells3772]

There have been many sightings both in the wild and in captivity of giant aldabra and Galapagos torises raising up as high as they can, waiting for a bird to wander underneath them, and then dropping all of their weight on the bird to kill it and then eat it. This is not a freak occurrence, it's something these animals clearly know how to do, and on the other side of things crocodilians have been observed eating fallen fruit in the wild and captivity as well.

[@saevus2686]

I never knew tortoises were smart enough to do that

[@syweb2]

They have become Thwomps

[@lovelasnow]

You see you wrote fallen fruit but what I read was liquor

[@JeremyFinch42]

"The herbivore is actually an omnivore?!?!" "Always has been."

[@Marconel100]

theres not even a name for creatures that eat rocks.. but everyone does that too LOL

[@mozesmarcus6786]

@@Marconel100 There is a name: petrivore

[@whitealliance9540]

@@mozesmarcus6786 dæmonivores kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGjVm3h7oJykb68

[@7bup425]

Not an omnivore. An omnomnomivore.

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@Marconel100 there is, pica

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

"Humans weren't design to inspect, sell and love refigerators, but look at this guy!" *shows a salesman from somekind of regional ad* .... Well, Science has spoken, I can't argue against such compelling evidence

[@shinisaber]

........................................................... I LOVE refrigerator

[@dwaynebrice1697]

@@regiodeurse6513 I'm happy you said something

[@Clay50]

''salesman from some kind of regional add''?? are you new to the internet ?

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

@@Clay50 I spent a lot of years outside the video parts of the web due to a bad phone and internet package mixed with an even worse connectivity coverage on the city I went to college

[@cemint9268]

Mario Angel Medina well, in that case, it’s a well known video solely because he loves refrigerators

[@tommyfanzfloppydisk]

short answer : mostly for salt needing, when a butterfly lands on you , she's actually licking the salt in your skin sweat. every creature need salt and other minerals to properly function, and if your main diet is poor of it, you get it from other sources + no animal would starve to death to "stick to his diet" , if it's edible and you're hungry , you eat it.

[@tommyfanzfloppydisk]

@ ? Send me a study that proves this wrong, i'm not saying eating meat will be the main method, but it's a method that most creatures will adopt if they have no alternatives, like licking salt from rocks,etc.

[@s0cc451]

Yeah, kinda like Elephant, they sometime eat...uh google translate it as "salt earth".

[@RottenHeretic]

@ ???

[@switster7573]

Koalas will starve if they can't find any eucalyptus, even if there are more edible leaves in there reach

[@brourstupid6295]

@ yes it is true

[@DaVideoGameBeastr]

Tortoise owner: "Oh my god I didn't know tortoises could eat other animals!" They say as they feed it cuttlefish bone

[@b-17theflyingfortress]

In nature there is one rule: *"IF THAT THING GOT NUTRIENTS THEN IT'S FOOD."*

[@RavenFlight413]

Natures number one rule is, If you can eat it without dying, you win. AKA Goat logic.

[@lnmgl4203]

hey man, I get it. If that lump of atoms can be repurposed by your lump of atoms to make you an even bigger lump of atoms, might as well take a bite.

[@Throwabricktometonight]

Rabbit Looks at 💩 Also rabbit In my tummy you go

[@arjix8738]

So you are telling me that American food is not food? /s

[@wilkinlow]

Not if you're a panda or koala lol

[@blackstarafro2]

In the animal kingdom. Everything is food. Everyone laughed at the vegetarian episode on "the Simpsons" , when the classroom video said "if a cow had a chance it would eat you

[@bradkirchhoff8264]

Lol no it wouldnt….They arent going after meat. They go after the bone marrow that is rich in nutrients. They just have to get through the meat first. This isnt new. Its a well known natural event.

[@blackstarafro2]

@@bradkirchhoff8264 so it is still eating the meat. Because it is not spitting it out like tobacco chew.l 😆

[@juanausensi499]

@@bradkirchhoff8264 Meat, bone, fat... i don't feel it makes any difference. You kill and eat an animal because there is something in his body that you want in yours.

[@HauntingSpectre]

Brought a deer back, stripped it. Left the carcass in the back of the farm. The cows followed us the whole way and chowed on what we left behind.

[@blackstarafro2]

@@HauntingSpectre now if they could just do that to coyotes. 5 cows attack and start eating them.

[@withlessAsbestos]

That’s why my vegan neighbor was arrested for cannibalism.

[@SPARKLYDEATHCAT]

Damn you too?

[@zach11241]

She was just eating her... vegetables!

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

They just Enjoying Their Bloody Vegetable

[@infernalstryfe]

@@zach11241 If only she hid the wheelchairs better in her garden, she would've never been caught.

[@birbwatcher5677]

Vegetable are animals

[@gildedbear5355]

Something that I realized recently is that carnivory is kind of the default for animals. We don't need a complex gut for it, so we kind of all ready have the enzymatic machinery for it. Other animals have all of the nutrients required for making an animal (so it's a pretty perfect food source). In a way, herbivores have simply specialized into dealing with the defenses of plants.

[@namedrop721]

Yup

[@robertharris6092]

Its not a "default" because without animals that eat plants to turn them into energy all animals would eventualy die if they could only eat other animals.

[@kamikazekalamari]

@@robertharris6092 thanks for the reasonable response

[@qcthesxientist]

@@robertharris6092 Just wanted to point out that most photosynthesis on earth comes from photosynthetic plankton, not plants so your statement is kinda untrue as life can get energy without involving plants. Of course you could argue about how bacteria and algae works with everything but the "default" comment isn't bad.

[@robertharris6092]

@@qcthesxientist phytoplankton are plants...

[@ServantofBaal]

Hippos aren't actually herbivores. They are documented omnivores

[@serotonin.scavenger]

They're basically river pigs. Shoulda been named porcapotamus instead of hippopotamus smh

[@tycko4]

I just to call them murder horses.

[@joaogarcia6170]

Don't they just kill animals for the kicks ?

[@serotonin.scavenger]

@@joaogarcia6170 you're thinking about cats Hippos are merely territorial, and will attack virtually anything that enters their territory

[@victory8928]

Yep, they even eat other dead hippos especially the guts and belly of other hippos

[@lukefenig5029]

The though of a hord of tortoises eating my flesh is terrifying

[@yeethittter1285]

The thought of a deer entering my nest and chowin down on me is also terrifying

[@RotalHenricsson]

The chances of being devoured by a creep of tortoises are low. But they are never zero.

[@bradabar2012]

Like a slow motion zombie movie.

[@yuritrasimaco5201]

Yeah, that thumbnail is brutal enough to make a good death metal album cover, I would say

[@zakosist]

They want the bone rather than flesh, at least from what I got from this video. They may bite of your finger given the chance

[@TakesakaJinn]

I also learned that in Japan they had cases of giraffes in zoos munching om pigeons due to shortage of protein and minerals in their diets at the time. So the keepers had to add up supplements to meet the demands and thus feral pigeons were off the menu.

[@nahor88]

But... why? Pigeons are frikin PESTS. Let the giraffes help control their population... LOL.

[@dingus6073]

@@nahor88 Wild animals are frequently filled with parasites, and Giraffes are expensive to treat medically. It's just not cost effective.

[@Monchegorx]

How would an adult, healthy pigeon ever get caught by a giraffe?

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

@@nahor88 Zoos are not really know for providing their animals with the highest quality of life.

[@lionelhutz5137]

Pigeons are useless flying rats

[@sittingonmychair]

“Rabbits are basically walking granola bar” *dies of laughter*

[@w1975b]

except better

[@goatintuxedo2206]

not the one from Monty Python's Holy Grail.

[@simonschnedl]

​@@goatintuxedo2206 Granola bar on steroids

[@MultiNaruto900]

Carnivores: I eat meat! Herbivores: I eat plants! Omnivores: *I CONSUME.*

[@yeetman8077]

bear moment

[@raven4k998]

Feeds KFC to a Herbivore yummy what is this tofu? nope it's chicken lol

[@lunariousmoon]

Human moment

[@MiraiNoDame]

Bisexual momment

[@filenotfound.975]

More like: Carnivores: I eat meat! Herbivores: I eat plants! Omnivores: *I eat.*

[@schizophreniagaming1187]

Beastars' herbivores were not clean after all

[@noro329]

Louis wasn’t lying when he said that steak was delicious

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

& Rabbits have sharp claws. The show is not the best source of learning.

[@kingkazma3246]

Or Zootopia's

[@mojus2890]

@@lagopusvulpuz1571 stop lying. Anime is the premiere source of learning and education.

[@iputapipebombintoyourmailb6210]

@@mojus2890 maybe except that getting hit by truck or any vehicles will lead you to kingdom come deliverance world. in reality it bring you to somewhere better or worse XD

[@paulkuchnicki6404]

With this in mind, I honestly don’t see anything weird with the dinosaurs eating food that they’re not build to eat. Like a Triceratops feasting on a Raptor carcass, or a T Rex eating some magnolia flowers off a tree, the possibilities are endless!

[@smashbrosguyt915]

I can’t wait for a cricket to eat a live tarantula.

[@caniform-craze2080]

@@smashbrosguyt915 crickets will eat geckos

[@tavrosnitram1529]

@@smashbrosguyt915 sometimes mice will eat snakes, so im sure that has happened before too

[@smashbrosguyt915]

Tardigrades: *allow us to introduce our selves*

[@arcelay4764]

@@smashbrosguyt915 Ive seen crickets eat bigger stuff, when they are in high numbers they are pretty crazy.

[@gravito1573]

Back in my childhood, my grandpa used to feed the chickens with lil pieces of the chicken he would kill for the family lunch. I'd always asked him about that, he used to say it makes them tougher, but nothing I could remember clearly. And all of them were eating, they even ate little pieces of their mom.

[@boygenius538_8]

Chickens eat everything, they’re similar to pigs in that manner.

[@bradabar2012]

I saw a video of a deer eating a live bird, and in the comment section I had a long drawn out argument with a vegan that could not accept that herbivores do eat some meat, if only the insects that aren't fast enough to get off the grass that they're munching on. I explained that the deer's offspring drink milk from the mother, which has both animal proteins and fats in it, and its growth is accelerated by drinking milk. The vegan could not believe that herbivores are not vegans, his ideology could not make that leap. Lolz!

[@JanetStarChild]

Yeah, vegans are often their own worst enemy when promoting their lifestyle. There _is_ in fact very good reasons for modern humans to go vegan, ranging from animal altruism; to the environment and climate change; and even our own diet and overall health. But many vegans will instead opt for flawed and fallacious arguments like the dishonest assertion that humans are herbivores.

[@bradabar2012]

@@JanetStarChild Our teeth show that we're omnivores.

[@kashiogos]

@@JanetStarChild I feel like a lot more people would be open and accept veganism if vegans archknowledged that humans indeed evolved with a general omnivorous diet. Going vegan does have benefits, I can agree on that, but they shouldn't re-write our evolutionary history to fit an agenda. If someone cares about the lives of animals, that should be more than enough for them if they're sane people, rather than making things up that don't really line up with scientific evidence shown thus far in the last century of research on anthropologic history.

[@Rwy801998]

They aren't the brightest

[@arnigeir1597]

@@JanetStarChild Even just getting people to eat less meat or get their animal fats & proteins from eggs and milk would drastically reduce environmental impact and increase overall health. But that's not ideologically perfect enough, so that's rarely brought up.

[@ToaArcan]

"Herbivore" means less "Eats only plants" and more "Eats mostly plants, and anything else that doesn't run away fast enough." Also herbivores are generally way more aggressive than carnivores.

[@joatanpereira4272]

herbivore is more like "needs plants to survive"

[@Alizudo]

@@joatanpereira4272 Thank-you. Carnivores don't NEED plants, they only take advantage of them when they're available. A cow will _die_ if you try to only feed it meat.

[@acsound]

*Especially* HIPPOS.

[@ToaArcan]

@@acsound Hippos are amphibious roid-horses with teeth the size of swords, jaws that can crush skulls, and murderous intent. They can run faster than the best sprinters, swim as fast as boats, and bite crocodiles in half for kicks.

[@AishiCheemo]

@@ToaArcan heheheeh yeah.

[@michaelransom5841]

Anyone who owns rabbits and cats in the same house will know that rabbits are secretly ravenous carnivores if given the chance. Ours will try and chase the cats away from their food and steal it if we aren't watching.

[@soko4710]

if it is dry food that has grain in it, then that might be why it appeals to your rabbits.

[@cleanerben9636]

they might be craving the high salt content of catfood too

[@nobodyknowsforsure]

I fed a rabbit bacon once it massacred it without a second thought...

[@zakosist]

@@cleanerben9636 I know someone who had a rabbit that ate potato chips and it was like its favorite food (the rabbit is dead now), so I can believe that.

[@cleanerben9636]

@@zakosist .....did it make a nice stew at least?

[@rrtkddigimon0]

My greatuncle had a tortoise. When it was growing up, it snatched one of his fingers off. Decades later, it almost got my godmother's, too. They give it raw meat chunks from time to time. Still, my grangran always says "watch yourself around Tatá. It ate Augusto's finger." Like yeah, watchout. Tortoises eat meat.

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

That thing would be soup if it ate my finger. I'll eat that glorified speed bump back.

[@boygenius538_8]

@@cdogthehedgehog6923 tortoise is apparently delicious

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

@Aquarium Gravel No one has got to know except me and the tortoise.

[@Lenlon703]

Thank god the adult one I met wasn't psycho. I got bit too when I was feeding them but they immediately let go after realizing it wasn't food. I hope my two baby tortoises grow up be gentle.

[@PUNCHEDPUNCHEDPUNCHED]

Was it a snapping turtle?

[@AndyOddman]

Cat: "I bet I can beat you in a race around town?" Tortoise: "Sure thing pal, just one thing first. You seem to like licking those paws a lot. Can I try?"

[@bobertdankton4015]

Finger food for the soul

[@lnmgl4203]

while the rabbit was sleeping the turtle silently gnawed off the rabbit's knees, then used that energy to finish the race

[@atlf3357]

@@lnmgl4203 no one: The Brother’s Grimm remaking fables:

[@vbgvbg1133]

@@lnmgl4203 the rabbit, awoken by the pain, could neither scream nor run, for his neck was long gone from his body

[@metzillixochitl]

Still, the turtle looked at him, while chewin those sweet, sweet bunny features spoke: nutrients are nutriens bro

[@CrazyLinguiniLegs]

Plot twist: The animals getting eaten in the photos were all named “Herb”.

[@GoGojiraGo]

Sneaky loopholes.

[@schnoz2372]

lol

[@ChristopherJames1984]

Lol I laughed at this. Nice one, bro.

[@Handlename735]

Haha wow such an underrated comment according to me

[@romellologan5286]

Now That's funny

[@Dylan_Otto]

They should just rephrase these terms in elementary school science books and call them eating habits instead of strict diets. When I was in elementary, I started having suspicions about this when I realized my dogs eating fruits and veggies I gave them, and watched bears eating roots and fruits on Nat Geo.

[@sparemobius7430]

well, bears are omnivores so... yea, but true on the dog part.

[@murdamanspaulding6804]

@@sparemobius7430 dogs are omnivores too

[@sparemobius7430]

@@murdamanspaulding6804 huh, apparently it is in debate now, used to be classified (still is currently by a lot of people) in the carnivore family due to wolves and such, but research is suggesting that is possibly incorrect, neat. Bears however have always been classified (at least since I went to school way back when) omnivores, when we learned about them they were one of the main animals studied under that classification.

[@AwesomeYena]

@@murdamanspaulding6804 Factulative carnivores, dogs' teeth are too sharp to be an omnivore

[@jackhazardous4008]

They can gain nutrients from food they're not supposed to eat, it just causes malnutrition if you only feed them that. It's why vegan cats are so messed up.

[@IronSheepEngine]

"The plant eaters who live their lives as saintly little creatures..." *Shows the Cape Buffalo, widely regarded as one of the most dangerous animals on the African continent, and estimated to have gored, trampled, and killed over 200 people every year*

[@juanausensi499]

I'm pretty sure that was intentional

[@phoenix4977]

Whoosh?

[@Necromitzu1]

@Sahir Damani I don't think anyone would describe humans as saintly though, we're easily the most dangerous animals on the planet.

[@IronSheepEngine]

@Sahir Damani I'm pretty sure you're thinking about the American and European Bison. The Cape Buffalo is a whole different beast, considered the most dangerous of Africa's "big five" games and reported to have ambushed and attacked pursuers.

[@TheNameTag]

@@Necromitzu1 here I thought that award went to mosquitoes.

[@tru8637]

Humans: “We need to go Vegan to save the animals!” Herbivores: “Fine I’ll do it myself.”

[@gohonkyourself790]

@@kcdx that is objectively false.

[@youre.right.]

@@kcdx did you watch the video?

[@yashovardhansingh4115]

Well the difference is that animals aren’t farming species, producing methane , causing deforestation and pollution the oceans in order to eat meat the way humans are

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

@@kcdx raw meat is okay. consume its soul.

[@artix003]

@@yashovardhansingh4115 you'd never even have internet to show this opinion or the comforts of today if humans never learned to farm animals and support a large population to cause people to not worry about food and focus on technological advancement

[@Sarlasmancranmaji]

Not even herbivores can resist how good meat tastes

[@mpyb8176]

*Checkmate Vegan Teacher*

[@bobsbigboy_]

Cringe nerd

[@igotboredfkit]

Not even herbivores are vegan

[@Enforcer_WJDE]

Maye herbivores aren't herbivores to begin with. Nature works in mysterious ways, an animal would be stupid leaving a piece of meat that has a lot of nutritional value untouched. If it keeps them fed and going its good enough. Ok there is one animal species that has idiots who would do that....

[@viper-wy5wp]

Eat to survive, body needs nutrition

[@dalepeacock5323]

Ever watch a cow eat her own placenta (or another cow that happens to get to it first) after calving? Some say she does it so she has the calf's scent? Not all cows do it, but it's quite scene watching a cow try to eat one. Personally I think it's the blood with the salt that attract the cow. They love their salt!

[@findus3d]

I grow uåp on a cow farm and this has never happened there and I have never heard of it.. mgiht still be true tho i guess I knowwhat you just said happens to pig tho but didnt know about cows.

[@dragonlloux]

I think that most animals that give life birth feed on the placenta afterwards for a huge number of benefits, nutrition, cleaning (to avoid infection and reduce the smell that would attract predators)

[@zakosist]

I went at a school to learn about farming, and the cows do sometimes eat the placenta, sometimes not. But if they aren't interested enough to do it almost immediately after giving birth, they probably wont and you have to remove it, or it makes them sick.

[@FLBLUE777]

@Cornpop XD

[@godusopp487]

I’ve heard of cows eating snakes

[@RocketJo86]

This reminds me of the first time I have seen a "flesh-eating" deer in action. I went to a zoo with my parents when I was about ten or so. They had a large herd of fallow deer roaming around in an area you can walk through and enclosed in that area was the brown bear exhibit. You were allowed to feed the deer (with hay cobs from special feeding stations) and the bears (with meat jerky, also from special feeding stations) and because someone some time ago had trained one of the bears to do small tricks, people were crazy with feeding the bears. Me too. So I bought a number of meat jerky to feed to the bears, when one of the deers approached me. He gnawed on my jacket, bumped me with his head and did what he could to get my attention (and those of the other kids feeding the bears). After a while I turned around, presenting him a bit of the jerky and the deer (and only him, non of the females of the herd!) happily ate it away. When the other kids (human, not deer ;-) ) saw this, they started feeding him meat, too. He even got a bit of a reputation as a "flesh-eating" deer around where I live. And now, after I saw your video, things start to finally make sense. He is (or was, I doubt he still lifes) exspecially tame around spring time, when his antlers start growing. I even once read a story from a man from eastern europe (I think Bulgaria or Hungary). His grandfather had told him once around WW II they kept some chickens. But regularly the eggs went missing, so he (the grandpa) would stay up at night to "catch the damn fox or thief". It would've taken some days, but in the end he caught the "thief". It was the neighbour's horse. Somehow the horse managed to enter the coop and feast on the eggs. Not to mention our dog, who, when given the opportunity, would take apple and pumpkin over meat any time. I think there is something like a preferrence for diffrent kind of food (either because of taste and/or texture) even in animals, especially in domesticated ones. Would be rather weird if it's only a human thing to have (and preferrence for taste/ texture isn't the same as the strange eating philosophies humans adapt, these are more of a cultural thing. Than again, Orca's are distinguishable by their preferred prey and hunting method, as this is passed down from mother to calf. Which in a wide sense is a cultural thing, too ...)

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

I learned at a young age what herbivores and carnivores were, but I also learned that, because of my family's dogs also sometimes eating grass (and other plant based things from time to time) that carnivore wasn't an exclusivity but a primary. In other words, carnivores primarily eat meat but will eat plant based things too, but they cannot change from carnivore to herbivore (*Looks at vegens that try to force their dogs and/or cats on vegen diets*). So, one could conclude the opposite would (and is) possible. The odd one out appears to be omnivores. Thing is, omnivores are natures "not picky eaters", they can borderline eat anything put on their plate. Hogs, goats, and primates are the best examples of this group. And, yes, that includes humans. We can eat bones and even metals, we can even eat things other animals can't, like the product of coco beans (AKA, chocolate) and caffeine (It's literally a poison that we can consume and often do on a mass scale), and when someone suffers from an iron deficiency, they literally lack iron, as in the atom, AKA the *metal,* that their body needs. We even enjoy eating food with the chemicals from seed pods that are designed to make animals regret eating into them, minus birds because their bodies literally can't interact with those chemicals in that way.

[@Nick-md4mi]

this is a rare moment where I actually read a long comment fully

[@theanimemaouking4205]

Just to make sure, at the end, are you talking about chilli?

[@al145]

Cats are obligate carnivores, they only eat plants when they need fiber or have some kind of gastro upset. Generally. Dogs are less specific but still mostly carnivores, it's debatable but they should have primarily meat in their diet, but it's not as crucial as for cats.

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

@@al145 Oh, absolutely dogs are less specific, but if you put meat and a veggie, separate to one another, in front of a dog, the dog is way more likely to and eat the meat.

[@injunsun]

Nature's Recipe Sensitive Skin formula is Vegan. My dogs lived long, healthy lives on that. Vegan cat foods exist, but it is extremely difficult to get obligate carnivore diets just right, so those are prohibitively expensive. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try, just that we can't just experiment at home, and home all goes well.

[@vividvisionproductions8288]

The 1 dislike is an omnivore thinking he was special

[@thespiralgamer5374]

6 dislike from vegans who think humans shouldn’t be omnivores but herbivores

[@leoalphaproductions8642]

@@thespiralgamer5374 beat me to it!

[@Tatusiek_1]

@@thespiralgamer5374 even though the characteristics on humans is obvious we are hunter gatherers

[@italucenaz]

@@thespiralgamer5374 vegans are right about animal products consumption when it comes to environment though, you may disagree with the health or the ethics argument, but pecuary being very bad for the environment is undoubtedly true

[@cpenner7086]

@@italucenaz it is not that eating meat or being a vegan is the issue...it is the industry that destroy the environment. but since vegans don't focus on that but rather the meat part the issue is not addressed. if vegans were to "win" the major businesses would do anything for profit and being vegan would be very bad for the environment. we see this in farming practices. in the past farming was WAY more environmental friendly but as farming became more industrialized it became more hazardous to the environment. tldr: business, money focused, practices is what is bad to the environment NOT actually the act of eating meat.

[@XenonFlow08]

Deer: *YO WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO JEREMY?!?!* Deer: Jeremy died as he was… *FOOD.*

[@jstarkillah6502]

Why Jeremy lol there’s like over one million names lol now imma have nightmares about deers lol and skinning them alive lol 😂

[@borutouzumaki1730]

Ehhh

[@polyphome8748]

He needed them antlers to grow

[@al145]

Deer 1 would be more mad that he didnt get to the bones first during antler growth season. Gains matter more than homies in the deer world, that's just how it is. They might fight over does and jeremy's calcium in order to get MORE DOES

[@minecraftpiglinmattspoemsd2287]

Deer: *NOT JEREMY....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

[@coinwater8511]

Dogs are actually considered omnivores by most experts. A more developed small intestine allows them to digest plant matter more efficiently than their ancestors, the wolves. Some experts refute this, but it's generally thought to be true. Also cattle are INCREDIBLY efficient with their food. If I remember correctly they have a very good FCR. I'm taking another Animal Nutrition course next semester, my last one was last semester, so maybe I'm remembering wrong on that last part😂 overall loved the video!

[@syweb2]

What's FCR?

[@coinwater8511]

@@syweb2 Feed Conversion Ratio. In agriculture, it refers to how efficiently an animal can convert feed into the desired product. For example you can use it to figure out how much feed it would take to get one unit of a desired output, whether that output be muscle, wool, milk, ect. FCR might have not been the best way to say what I was trying to say earlier. I mostly meant that they can make use of the nutrients in forages and roughages (like grasses) very very efficiently. Almost nothing goes to wast in the Ruminant digestive system, which isn't true with the human body and many other monogastric animals without a highly developed cecum. We are unable to digest plant based materials nearly as effectively as cattle, so a lot of potential nutrients comes out as waste because we are unable to digest it. Again, I'm just a student. I might've gotten some details wrong here, but this is how I understand it 😊

[@CyanideOwl]

Dogs are more like hyper carnivores. Should eat, just like humans, about 70% of animal produce and then some fruit maybe vegetable. Dogs are thriving on raw meat. WEatch the documentary about how cats changed and so did their offspring when they started to get fed by canned food.

[@coinwater8511]

@@CyanideOwl which documentary? I'm interested to see it!

[@lasarousi]

Definitely don't do out.

[@danicaperkinson1960]

I remember my mom telling me to be careful when it came to letting the hens eat eggs that broke. If they did it too often and realized it was eggs, sometimes they'd start trying to eat their own eggs. It was weird

[@derekdrake8706]

"Just because a creature wasn't designed to do something, that doesn't mean it won't do that thing." *Humans:* Kek.

[@game-enjoyer13]

Our entire Human history is doing crazy shit, and inventing crazy shit, that we were never suppose to do as just another hairy ape species animal.

[@トーキ-g8v]

@@game-enjoyer13 evolution baby!

[@localman9063]

Just as a Toyota was never designed to fight wars and overthrow governments. Lol

[@anshelman]

@@localman9063 omg I'm dead 🤣

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@localman9063 The perfect analogy...

[@midgematic8659]

Knew this fact since I was a kid and was told by my mum that the reason our chickens ate broken eggs was to regain the calcium and nutrients they spent making it. All I really understood was that the hens loved some crushed up egg in their feeding tins every once in a while. When it comes down to it, animals will eat anything to continue living, circle of life bby 😊

[@targard.quantumfrack6854]

Chickens will eat anything tho

[@DocZo0b]

The emoji at the end kills me

[@goodnightmyprince6734]

@@targard.quantumfrack6854 even chickens

[@OncelerKidsAreCringe]

Imagine being gay

[@nanda._]

@@OncelerKidsAreCringe go back to your Fortnite

[@BoogalyTheGreat]

0:25 I like how the "saintly" herbivore pictured there is the african cape buffalo... one of the most dangerous wild animals in the world xD

[@xamislimelight8965]

So, i think its time to clear up what terms actually mean. Herbivore: their PRIMARY food source is plants

[@madisonatteberry9720]

That one guy; "I love refrigerators." They can contain at least two, maybe three, adult bodies, and keep them fresh until you are ready for the ritual to begin.

[@urriso7538]

*Munching on "food" from the fridge.* .....What?

[@laserman97k54]

Relatable af u rape the bodies during your rituals or before

[@madisonatteberry9720]

@@laserman97k54 That all depends on what the Blood moon spirit.

[@crowwn2178]

@@laserman97k54 finally some educated, informed, normal people I can talk to .

[@savagesock3598]

@@laserman97k54 why not both?

[@brayzaroo]

So what I’m getting is that for a herbivore… Grass: a minimum wage salary; small amount of nutrients over time and it’s frequent Meat: A bank heist; lots of nutrients at once for something you’re generally not supposed to do

[@verozety4040]

Yes only difference is you will get into trouble with the law when you rob a bank while a herbivore will not when eating meat. That’s unless there’s some secret herbivore society with laws against that and with police to enforce it.

[@Idothinkysaurus]

@@verozety4040 It's more of a comparison of effort vs. payoff. Eating meat is calorically better than eating plants, but meat is way harder to procure. You could eat a bazillion plants, a very low effort diet, or you could eat an antelope, but you have to be able to catch it. You could get a job, or you could rob a bank.

[@bigbiafra5288]

@@Idothinkysaurus more like getting a bond vs. Investing in the stock market.

[@pouncelygrin6699]

honestly yeah it is like that

[@TreeFreak]

Horses should ALWAYS be kept away from your chickens. The absolutely love peeps.

[@ArJayDM]

Bruh, I've always laughed when people say, "they can't eat human food". Like wtf is human food lmao, I understand if you're referring to candies and chocolates. But a hamburger is just ground beef. That's not human food, that's food lol. Obviously, certain foods aren't healthy for dogs but those same foods aren't healthy for humans either.

[@syweb2]

"Human food" is a flawed way of describing processed food, because things like burgers and such don't really have much nutritional value.

[@sadisticbadger1287]

telling your dog who wants a candy bar "no, it's not good for you because it's chocolate" then realizing that it's also not good for you either.

[@WireMosasaur]

small note that some foods that we can happily eat are toxic for dogs (onions, garlic, grapes, chocolate, etc.) so in the case of onion rings for example or anything with a lot of salt, that should definitely stay "human food" and not "dog food" lol (I agree with you I'm just putting it out there so people don't forget it)

[@124thDragoon]

@@syweb2 "lacking in nutritional value" isn't the same as "includes too many calories for the typical human lifestyle". A combination of ground beef, bread, cheese, lettuce, onion, tomato, and sauce is a hugely varied meal. A burger is completely different from a bag of chips, a shelf stable pastry, or a fist full of candy in terms of "processed food". Should the typical American eat more plant matter and less meat, if health is the goal? Sure. But a burger has a *ton* of nutritional value.

[@ratticusmaximus3710]

​@@sadisticbadger1287with the exception of darker chocolates [70% +] which have actually been shown to be good for you☝️🤓

[@erichvondonitz5325]

Somehow an anime actually thought me this, it was basic but in simplification, plants dont have enough nutrients or proteins for them so they eat other small animals such as birds, lizards and other small creatures

[@NoclafPain]

Which anime?

[@erichvondonitz5325]

@@NoclafPain Heaven's Animal Department I think was the name Its basically angels and gods creating and prototyping animals to be approved and send into Earth, pretty funny and educational

[@yuritrasimaco5201]

@@erichvondonitz5325 Man, that was so specific and great anime synopsis, no surprise animes/mangas are overcoming western nerd culture, it's so original!

[@phir9255]

That argument doesn't seem right to me because they may survive just eating plants and nothing more, I think it's just being opportunistic to eat something very tasty once in a while.

[@erichvondonitz5325]

@@phir9255 Again, its just a simplification of what they said. Its because they dont have access with certain nutrients based on their diet so they eat meat once in a while

[@GalaxyLimeBridge]

Uhm... "A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material for the main component of its diet." I honestly always thought most people caught that. The "main" part. Do people not look outside?

[@kiki-drawer2669]

Something I noticed is qlot of city people don't understand nature dosnt follow rules like that. I think alot of people would read that definition and not feel like they need to read further into it. Especially if they don't think thry will ever need that knowledge

[@GalaxyLimeBridge]

@@kiki-drawer2669 Good point.

[@Alizudo]

If I recall, something is a "carnivore" if its diet is over 65% meat. Then there's "hypercarnivores", animals whose diet is over 90% meat. Omnivores are animals that are 50/50 plant and meat, and *_MUST_* eat both to get a varied diet. Carnivores don't _have_ to eat plants, but it can still be a good survival strategy.

[@bbbbende]

​@Hunter frankie Pandas are designed specifically to eat bamboo, in fact they are so specialized towards this one task it is bringing them to extinction. Pandas aren't carnivores, neither are most of their ancestors. Bears and the likes are all omnivores, regularly feeding on berries and similar plant matter alongside fish, or occasionally terrestrial prey, which surprisingly tends to be on the lower end for most species. Bears like the polar bear are the ones breaking this habit, having specialized towards a carnivorous diet instead. To add further to pandas: They do sometimes eat meat, huting small rodents and similar animals as a negligible portion of their diet.

[@UmatsuObossa]

No, they do not look outside. The overwhelming majority of people are idiots who literally don't know ANYTHING outside of what little they retained in high school text books or propaganda they've gotten on TV. If you try to educate them, they ignore it because the TV didn't say it so it can't be correct. Look at how many people think the planet is able to run out of water.

[@Firedrake-SP]

This concept would be an interesting idea to add in Beastars. Louis would go ballistic if he knows about this.

[@lagopusvulpuz1571]

The writers doesn’t know much about animals. Rabbits have sharp claws, white & albino are two different things, most reptiles & birds have cloacas, etc. Leaving to the side that the breeding of certain species of animals it’s biologically impossible. Different species have different puzzles. Oh & in the second season he tasted meat from the Lion group & Louis loves it but his reaction before that it’s dumb. I stopped watched after that episode.

[@anchorthesun3438]

@@lagopusvulpuz1571 gotta sacrifice some stuff for the sake of story but still

[@crozraven]

Certain arcs will have "omnivorous" character, but choose meat for "tastier" reasons. Also I really love the sea creatures in the series. I think Beastars simplified some things to deliver a more dramatic story which is totally fine imo. I mean the author's intention is not an animal documentary but a humanistic drama with the skin of animal kingdom.

[@lnmgl4203]

to be fair, he did eat a rabbit

[@silvertheelf]

“Gentle herbivores” Deer: “there is no not-deer criptid, there is no skinwalkers, and there is no wendigo, there is only *BRUTAL DEER”*

[@richardhall1667]

Seriously man, please keep this up. The material is educational, hilarious, well edited, and original. New favorite channel.

[@cageybee7221]

Birds: *do everything possible to stay light even hollowing out their own bones* also Birds: *swallows rocks*

[@90maducc]

They don’t have teeth for crushing or grinding down food, so they swallow stones to help crush it. This is further aided by the gizzard, which is like a really muscular stomach, that usually contains stones that the bird has ingested. This helps the bird “chew” the food properly, thereby digesting it and extracting the nutrients. In fact, dinosaurs, specifically the vegetarian ones, had mouthparts similar to that of the birds of today, and had gizzards as well. Compare that to crocodiles, which are related to birds (both being descendants of dinosaurs), who also have gizzards, but are able to rip and tear flesh, due to presence of teeth.

[@cattleprodding]

@@90maducc Just like a bird, what he said flew over your head.

[@null-yp6gs]

@@90maducc this is a really informational comment but cagey was joking lol

[@90maducc]

@@cattleprodding I know. I was drunk last night so I had to do it to em.

[@90maducc]

@@null-yp6gs bump

[@boyinblue.]

I like how people just don't know this, sure it seems strange but there are times where meat (or plants if it's a carnivore) is eaten. Especially in times where the animals can't get the nutrients they need, and animals are not going to follow some strict rules we set up for them. Their are even parrots who consume mud for vitamins and minerals. But remember that they aren't evil, this shouldn't ruin deer or cows for you, they are just doing what they do.

[@blackroute1527]

Even starving humans will eat strange things...

[@emilypresleysee]

My boyfriend, a lifelong farm-boy and hunter, made fun of me and thought I was an absolute moron when I told him deer eat baby birds out of the nest. This is one of the videos I found to use as proof. Thank you 😏

[@panscout1976]

The only thing that keeps this channel from feeling like it has 1 million subs is the mic. Everything else is great.

[@WhoElseButZane]

I doubt it. It's not intolerable or anything. He's only been uploading for a year. Give it some time

[@Popebug]

@@WhoElseButZane wow, it's amazing that you know more about how that person experience sound than they do.

[@BobBob-eb4io]

I kinda like the mediocre mic it adds to the charm and it feels nastagic(to me) because it reminds me of KZbin's early days

[@jordanjoestar-turniptruck]

It is "budget" museum

[@WhoElseButZane]

@@jordanjoestar-turniptruck thank you

[@TheFanguy123]

you forgot to mention the weird fact that pandas did an uno reverse and evolve to eat bamboo mostly and abandon meat eating

[@taurusaquino2778]

No

[@genericpotato9502]

@Me what makes it even better is that pandas in theory can still digest properly meat, yet they prefer to keep the Bamboo diet. At this point they are just vibing, doing their own thing.

[@gregwasserman2635]

Better read more about pandas and their biology...

[@polyphome8748]

@@genericpotato9502 if doing their own thing is failing as a species then they are a master at it

[@genericpotato9502]

@@polyphome8748 Indeed

[@dvdbox360]

Why are herbivores eating meat? Herbivores: "we're hungry!"

[@devyonchavez3826]

I think it is common sense that animals will eats what they can if the situation arises, the "elementary rules" are based off of what they can digest.

[@hossdelgado626]

I'd say less what they can digest and more what they specialize in digesting. Given enough time, effort, and patience you can eat anything and... after 20 years... you'll finally see it on the other side probably. For sure, 100%. Trust me, I'm a McDonald's fry cook. When have we ever done anything wrong? (Disclosure. Not actually a McDonald's frycook)

[@nickc.1694]

Herbivores can digest meat just fine, just not for long periods like carns can.

[@ONYX_Maximus]

Did you know that even herbivorous dinosaurs sometimes ate meat like hadrosaurs ate crabs some ceratopsians ate corpses and the list goes on

[@limaoatmosferico2975]

Wow, I didn't knew that. Thanks for sharing

[@RayramAureanBlue]

Large dinosaurs like the brontosaurus are also believed to use gastroliths by swallowing stones whole.

[@joatanpereira4272]

@@limaoatmosferico2975 que limão bonito

[@ONYX_Maximus]

@@RayramAureanBlue yeah

[@Ame865]

It’s much less horrifying when you find out that there are many more carnivores that eat some type of plant

[@burnttoast26]

Vegans: "Noooo, eating meat is unnatural" Animals: "Haha meat go nom nom nom"

[@beardieblighter9905]

Why are there so many crusader pfps in this comment section? Lol

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

@@beardieblighter9905 Probably cause people are tired of being told they're immoral for eating.

[@predatorpool2986]

Made my day

[@SoftBoiledArt]

@@josiahhockenberry9846 makes sense, I also get specifically a KZbin crusader pfp everytime I'm bossed around...

[@capivara6094]

You don't know shit about veganism, do you?

[@mandiemoore3272]

I really enjoy your no fuss no muss way of delivering the facts. Most people need reality so sugar coated that the earth herself is going to become diabetic. Real is real even when the words make you uncomfortable.

[@riotbreaker3506]

We actually have fossilized records of herbivorous dinosaurs actively eating shellfish too.

[@jackochainsaw]

For the calcium. They had big bones, it had to come from somewhere.

[@melteddali8000]

I walk my cats outside in my backyard sometimes on a harness and half the time they just wanna gorge on grass. I jokingly refer to it as going to the salad bar

[@BLAQFiniks]

That's kinda worrisome, if they do it that often: most carnivorous eat plants while something's wrong with their health/lack of certain nutrients - animals are great homeopaths for themselves^^

[@lovelasnow]

You might want to take your cat in for a checkup, maybe change your cat food brand, This behaviour sometimes means that they have constipation or arasites

[@SuperMeethead]

I lost it laughing at "fun fact: there's no ten commandments for monkeys"

[@deadlight88]

Hmm. Return to Monke just got stronger...

[@jinron24]

I love it when someone actually understands what life is like whether human or animal!

[@organicleaf]

*animal or animal

[@ambiintro7110]

Yeah, before our horses got used to our cats milling about we had to keep the younger cats away because the horses would occasionally bite at them. They're friendly now, they chase each other around and i've even seen the cats riding the horses around, but when the cats were tiny and harmless, they weren't so eager to just let them stand nearby. Well, except my one cat, this longhair one, but he's been a vicious monster his whole life. We lost him two weeks into him living with us and found him at midnight eviscerating a fully grown raccoon while it was still fighting. Barely a fucking scratch on the guy. We need to warn guests to watch their step in the yard because he's so efficient at killing all the pests that he scatters their bodies around the yard like some sort of demented warlord, I think he farms pregnant rats for amusement because half of them are still fetuses

[@no-fy3rs]

Bro you're sure you didn't have some vicious dictator reincarnated as a cat?

[@ambiintro7110]

@@no-fy3rs I actually wanted to rename him Genghis because of the massive warpath he goes on daily

[@no-fy3rs]

@@ambiintro7110 now I want a petition to change your cat's name to Genghis!

[@Fantallana]

“Farms pregnant rats” is not a sentence I thought I’d hear today

[@davidcedeno7990]

I remembered that vegan gains was talking about killing off all predators and leaving the herbivores alive to create a vegan world and I would love to see his reaction to this video when ever he stops and think about what he says

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

Vegan Gains is an entertainer, he's not a real person and even if he was arguments like these are simple to end for the only reason that if animals have no predator the plants will evolve to become the new predators, other herbivores will adapt to the abundance of prey and become new predators alongside the plants, there will never be an existence that can eternally tip the balance of nature.

[@mariogiunta1989]

@@ThatBugBehindYou how in the world would plants evolve into predators

[@ThatBugBehindYou]

@@mariogiunta1989 They already have: plants that are designed to ensnare animals that walk past them so the animal dies and decays providing nutrients, all the plants that are designed to trap bugs and other small animals, as long as they get a method of intentionally keeping an alive animal somewhere and having it decay as direct fertilizer it has become a predator.

[@mariogiunta1989]

@@ThatBugBehindYou that would take millions of years for plants without any actual change to their environment.

[@koatam]

@@mariogiunta1989 Venus Fly Trap.

[@Gyeyej127]

Glad to see the growth recently, I’ve been subbed since around 100 and have been loving your content.

[@Rujewitblood]

It's beautiful how much wisdom there is in nature, even without thought. Creatures just doing what they are required to do without having to conceptualize it.

[@carlmauser1515]

Even when munching a bird, deer looking cute 😄

[@JanetStarChild]

Surprisingly true!

[@PussGreyPussMeng]

i even ate dog taste so good

[@lnmgl4203]

awwww, it's bambi and his rabbit frien- wait...bambi no!

[@sherwingonsalves8821]

Bambi eats Peter rabbit

[@joatanpereira4272]

@Sapo Grelhado chineses*

[@thecanadianfood]

You know honestly this is something I thought about for awhile. There really is nothing stopping herbivores from eating meat. Everything should technically be considered an omnivore.

[@SahnigReingeloetet]

There is a difference between herbivores occasionally eating meat, omnivores regularly eating both plants and meat and carnivores occasionally eating plants. Plants are incredibly difficult to digest and eating an entire animal requires drastic adaptations to break down all the fat (you‘d probably die if you ate the liver of a carnivore). It‘s not the same if you only eat meat from time to time or if it‘s an essential component of your diet. It all comes down to adaptation of the gut and jaw as well as eating habits.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

@@SahnigReingeloetet I remember reading that eating the liver of a polar bear can kill you because of how concentrated in nutrients it is or something like that.

[@pharoahcaraboo9610]

@@joshuaortiz2031 things travel UP through the food chain- we dont eat carnivores for the most part because eating carnivore meat is more dangerous. sure, a chicken could have worms, but if you shot a coyote which has been munching on your chickens plus other animals, and decide to eat it, that coyote is gonna have all the nast from everything its eaten.

[@joatanpereira4272]

@@joshuaortiz2031 Hypervitaminosis A. Liver is extremely rich in vitamin A, and polar bears have an exceptional one, because of their diet. So, ironically, eating too much liver causes liver damage.

[@joatanpereira4272]

@@SahnigReingeloetet exactly. though herbivores can eat meat, since their body is adapted to plants, they need plants to survive. this necessity seems to be what better defines animals diets.

[@young5395]

This is one of the most educational things I've seen since highschool.

[@Magdalenasfears]

My ex had a dwarf hamster that had babies and thought one baby was dead. I told him if it was the mother would eat it. He didn't believe me until he couldn't find the baby. He was so disturbed and wanted to know why I knew that she'd do that. I told him there's 2 reasons. One, they're prey animals. You can't have a rotting carcass in the nest to attract predators. Two, protein to feed the other babies.

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

Hamsters are opportunistic omnivores,also they have some omnivore characteristics like moderately sharp molars or sharp incisors that can also act as canines because all rodents lack canine teeth

[@dylangeltzeiler946]

Well, I have seen a David Attenborough Documentary called “Living Planet” about Islands. 1 animal in particular is the Aldabra Tortoise that is a herbivore, but they’re sometimes known to supplement their diet when food is scares. Like feeding on the carcasses of one of their dead companions to help keep the living members active at certain times.

[@iamstickfigure]

There's something oddly charming and hilarious about the random out-of-place refrigerator guy reference. Lol. Loved it

[@naffal1538]

"we should be vegans, animals are herbivores and they're well and alive!" meanwhile herbivores:

[@thaddeuscheeleyjr.369]

Also most animals don't live that long partly because their meals aren't consistent and they lack a high deal of nutrients. So if you want to live as long as a deer usually does, be my guest.

[@codguy12]

Feeding a cow meat will only put the cow in greater health risk so your point is stupid and wrong. Cows can eat meat but doesn't mean there is consequence. A dog can eat berries but there will be a chance the dog develop kidney issues.

[@peronafanman]

@@codguy12Did you just contradict yourself? "Feeding a cow meat will put the cow at a greater health risk, Cows can eat meat but that doesn't mean there is a consequence"

[@codguy12]

@@peronafanman cows can eat meat because they have a jaw and teeth but can they digest the meat properly? I don't think so. Cows has the ability to eat meat the same as man has the ability to fly( using aircraft)

[@peronafanman]

@@codguy12 Cows can eat and feeding a cow meat literally mean the same thing, the cow is consuming a piece of meat. Which is why I was confused when you said that feeding a cow meat will put them at a greater health risk while also saying that a cow can eat meat with no consequences.

[@toomuchsugarush7821]

I appreciate how you listed down all your references. It really meant you searched a lot for this subject. Thank you so much! Keep up the good work!

[@thingamajiggah3126]

“I love Refrigerators.” Dead 💀

[@noahjahnsen7841]

Vegans: People should eat like a rabbit! Rabbits: (Laughs in eating their own children because they got scared)

[@DarthVader-ch4um]

lol

[@kingexplosionmurderfuckoff9376]

Who ha severe said that?

[@codguy12]

If by that logic so is it okay to cannibalize our own kind then I'm eating my nephews for dinner.

[@asiansimp]

bruh my pet rabbit literally kicked its own child to death and chomped it

[@peronafanman]

@@codguy12 He never said that though, where did you get that logic from?

[@ozaru90]

The part about Hippos is slightly off. Each of the pictures shown were just them doing what they do - hyper-aggressively defending their territory. They have not been, to my understanding, recorded or seen eating other animals. They DO however, indiscriminately kill anything that somehow manages to ruffle their extremely short temper. Crocodiles are a kill on sight kind of situation, and a gazelle (or antelope?) was killed by a hippo when it tried to cross the water to get away from an actual predator. Hippo didn't eat it, just killed it.

[@limpa756]

They simply just don’t want any problems and seek the fastest solution to get back to their way of life. I’ve seen that video and the hippo is clearly getting pissed off at the predators licking their lips just across from him. It’s like if a group of stoners are being dickheads out my front, I don’t want conflict but it’s my front and they’re being disruptive so I’ll get it over with

[@sourcesymbiosismetamorphis2228]

@@limpa756 usually get my broomstick for those pesky stoners in my front gets the job done quick.

[@caniform-craze2080]

There are videos of hippos eating various antleopes and zebras. As for crocodiles, they actually coexist with not much problems, they still mess with each other at times.

[@pip5188]

4:38 They really unironically taught us the food pyramid in school what a strange thing looking back

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

I didn't know that. It's always nice to learn something new about the animal kingdom.

[@seretith3513]

Let that Sink in: If you don't feed your Rabbit Siblings they'll commit Incest to breed their own Food.😂 Damn that Dark Humor.

[@bettyboop4260]

Yes,,, I didnt know cow and deer eat meat....

[@snikrdoodls14]

With the way my tortoise tries to bite at my dogs' legs like he's chomping down on a chicken drumstick, he'd eat me in a heartbeat and my dogs would join him. No joke, my tortoise rips out worms from the garden, and one of my dogs got into the habit of eating bird poop for a few years before stopping as quickly as she started. And none of my animals are ever truly starving, as all of them eat more than recommended just because they are hungry despite getting all the nutrients they need. Just like he said in the video, animals can't comprehend the idea of their next meal being certain, so just imagine being in that situation and their actions make far more sense. Hunger is a scarily overbearing motivator for actions us humans would class as immoral. In other words my tortoise doesn't care if I die tomorrow, but my dogs would be upset before tucking into my rib cage and thank me for the nice meal.

[@mv2e19]

What kind of tortoise do you have? Depending on the species, you should do your best to highly discourage eating insects by offering a wide variety of other foods. Tortoises need a high fiber, low protein diet. As for the poop eating, I believe that is for calcium. Sounds like you need to get some cuttle bones or calcium powder

[@snikrdoodls14]

@@mv2e19 Thank you for the info. I have a Hermann tortoises, I looked into his habit of trying to eat poop and insects and found it as you said for a need of calcium. I do give him calcium and even cuttlefish bones on occasion and he gets a good variety of greens and such. I genuinely think it is because he is naturally greedy as he eats more than the recommended once a day and is very active in general, especially when the weathers good. Aswell as having a good light source. My only concern is despite my attempts to tell my family otherwise, they will not allow me to change his substrate from these horrible beach chips which I know are a serious health hazard. It keeps me up at night to be honest. As their excuses are "He's had the, for years and he's fine' and "he likes it" and "They don't want dirt in the house". It infuriates me to no end. I really don't know what to do at this point. I honestly plan on just changing it behind their back as this has been going on for years.

[@kaloarepo288]

Dogs probably got domesticated by humans probably because wild dogs or wolves used to hang around early human campsites in order to feast on human excrement!Dogs love human excrement.

[@mv2e19]

@@snikrdoodls14 glad to hear he's getting the calcium he needs! It could also be a thing where he's not processing calcium correctly. What kind of UV lighting do you have? Also foods like spinach should be avoided because they prevent calcium absorption. I understand that. I really want to build a bigger enclosure, including an outdoor enclosure (my current indoor tortoise table is 5x2.5 ft). However, I'm in college so I still live at home, and my dad is against the idea... So I get your frustration. You should most definitely change out his substrate if it's been there for years. I use Coco coir and my tortoise seems to love it. The only downside is that you need to keep it hydrated, otherwise it dries out and gets dusty. You could also use orchid bark if you need substrate that's less dusty/dirty Also the "he doesn't want dirt in the house" argument is ridiculous. Tortoises love digging/burrowing!

[@snikrdoodls14]

@@mv2e19 Thanks for the reply, he has both UVA and UVB. I already have some substrate that I plan on trying next but it will definitely lead to some more arguments. I've heard of Coco coir but considering my horrible memory, keeping it hydrated would be a challenge. The substrate itself has been changed many times over the years so it isn't as bad as it sounds, but still not ideal. Luckily he does seem to be absorbing calcium very well as he is as strong as ever and his shell is nice and round. I'll definitely get back to you if I succeed in my plans. Wish me luck!:)

[@PlanetZoidstar]

"Food is food!" - The Budget Museum, 2021

[@phir9255]

makes no sense with no context

[@mightychroniclesuraniusvol6449]

"Prey has become predator, predator has become prey! And the hoof finally trumps the claw!" - Kazar (Walt Disney's The Wild)

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

Same reasons carnivores can eat plants or fungi. Turns out very little species are 100% carnivore or 100% herbivore. Dietary change can be environmentally induced, which may change the diet to include more of either plants or meat. Just take pandas as an example. Pandas are bears. They are part of the carnivore clade, and yet, their diet consists almost exclusively of bamboo, which makes this technically carnivorous species herbivorous.

[@Tokmurok]

Yeah what we consider a carnivore, classified specifically as a super carnivore is still only 80%+ meat diet.

[@nickolasphillips3776]

@@therewasoldcringe yeah animals have such a diverse diet that we don't understand then you get soy boy and girls giving animals plant diets and causing their pets to become malnourished

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

@@therewasoldcringe I think it was the Neanderthals who were leaning carnivorous. Modern humans, as far as I know, have always leaned herbivorous.

[@brentmatthewc.hipolito4358]

Oh now I need to find more about this. This was interesting. It both scarred and fascinated me how you showed a picture of a rabbit with the caption "Basically a walking Granola Bar". I had to question my sense of humor after laughing so hard.

[@lunsuko_chan168]

3:47 Bambie got mad at thumper and had to show his dominance

[@xxMomentForLifexx]

I'm in training to become a nutritionist for dogs and cats and I love this video from start to finish!

[@Fede_99]

0:47 oh no Bambi what are you doing

[@shan3622]

Vegans: Why won't every one be Vegan like the animals? The Animals:

[@anangelsarrow556]

Being vegan is much more then just eating meat my friend..

[@firespawnie537]

@@anangelsarrow556 True, it's also very weird for so many reasons.

[@Vulpolox]

@@firespawnie537 - Why is that?

[@Mothobius]

@@Vulpolox because people won't even eat cheese or eggs. Which are not part of an animal.

[@Vulpolox]

@@Mothobius - No why is that weird?

[@dweemiesdarkmount]

Vegans: we should be more like herbivores and just eat veges. Herbivores:

[@Freakyjohnsson1]

I mean veganism is more of a moral stance. But there are also health benefits to eating a only plant-based diet. + environmental benefits.

[@rillthing]

@@Freakyjohnsson1 "health benefits" that's why so many of them quit and go back to eating animal products

[@Freakyjohnsson1]

@@rillthing "so many" great source. Also most people eat like shit. Health benefits from a plant-based diet are lower risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, obesity, type 2 diabetes. You will also have lower inflammation. I've been vegan for a year now, lifting, working a physical job, and I'm really healthy, I know it's anecdotal, but so is your evidence.

[@rillthing]

@@Freakyjohnsson1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnvRgY2dga17jbM kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2i6o6xqpdWsrbM there are no health benefits of eating man-made fruits and vegetables. do yourself a favor and leave this slave death cult.

[@Freakyjohnsson1]

@@rillthing ​ Did you seriously link me youtube videos? Lol, do you get your science from youtube? The american dietetic association which is the largest and most prestgious orgranisation when it comes to diet and such. They say that a vegan diet is healthy for all stages of life and they also said all those good things about switching to a plant-based diet like I said. Also the videos you linked are not science, they are anecdotal evidence again. Science is against you. :)

[@juandacharroninja]

"Don't kid yourself Jimmy, if a cow ever got the chance he'd eat you and everyone you cared about!"