I (a carnivore) am sitting here on my porch, watching my horses (herbivores) eat their breakfast. As I wait, I read all of your interesting, informative and quite entertaining comments! I eat meat. There, I said it. It's out in the open. I however do not care for the way animals are commercially slaughtered, and I do not hunt or fish. I eat meat as long as someone else kills it. That makes me a Meat-Hypocrite (I love that term!) I need meat in my diet.
A great yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda, once said that the way to tell if a mammal is a carnivore, omnivore (meat and plants) or herbivore is by the length of its digestive tract. The longest digestive tracts are found in herbivores because they need the extra length to provide the extra time needed to digest the fiber in plant materials. Carnivores have shorter digestive tracks because less time is required to digest meat proteins. Dentition also plays a factor. Humans have teeth designed to tear meat as well as to grind plant fiber. That makes us omnivores.
God gave us free choice to decide to eat as we wish because he loves us and wants us to be happy!
I (a carnivore) am sitting here on my porch, watching my horses (herbivores) eat their breakfast. As I wait, I read all of your interesting, informative and quite entertaining comments! I eat meat. There, I said it. It's out in the open. I however do not care for the way animals are commercially slaughtered, and I do not hunt or fish. I eat meat as long as someone else kills it. That makes me a Meat-Hypocrite (I love that term!) I need meat in my diet.
A great yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda, once said that the way to tell if a mammal is a carnivore, omnivore (meat and plants) or herbivore is by the length of its digestive tract. The longest digestive tracts are found in herbivores because they need the extra length to provide the extra time needed to digest the fiber in plant materials. Carnivores have shorter digestive tracks because less time is required to digest meat proteins. Dentition also plays a factor. Humans have teeth designed to tear meat as well as to grind plant fiber. That makes us omnivores.
God gave us free choice to decide to eat as we wish because he loves us and wants us to be happy!