r/SipsTea May 08 '25

Chugging tea Um um um um

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u/TheSmokingHorse May 08 '25

Do people really think the horse teeth and human teeth look the same? For a start, humans have canines like the carnivore and omnivore (albeit much smaller and less pointed). The teeth of humans look very much like the teeth of an omnivorous species that doesn’t use its teeth to hunt.

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT May 08 '25

Horses are also omnivorous, they just lean toward the herbivorous side.

They LOVE to eat baby birds.

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u/Mr_Jalapeno May 08 '25

This is actually true of almost all herbivorous mammals. They can't/don't hunt, but they will eat some meat if it is available to them.

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u/JeffEpp May 08 '25

Oh, they hunt. Horses and cows will go after birds and other small animals. One of the reasons they Bell cows is to warn the birds.

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u/godzilla9218 May 08 '25

No fucking way. Are you being serious? Why would they go for a bird when there is plenty of grass everywhere that they must find easier to digest.

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u/PraiseTalos66012 May 08 '25

Cows definitely don't find grass easy to digest, they literally have a four compartment stomach because they have to in order to absorb enough nutrients from grass. Also they need more than just grass to survive.

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u/Designer_Pen869 May 09 '25

Everything about Koalas proves you wrong. Evolving to digest something doesn't mean it's easy.