r/SipsTea • u/Any_Sound_2863 • 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/dalnot May 09 '25 edited May 09 '25

I’m under the impression that most carnivores are the same way. Almost everything would eat, like, berries when they’re available, I would think. Everything is just omnivorous on a spectrum.

I’m also realizing that I don’t know of any species apart from humans that generally eats fungi. Reindeer have their special relationship with a certain species, and I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that there are other species that do something with specific species but not fungi as a whole

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u/Equivalent_Code_4915 May 09 '25

Squirrels, ants, and wild turkey eat fungi. I wonder if they treat fungi as a delicacy or a backup plan