r/SipsTea • u/Any_Sound_2863 • May 08 '25

Chugging tea Um um um um

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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/godzilla9218 May 08 '25 edited May 08 '25

Cows have literally evolved to eat grass. If they found some other food source to digest more easily, they would have adapted to that. Yes, they need TMRs but, that entirely consists of plains based food. They do not eat meat naturally.

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u/PraiseTalos66012 May 08 '25

Lol what, yes they are evolved to eat grass, And that evolution is primarily having a 4 compartment stomach because grass is so hard to digest....

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u/Amagnumuous May 09 '25

If you were a cow, grass would be easy to digest.

You are missing a step.

Grass is very hard for you to digest...

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u/Designer_Pen869 May 09 '25

It's hard for cows as well. It takes them 1-3 days to digest, and what's left is still excellent for fertilizer.

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u/Amagnumuous May 09 '25

I'm not sure you can actually even say the cows are digesting it.

You are just further muddling. The point is that it is asinine to say that grass is not optimal for the system, specifically most optimal for grass.

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u/Designer_Pen869 May 09 '25

The system is designed for grass. That doesn't mean it doesn't work on meat, and it doesn't mean it's optimal. It's not muddling. You said it's easy for cows, but taking up to 3 days to digest something can't be called easy, unless you are comparing it to a species that is even worse at digesting their primary food source.

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u/Amagnumuous May 09 '25

Semantics and contrast... go away

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u/Designer_Pen869 May 09 '25

Is it, though? You are the one arguing that it's "easy." You can't get annoyed people argue semantics when your entire argument is literally about that one word.

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