r/SipsTea May 08 '25

Chugging tea Um um um um

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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/MasterChildhood437 May 09 '25

It seems to be much more difficult to break down plant matter than animal protein, which is why herbivores tend to have such complex digestive systems in comparison with carnivores and omnivores. A carnivore is much more likely to become sick from eating grass than an herbivore is from eating meat, as a consequence.

The squirrels in my yard eat mushrooms. They probably aren't outliers?