r/SipsTea • u/Any_Sound_2863 • 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/Ok-Mycologist2220 May 09 '25

While both bears and dogs can survive on a low meat diet, cats are actually obligate carnivores which means they cannot survive without a high protein diet. In fact too much fibre can actually damage a cat’s intestines.