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 Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:52 pm
OK, I'll kick it off with my opinion. I believe we are omnivores, like bears. We have always eaten opportunistically. Today the bushmen of Southern Africa eat roots, fruits when in season, meat when the men can bring something down, and honey when it can be found.
Our intestines are not short like a carnivores -- short so the meat can be digested but not spoil. Strictly vegetarian animals like the horse have incredibly long intestines, as the vegitation they eat is hard to digest, and needs all the various stomaches (cows), pouches and so forth to get the nutrients.
Bears and humans (and I suppose other animals) have a mid length intestine, as they evolved to eat both meat and vegetables. They cannot digest the leaves and so forth that gorillas, giraffs and elephants (for a few) can eat, nor the grasses and hay that cows and horses eat. And we cannot live on meat alone, as it does not provide all the nutrients we need.
Another omnivore is the pig, which is an opportunistic eater.
We can, however, with knowlege, become vegetarians if we select carefully what we eat so we get the proteins provided by meat.
So, what do you think we are by nature? And what can we become if we so choose?
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:14 pm
Humans are Omnivores
we once needed both
to survive and get our
nutritional values
Proteins fats and cholesterols
from meats and such
and Vitamins and fiber and of course
our lovely plant sugars
from well duh plants
but in modern society
we are no longer hunter gatherers
and with all the suppliments, enriched
and geneticly modified foods
we no longer need meat and
animal products to get our
proteins cholesterol and fat
meat and animal products have
become a luxury that should
only be eaten occasionally
most vegetarians and vegans
dont eat meat for either
health reasons or to boycott
factory farming which has
dominated the food market
when an animal has to be locked up
in a cage instead of out in the wild grazing
I feel that humans have then lost the privelage
and the need to hunt and eat them
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:00 pm
Omnivores, of course. biggrin
Just because they're vegetarian doesn't mean they're not omnivores. Being an omnivore tells you what you CAN eat, not what you HAVE to eat.
Oh, and what about insectivores??? Humans can be insectivores too... It's just nowadays no one wants to eat bugs, really. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:30 pm
We are omnivores, silly. We can eat both meat and fruits/vegetables.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:34 am
Omnivores. We have both incisors for meat and molars for plants. So... yeah.
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Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:35 pm
A recent study from scientists say that humans are omnivores. Just wanted to remind you. cool
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:15 pm
heart &hearts heart Omnivores!
Even people who choose to become vegetarians, even vegan, are still omnivores, because they're bodies still need the proteins proteins and vitamins only found in meat. 3nodding heart &hearts heart
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:36 pm
Yoroko-chan heart &hearts heart Omnivores!
Even people who choose to become vegetarians, even vegan, are still omnivores, because they're bodies still need the proteins proteins and vitamins only found in meat. 3nodding heart &hearts heart
they dont "need"
the proteins found in meat
a person can live
a perfectly healthy vegetarian
or even Vegan lifestyle
our body however is built
and perfectly capable
of breaking down and digesting
meat proteins...
making us omnivores
but we do not "need" them
other foods still have
Amino acids and proteins
not just meat
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:14 pm
Omnivores, baby! Most Human eat veggitation and meat. I eat both. But sometimes Human can be complete Vegans(like my aunty and cousin in Chicago) or just eat flesh.
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:17 pm
Well, obviously humans are omnivores not herbivores. But given a wide enough variety of foods, we can function quite well as vegetarians. The same cannot be said about functioning as carnivores whee
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:14 am
Hmm, well naturally, we're Omnivores, but unlike our ancestors, we have a choice, in what we become. You can choose to eat the flesh of slain animals, to get what you need, or you can simply take a few pills, while you eat the fruit of the land. Our hunting in past, was based on need, now it is simply based on desire.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:14 pm
heart Omnivores! I don't think we can't live without greens. I wonder if anyone has done a study on that? Hmm. Isn't that weird we can live without meat and not without greens! heart
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