6/23/2003: Bloody antler trade

[juju]

Originally posted by quzah
So, the theory here is that eating veggies makes you stupid and lazy, right? Ok, so about those meat-only animals, they all should be incredibly smart right? No? You mean they eat shit too? Gee, so much for your stunning revelation.

I never said anything about stupid and lazy, I said gorillas don't have very much energy because of the food they eat. Of course, that's because they <i>only</i> eat leaves. They eat their feces because the leaves are so hard to digest that they have to eat it several times to finish getting all the nutrients out of it.

Chimpanzees eat fruit and bugs (and sometimes hunt monkeys), and they're really hyper. So, I suppose a more varied vegetarian diet would be okay, but I was stretching the point for humor's sake.

Originally posted by quzah
For example, wolves, not being unlike your common household dog, also tend to eat shit. Guess what? They're considered carnivores.

Yeah, but what you don't say is that they only eat it if food is in short supply. That's what I'm saying. Animals who can't get sufficient nutrients from their normal diet find other ways to supplement it. How about just having a decent diet in the first place?