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There is a spectrum that runs from pure carnivore to pure herbivore, and the only honest question is where humans land on it.
At one end sits the obligate carnivore. The domestic cat. It cannot make certain nutrients itself and will go blind and die without meat. No flexibility, no debate, no salad days.
Next, the facultative carnivore. The dog, descended from the wolf. Built to run on meat, equipped to scrape by on scraps when meat is short. It thrives on animal food and merely survives on the rest.
Then the true omnivore. The bear, the pig, the raccoon. Equipped for both, with the gut and the chemistry to swing between a forest of berries and a stream of fish and do well on either.
Then the herbivore. The cow, the horse, the gorilla. A vast fermenting system for turning leaves into life, and little interest in anything else.
Now place the human. Stomach acid like a scavenger. A gut too short to ferment bulk plants. A hard requirement for vitamin B12, which only animals supply. A brain that demands animal fat to build itself. We tolerate plants. We are optimised for animals.
Place us on that line and we land beside the dog. Built for meat, getting by on the rest, looking faintly embarrassed about the company.
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