• Zacryon@feddit.org
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    9 hours ago

    Just a little nitpick: vegans are omnivores too. Afaik, being omnivorous describes the biological ability to digest plant matter and meat. Voluntarily restricting ones diet for whatever reason does not remove this ability.

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      6 hours ago

      Carnivores can digest plant matter too, and herbivores can digest meat.

      Omnivore is a behavioural classification mostly. It means an animal (or person) that eats both plants and animals for energy.

      So vegans are herbivores in practice, even though as a species humans are practicing omnivores.