Comment on Don't forget where we came from and what shaped us as a species. The Jungle.

• Teppichbrand@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Please fact check before posting, this is scientificaly inaccurate. Yeah they might eat a bug or two, but gorillas normally don’t eat other mammals.

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Please fact check before posting

    That’s literally what I just did with this comment.

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    • Teppichbrand@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Your source:

      In addition to consuming a lot of plant matter, gorillas occasionally consume insects. Gorillas are not considered carnivores in the wild, despite the fact that they may consume meat when it is served to them in zoos. Although officially omnivores, gorillas primarily consume plants, including leaves, stems, bark, flowers, and fruits. They occasionally consume tiny vertebrates and insects as well.

      If all of humanity started to “occasionally consume tiny vertebrates and insects” while “primarily consuming plants” by tomorrow we’d be way better off. Do you agree?

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      • remon@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yes, I’ve read my source. What it says is that Gorillas are NOT purley vegan (which was your statement) while not contradicting anything I said.

        Also a lot of grazing herbivours, cows and buffaloes will occational eat small vertabrets. So not being considered “carnivores in the wild” doesn’t realy mean anyhing. You don’t need to be carnivore (or even an omnivore) to not have a “purley vegan” diet.

        Which of course makes sense, because animals are opportunistic, not idealistic.

        If all of humanity started to “occasionally consume tiny vertebrates and insects” while “primarily consuming plants” by tomorrow, which we could, we’d be way better off. Do you agree?

        I certainly wouldn’t, but that wasn’t really the point.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Would it be to say its a herbivore rather than vegan?

    Then again, pretty sure most vegans end up eating a few bugs. Would a gorilla choose to eat mouse if presented with one?

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    • Teppichbrand@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah, this is just a vegan meme. Gorillas sometimes eat a bug or two, and they have been seen eating small animals, but it’s not their usual diet. Look it up, they eat up to 30 kg of plant stuff a day. That’s petty impressive.

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