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

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MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeah but they cry like babies when you call them carnists

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- Glemek@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Who does?
  
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auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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- LwL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Many herbivore species are also opporturnistic omnivores, so it could be argued just as much that it’s about biological specialization.
  
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v4ld1z@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Fair enough

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