• remon@ani.social
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    3 hours ago

    Well, the first bullshit here is the word “purely”. While they indeed have a mainly vegan diet, they also opportunistically consume insects and even small mammals.

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      2 hours 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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        Please fact check before posting

        That’s literally here to fact check you, but ok.

        https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/what-do-gorillas-eat-and-other-gorilla-facts

        however, also have an appetite for termites and ants, and break open termite nests to eat the larvae.

        That’s not quite “a bug or two”.

        https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2828480/

        the gorilla population investigated (for which very little observational data are as yet available) may occasionally consume small vertebrates.

        https://kabiragorillasafaris.com/do-gorillas-eat-meat

        They occasionally consume tiny vertebrates and insects as well.

        Next time, check yourself.

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          32 minutes 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, which we could, we’d be way better off. Do you agree?

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            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.

            Even grazing herbivours, (cows, buffaloes) will occational eat small vertabrets. So not being considered “carnivores in the wild” doesn’t really 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.