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Originally Posted by Martian
The human body is designed in such a way so as to require amino acids that are very difficult to acquire from plants. We are herbivores, whether we were designed as such by an intelligent higher power or we simply evolved into it. And frankly, if it's a question of a fish's well-being over that of a human, I'll kill a thousand fish for one man.
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I don't think 'herbivore' is the word you're looking for, Martian.
Omnivores - meat and plants. That's us. Don't put big words into PETA's mouths!
I used to date a vet for a little while, and on the subject of what we're designed to eat, of course she'd done comparative anatomy. She used to say that when her vegetarian friends would come out with, "But we're only designed to be vegetarians," she could immediately tell them what general features herbivores have, what general features carnivores have, and what features omnivores have, and deduce from that that we're omnivores.