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	evilsqueakers 2007-07-05 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	I just...we're not omnivores now? When did this happen? Because my canines beg to differ. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	marciamarcia 2007-07-05 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	My canines just beg for steak. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2007-07-05 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Mine don't beg. I just offer up meat willingly. Keeps them nice and easy to manage. Nothing like being in a deep sleep and waking up to them talking noisily amongst themselves. Good thing my other teeth don't talk. Because I've had to pull a couple molars in the back, and you know I'd be bitched out for making Roger and Mimi go away. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mindset 2007-07-05 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	Mine too. And cheese, and fish, and pizza... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	julian_black 2007-07-05 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	My canines tell me that we must keep the pig population down lest our tasty Porcine Overlords gain dominance. [nods] (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rimrunner 2007-07-06 02:02 am UTC (link)
	Mine would like some beef carpaccio plz. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	threegoldfish 2007-07-05 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently in Veganlogic molars trump anything pointy like canines. Me, I'm like, explain the appendix, bitches! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2007-07-05 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	I wish someone would smack those vegan morons. I looked into vegan seriously for awhile, and decided that, no I really like to eat things that went moo, cluck, oink, or glubglub before dying. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	pastri_archy 2007-07-05 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Me, I'm like, explain the appendix, bitches! ? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

threegoldfish
2007-07-05 10:49 pm UTC (link)

The appendix, if I remember correctly, was originally an organ which functioned to help digest plant material. Sort of like the extra stomachs in ruminants. However, as we started eating less plants and more meat, the organ became pointless and we evolved away from having it, probably in favor of other organs. There are those that dispute this, of course. It's all sort of conjecture.

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	pastri_archy 2007-07-05 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	...I'm slightly scared of the links, so it makes very little sense without that context, I guess. Thanks, anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	nekoama 2007-07-05 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	While I'm certainly not on their side, technically our canines don't have to be for eating meat. They're certainly used for that purpose, but look at the gorilla. Huge ass canines and the most meat they devour are bugs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2007-07-05 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, but it's the easiest way to wear them down. Seriously, when I was younger, they were even more pointy, and it's nice to have the option to eat something that'll make it harder to cut my tongue on my teeth. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragonfangirl 2007-07-05 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	That... doesn't really make sense. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2007-07-05 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	I have really sharp teeth. When my adult teeth came in, they're sharp at top and as a kid, I used to cut my tongue on them. They're still sharp, but I don't cut my tongue like I used to. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shadowkitty 2007-07-05 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	Gorillas eat meat. Not often, mind. It's bloody scary to watch them hunt. /has seen far too much Discovery (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	napalmnacey 2007-07-06 05:14 am UTC (link)
	I love it when people are all, "Awww, the apes, they eat no meat! They're fluffy!" And then you see them rip a collobus monkey to shreds and fight over the remains. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	spawn_of_kong 2007-07-06 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	You're sure you're not thinking of chimpanzees? Granted, I have read somewhere that, in addition to bugs, gorillas eat animals as large as small lizards. But that doesn't seem like something to have a hunt over. Now chimps, on the other hand, do hunt animals as large as monkeys, and some troops apparently cannibalize the casualties of battles with rival troops. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shaysdays 2007-07-09 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	Okay- serious question time- why are bugs not considered meat when talking about omnivores' habits? Is it because they're not fuzzy? Or because of some other reason? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nekoama
2007-07-09 07:55 pm UTC (link)

I'm no biologist or insectologist or whatever, but I think it's because bugs are different than vertabres(sp?). They don't have muscle structures like us, the same way they don't have blood, bones or organs like us. And since muscle tissue is meat and bugs dont' have it, they're not considered meat. They're protien, for sure, but like nuts and eggs and other meatless protein things.
That would be my educated guess, with no checking up on Wiki or anything.

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	shaysdays 2007-07-09 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	That makes sense, I guess- I'm coming at it from a "Eating a living, breathing organism, which eggs and nuts aren't." Still- your explanation pacifies me... for now. shifty eyes (Reply to this)(Parent)

	barankhy 2007-07-05 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	Both my caecum and vermiform appendix agree with your canines. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	evilsqueakers 2007-07-05 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Well, at least I'm not alone. Because I'm quite happy to eat a salad with salmon. See, best of both worlds. Or better yet, a black and bleu salad. Yum. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barankhy 2007-07-05 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, well, I'm not a salad person, but I'm all for bringing meat and veggies together to create perfection. Beef roulades, tafelspitz, green beans with bacon... anything with bacon, actually... craves (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

evilsqueakers
2007-07-05 07:55 pm UTC (link)

*grins* It gets so hot around here in the summer that salads are filling and light enough that I don't get ill. I'm all about not throwing up because dinner's sitting too heavy.

I have bacon just about every morning, along with yogurt, cinnamon toast, and orange juice. Hmm...maybe I'll make some bacon when I cook our steaks tonight, put it on top of the baked potatoes.

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