Hi everyone,
This post is dedicated to a few arguments that help when meat eaters dig into us plant eaters which upsets me but it happens. I got these from an amazing website! http://michaelbluejay.com/veg/natural.html
-Our so-called "canine teeth" are "canine" in name only. Other plant-eaters (like gorillas, horses, and hippos) have "canines", and chimps, who are almost exclusively vegan, have massive canines compared to ours.
-Our early ancestors from at least four million years ago were almost exclusively vegetarian.
-Our omnivorism means we're capable of eating meat (useful from a survival standpoint if that's all that's available), but our bodies aren't geared for it to be a normal, significant part of our diets.
-The animals most similar to us, the other primates, eat an almost exclusively vegan diet (and their main non-plant food often isn't meat, it's termites).
-Our teeth, saliva, stomach acid, and intestines are most similar to other plant-eaters, and dissimilar to carnivores and true omnivores.
-Among animals, plant-eaters have the longest lifespans, and humans are certainly in that category (and yes, this was true even before modern medicine).
-We sleep about the same amount of time as other herbivores, and less than carnivores and true omnivores.
-The most common cause of choking deaths is eating meat. (source) Real carnivores and omnivores don't have that problem.
