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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Really, the only "true vegan" animals are probably Pandas and Koalas which is kinda meaningless as well considering they don't eat anything else other than bamboo and eucalyptus, respectively

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago) (1 children)

Us humans are opportunistic animals as well, which has led to us destroying our global habitat. So we need to change or society will collapse in the not so distant future. There are a lot of things we need to address to survive the next century. The way we eat is one of them. And it's the easiest, because you don't have to get off your ass and protest, you don't have to buy an expensive EV, you just change a habit and stop buying the destructive food next time your shop at the supermarket. You choose the food that saves ⅔ land use, waterpollution and co2-emissions. That's my point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

That makes sense.

My point was soley about Gorillas not having a purley vegan diet.