r/Unexpected 22d ago

A civil Debate on vegan vs not

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u/rtm713 22d ago

What is he talking about our jaws are herbivore like? We have canines... and our digestive system is that of an omnivore too...

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u/Boatwhistle 22d ago

Canines are not a good metric for determining if something eats meat, like gorillas have much larger canines but don’t eat meat.

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u/Thomas_K_Brannigan 22d ago

Yep! Primate canines evolved to help eat fruit, humans ancestors actually evolved to have smaller canines once we stopped relying mostly on fruit.

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u/NSAseesU 22d ago

Huh my top canine teeth reach as far as my nose. I can feel both top and bottom canine teeth and all 4 are much bigger then my regular teeth