I’ve seen apple skins in coyote scat.
And I’ve seen dogs eat tomatoes.
They don’t cultivate their own, however.
And don’t forget the little bells in grizzly scat.
And, from what I’ve seen, none of these foods (mileage may vary on each brand), are 100% meat and also include vegetables and grains). . . so I again query, who is funding this study?
I recall feeding the dogs my mother raised with Skippy Dog Food, which appeared almost indistinguishable from Hormel Spam in a can. . . All of them lived to ripe old ages. Of course, they also got a lot of table scraps. Loved it all. . . And scarfed it up in seconds. No dog I’ve ever known ever ate like a gourmet. . . Wait, I take that back. My mom had one dog, Tina, a Poodie-Shel, who would eat one piece of kibble at a time, carrying it from her bowl to a comfortable place and then chew on it, then go back for another.
Coyotes come up and eat the apples that fall off our trees. Bears will do the same if they got close enough. We don’t have many bears around here. We would have a lot fewer coyotes if I could get more clear shots at them.