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To: Dr. Franklin

“Man is a carnivore. That is how we evolved. Ignore truth at your peril.”

True, and you don’t see gangs of cavemen attack a plant on cave paintings. And the reason is VERY SIMPLE - plans have their own defenses, primarily having chemicals to poison animals dumb enough to eat them. But one thing that plants never expected, which was that Vegans would exist...but their defenses still work, which is why most of them are gay.


9 posted on 04/20/2025 7:39:12 AM PDT by BobL
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13 posted on 04/20/2025 7:42:17 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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14 posted on 04/20/2025 7:42:51 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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18 posted on 04/20/2025 7:47:55 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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20 posted on 04/20/2025 7:50:39 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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I’m near Carnivore, certainly “Keto” and rarely eat any veggies or fruit. But many plants WANT you to eat them - to some degree. Many have seeds that need partial digestion and being pooped out to germinate. Hence “fruit” that is colorful and sweet!

And since animals walk, they also can disperse the seeds.

https://blog.nature.org/2017/05/10/what-happens-when-you-plant-pile-bear-scat/

“In many arid and semiarid grasslands and savannas worldwide, the consumption and subsequent defecation of viable seeds of woody species by livestock (i.e., endozoochory) are partially responsible for the increased distribution and density of woody plants...Passage through the cattle digestive system separates seeds from pods, scarifies the seed coat, and enhances germination of surviving seed (Campos and Ojeda, 1997, Peinetti et al., 1993). A greater percentage of seeds remain viable after passing through cattle than through sheep or goats (Kneuper et al., 2003). Mesquite seedlings readily establish from seeds that are in cattle dung pats...”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550742417300180


86 posted on 04/20/2025 3:53:55 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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