Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoIf Smell-O-Vision (TV with smells) had taken off, Donald Trump would have never been presidentmessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1261arrow-down1message-squareIf Smell-O-Vision (TV with smells) had taken off, Donald Trump would have never been presidentDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDepends how you define carnivorism If carnivores are animals that eat meat in nature, then cats are carnivores If carnivores are animals that absolutely require meat to survive, then cats stopped being carnivores a little while ago.
minus-squareAphelion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoCats, even domesticated species, are still obligate carnivores, as in they will die of malnutrition eventually if they are put on a non-meat diet. They 100% need to eat meat to survive. Vegan cat food will kill them slowly as they can’t properly process the proteins in plants.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOutdated information. We recently invented synthetic taurine and solved that problem.
minus-squareAphelion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoOK, yes, you are correct and I had not looked at the comparison study. Very cool! Ty.
Depends how you define carnivorism
If carnivores are animals that eat meat in nature, then cats are carnivores
If carnivores are animals that absolutely require meat to survive, then cats stopped being carnivores a little while ago.
Cats, even domesticated species, are still obligate carnivores, as in they will die of malnutrition eventually if they are put on a non-meat diet.
They 100% need to eat meat to survive. Vegan cat food will kill them slowly as they can’t properly process the proteins in plants.
Outdated information. We recently invented synthetic taurine and solved that problem.
OK, yes, you are correct and I had not looked at the comparison study. Very cool! Ty.