From: Ian Goddard (Ian@Goddard.net)
Date: Wed Jan 13 1999 - 18:51:30 MST
At 08:40 AM 1/13/99 -0700, Dick wrote:
>
>Ian writes:
>>Also, most primates aren't carnivores, and
>>as I recall, if they eat any flesh it's less
>>than 10% of their diet (the great apes are
>>strict vegetarians), and so the idea of a
>>human "hunting instinct" seems debatable.
>
>Actually, chimps will enthusiastically eat meat when the opportunity
>presents itself. They've even been known (very occasionally) to stalk and
>kill small animals for food. The other great apes do seem to be strict
>vegetarians, though.
IAN: I didn't say that chimps don't eat meat,
I said flesh can be around 10% of their diet.
That still doesn't make them carnivores,
i.e., members of the Carnivora order.
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