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June 24, 2025

Herbivores are not Vegetarians

A dark bay horse wearing a faded red halter and tied to a high line in an open pine forest. He's reaching out with his lips towards a person who is mostly off screen...you can only see an arm wearing a blue shirt.

Horse people are constantly shocked when they find out their beloved grazers are not, in fact, above supplementing their diet.

Herbivores are optimized to thrive on plants, but they will take what they can get…all animals are opportunistic feeders. (Humans most of all…we can eat anything except high cellulose vegetation, including several things toxic to other animals). And while herbivores shouldn’t eat a lot of meat…you shouldn’t feed ham to your bunny…

So lets get disturbing and talk about herbivorous animals eating…and apparently enjoying meat.

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