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Why aren't we evolved to eat grass? (literature.cafe)
submitted 6 months ago* by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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It's everywhere. Why not just eat it instead of searching for veggies and meat which are more difficult to have?

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[โ€“] 27 points 6 months ago

Ruminants that eat it have like several stomachs, they regurgitate the food they eat to re-eat it, and they require specialized gut bacteria to digest it. They have to spend like all of their time eating.

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