Vegetable Eaters

[Deleted member 28227]

So… cervids definitely will eat meat. I wonder if there are actually purely vegetarian game animals.

 

[Pucky Freak]

So… cervids definitely will eat meat. I wonder if there are actually purely vegetarian game animals.

Grass carp are about the closest I can think of. But they eat millions of incidental zooplankton.

 

[Trial153]

I ate a vegan in college. No complaints

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I ate a vegan in college. No complaints

I thought we agreed on no jokes

 

[Trial153]

I thought we agreed on no jokes

I wasn't joking

 

[Sasquatchewan]

So… cervids definitely will eat meat. I wonder if there are actually purely vegetarian game animals.

Vevetarian by choice maybe, but no way they don't mistakenly chow down on insects b mistake. #FakeVegan

 

[kansasdad]

Some folks would argue that man shouldn’t eat insects as a general rule. Tell that to my 21 year old self gathering up a nice little desert of flying ants (termites).

Some remind of walnuts, others pecans. (And if you don’t pronounce it as pe-cahns, you are just plain wrong!)

 

[RobertD]

Follow up question; what about the racoon, aka trash panda, that's been messing around my garbage bin? My two kids aren't big on eating veggies much to my chagrin, as a self-confessed veggie lover. This leads to a considerable amount of veggies going in the trash (I know, I should compost) and therefore feeding said racoons.

What would their VD index be and should I start hunting/eating them?

I don't know and Yes

 

[RobertD]

(And if you don’t pronounce it as pe-cahns, you are just plain wrong!)

Kansas dad, when the Great Pecan Wars begin, I will know you are with the good guys

 

[RobertD]

So… cervids definitely will eat meat. I wonder if there are actually purely vegetarian game animals.

Muskox right, because they just lick the green stuff off rocks I think

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Muskox right, because they just lick the green stuff off rocks I think

I bet they chomp on lemmings

 

[gouch]

I shot a pheasant once that had a baby lizard in his craw. Then once while duck hunting I ran into a trapper that told me he was doing me a favor by trapping beaver because they ate baby ducks. I was a little skeptical of that but I didn't argue the point and probably shouldn't be talking about beavers on the VD index anyway

 

[Deleted member 20812]

I bet they chomp on lemmings

BIG VD change there.

 

[RobertD]

I bet they chomp on lemmings

They wait at the bottom of a cliff and treat it like a buffalo jump lol

 

[Sasquatchewan]

Muskox right, because they just lick the green stuff off rocks I think

Ayo! Don't forget my bros the Tardigrades!



#TardigradeLivesMatter

 

[MTLabrador]

Dandelion eating purist or gross meat eater?

 

[Jbaldwin40]

Dandelion eating purist or gross meat eater?

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That's pretty ingenious. Holding a dandelion in it's mouth to attract Tardigrades. Kind if like one of those fly trap plants.

 

[RobertD]

On a serious note about bears... Georgia DNR says Georgia's southern black bear population (we have three distinct bear populations that are isolated from each other) has a diet comprised of 95ish% plant/vegetable matter.

Maybe they are the true champions of the VD index

 

[Deleted member 20812]

On a serious note about bears... Georgia DNR says Georgia's southern black bear population (we have three distinct bear populations that are isolated from each other) has a diet comprised of 95ish% plant/vegetable matter.

Maybe they are the true champions of the VD index

If they eat one frog they’re screwed though.

 

[RobertD]

If they eat one frog they’re screwed though.

Imagine a plant loving bear eating a carnivore like a frog

Not natural,,, like at all.