• BillyClark@piefed.social
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    13 hours ago

    My impression is that carnivores need teeth that pierce and rip, so they can’t do much ruminating.

    • Pirat@lemmy.org
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      10 hours ago

      Most mammalian carnivores have a sort of mix. They have the piercing canines, then their molars act like scissors to slice off hunks of meat. Herbivore and human molars are more for crushing.