• MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Cats used to be carnivores back when taurine could only be found in meat, but humans invented synthetic taurine and cats aren’t carnivores anymore

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      No no, they’re still carnivores.

      Nothing about their biology changed so that they’re no longer classifiable as a carnivore.

      Scientifically, they have all the traits of a carnivore, and a predator.

      You can’t redefine “cat” because we can use supplements to round out their dietary needs.

      What you said is like, oh Dracula isn’t a vampire anymore, because we found a way to give him an artificial blood substitute that completes his dietary needs…

      … He’s still a vampire, he’s just getting his fix from something other than a living person.