Why aren't we evolved to eat grass? (literature.cafe)

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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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[-] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day 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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