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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[-] NKBTN@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Any chemistry we could perform to make it more viable? E.g. cook it with alcohol?

[-] INeedANewUserName@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Folks have looked at it with acid or enzymes to try and produce fuel ethanol from the sugar forming the cellulose. Humans use the chemistry of grazing animals.

[-] NKBTN@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah the grass to milk, meat and hide pipeline is a great one

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