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Our Canine Teeth Prove Were MeatEaters Right
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Humans are meant to eat meat. That’s why we have canine teeth! http://www.joyfulvegan.com • The Greeks called them kynodontas; the Romans borrowed that word and called them caninus, both meaning “dog teeth” due to the resemblance of these teeth in dogs. (Canis is Latin for “dog”; kynos is Greek for “dog.”) • Unfortunately, it’s led to the fallacy that the presence of “canine teeth” in humans justifies the human consumption of animal flesh. Of course, teeth aren’t used just for chomping flesh. With the exception of rabbits, rodents, and pikas, all mammals have canine teeth, and with the exception of humans, all primates have extremely long canines. • Gorillas have massively long, sharp “canine teeth,” but that doesn’t make them flesh-eaters; they use them primarily for display, to defend against external threats, and to fend off other male gorillas competing for dominance. Gorillas are predominantly vegetarian. • In fact, the largest canine teeth of any land animal belong to a true herbivore: the hippopotamus; their teeth can measure upwards of sixteen inches in length, and — as with gorillas — those massive teeth are used for defense and combat — not for eating flesh. • So just because humans have what are called “canines” doesn’t we’re predisposed to eating animal flesh; when you compare human canines to carnivorous canines, ours are blunt and wide; carnivorous canines are often inches in length and razor sharp for tearing raw flesh. Ours would never do that. We don’t have fangs. Better terms for these teeth are eye teeth (called such because they’re lined up with our eyes) or cuspids, which means “point.” • ------ • Thank you for sharing. Please visit me at http://www.joyfulvegan.com. My newest book, The Joyful Vegan: Staying Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy, and Eggs comes out November 2019. • Help us caption translate this video! • https://amara.org/v/tyG3/
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