See the full excerpt (with citations) from which this text is taken, at Sherry Colb’s Free from Harm article, Two Arguments For Eating Animals: It’s Natural and Animals Do It Too. Vegans do not defend their diet on the presence of canine teeth, at least none we have heard from. While a well-balanced vegan diet can easily provide all of the nutrients we need to thrive, that doesn’t mean that all vegans are healthy. In virtually every respect, the human anatomy resembles that of herbivorous animals (such as the gorilla and the elephant) more than that of carnivorous and omnivorous species. Through international trade and other activities, we’ve created the problem of destroying ecosystem and throwing off their fragile balance by introducing species that are non native. Animals Eat Other Animals, So Why Shouldn’t We? 5-6 months: canine teeth. Personally I rarely shop in them. We do agree that the the presence of canine teeth does not make an argument for eating animals. They have one bad day in their lives unlike CAFO animals that are tortured every day of their lives. Instead, much like our close relative the gorilla, scientists think they exist because they once played a role in mating in our primitive ancestors. Say hello to my little friend: the saber-toothed deer. Hold Illinois Governor Pritzker Accountable for his Huge New... No Morality = No Rights? On a sanctuary, animals are individuals who, like human beings, have intrinsic value and who have no expectations placed on them. Quite the contrary, conservation helps an animal or plant species thrive so that it can naturally develop over time and return to its natural habitat. Our jaws are not very stable (and would therefore be easy to dislocate in a battle with prey), but they are quite mobile and allow the side-to-side motion that facilitates the crushing and grinding of plants. Hence, molars are mostly affected by caries. Many grocery stores sell goods that aren’t well sourced. it is also a fact that it takes many more resources to produce a calorie of plant based food compared to producing a calorie of animal based food. Additionally when livestock isn’t integrated and growers rely on tillage or non till/glycophosate with NPK fertilizers, there is a ton of damage done (HARM) to the environment to produce these synthetic fertilizers as well as from the run off from these synthetic fertilizers. It’s also clear that vegans aren’t intentionally killing animals for unnecessary reasons, such as our palate pleasure or our culinary traditions. They choose not to see the abusive and unsustainable nature of meat, dairy, and eggs. As state earlier, we can reduce 99% of our harm to animals, that harm that is gratuitous and unnecessary, simply by going vegan. Buy meats from small farmers that let their animals run around on pasture. – See more at: http://freefromharm.org/health-nutrition/catching-up-with-science-burying-the-humans-need-meat-argument/#sthash.gPvUmqG1.dpuf. The human canine tooth has an oversized root, a remnant of the large canine of the nonhuman primates. Modern-day gorillas have much larger canine teeth than humans, and we can actively observe how they use them to compete with one another for mating rights with a female. So farming can’t be a form of conservation. If man does intervene to restore ecological balance, if any of these species are edible (the ones I mentioned are), should man just eradicate these species and let the food aspect of these animals goes to waste? There is nothing about what I have written that is factually inaccurate. Pro tip: they’re not for vampire-esque activities and they’re not for tearing meat as other predatory mammals with similar pointy teeth would use them for. “While it’s true that many animals are killed due to conventional agriculture techniques, it’s quite clear that being vegan reduces the amount of land used, habitat destroyed, and wildlife displaced. In response to this gross mistake, let me start with the animals themselves. Anyway in regards to the article, my point was and simply still is that an argument for or against canine teeth as being a rational for being vegan or a carnivore is a moot point since certainly in nature there are also plenty of omnivores and carnivores without any teeth as there are vegetarians with teeth including canines. Humans are physically capable of inflicting all kinds of violence (“If I wasn’t meant to beat people up, I wouldn’t have these big fists! Nor do our much smaller canine teeth; humans have no biological requirement for animal flesh or secretions. On sustainable farms where chickens are allowed to roam outside and foraged, they still do so within the confines of electrified fences often with guard dogs or other protective measures. (17) Like herbivores and unlike carnivores and omnivores as well, we have long small intestines, enabling the digestion of complex carbohydrates, a process that begins in our mouths, where we, like the committed herbivores, have carbohydrate-digesting enzymes as well. In humans there are four canines, one in each half of each jaw. For me this isn’t an abstraction, my Parkison symptoms were really bad when I was a vegetarian and vegan. You claim that farmers who raise heritage breed animals are akin to “conservationists.” We hear this argument all the time. So what kind of food do musk deer tear into with those vicious canines? They avoid true and effective personal change.”-Wil Anderson. Although some former vegans will have experienced poor health as a result of an imbalanced diet, many others were simply struggling with difficult cravings. In nature chickens and rabbits, rarely live their life expectancies. For more information on her poetry or advocacy writing, please visit her website. Farmed animals are individuals with distinct personalities and emotions, just like our own cats and dogs. You characterize humans as the victims here but it is actually the animals that have had their habitats altered to the extent that they became disproportionately overpopulous and damaging to their new environments. When chickens forage in planted areas they also eat insects which reduces the need for insecticides on integrated farms. Here’s just one. Your comment misses the fundamental point of the article, Mr. Research, which is that the presence of canine teeth does not prove that humans must eat other animals. Humans have canine teeth because it is a basal distinguishing trait for mammals. For more information on the importance of incorporating dental care procedures into your dog’s routine, read on. Most people have all of their permanent teeth in place by age 21. Pigs go from artificial insemination to celephane without ever being outdoors, having their tails docked, being birthed in gestation crates and living on concrete where they can’t root. Yet, the evidence from mainstream science on the benefits of a plant based diet are quite overwhelming. I still drive on roads that generations of African slaves help build, but I still oppose human or non human slavery. However, all domestic animals have 2 sets of teeth during their lives, as humans do: a set of deciduous (“baby”) teeth that fall out, and a set of permanent teeth that come in later. Overall functioning of canine teeth in humans is similar to that of animals. We challenge this defense since the issue of animals cannot be seriously considered when animal interests can be so easily discarded on a whim when we have a taste for bacon-flavored ice cream. How plants are grown makes a huge difference too. The menu is a virtual gore fest: leaves, flowers, grasses, mosses and lichens. How Long Do Puppies Teethe? Mammals all share the specialized dentition, with canines as one class of teeth, that appeared in the ancestral synapsids in the late Permian through the Triassic periods. And we can easily (and drastically) reduce the needless harm and suffering we cause to other animals simply by making different choices at the grocery store. Sharp canine teeth in both the upper and lower jaws enable them to crush woody plants for food. Turkey Talk Between Birds and Humans Will Blow... Former Meat and Dairy Farmers Who Became Vegan... 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