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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That depends on which humans and where. There are still plenty of tribes that live in areas where vegetation simply does not support their population. Luckily, humans evolved to be feed on more things than most things on the planet. We can eat plants, fungi, bugs, fish, etc.

So you're right. Humans don't need to kill animals. We can survive by killing just about any living thing on this planet. We can even eat things that would otherwise be super toxic to us by learning how to cook it, peel it, or skin it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Pufferfish

develops one of the most lethal toxins in the animal kingdom

Humans

Oooh yummy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Peppers

Develops a chemical that makes them taste like pain for mammals to make it more likely that birds will eat their fruit and spread it farther

Humans

Oooh, spicy! Let's grow lots of these and breed some to maximize that spice!

Peppers

Wait no--oh nm, I guess it's a surprise win.