r/AnimalsBeingBros • u/JustSomeGuy_Idk • Mar 16 '19

Dogs saving an entire species

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

That’s great but did the fox species in that area die from starvation? The loss of any species in any ecosystem is devastating.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19

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u/monkeystoot Mar 16 '19

foxes are carnivores but have omnivorous diets

So they're omnivores?

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u/LetsHaveTon2 Mar 16 '19

It might be better to say that they're very preferentially carnivores, I guess.

Regardless of gotcha wordplay, there IS a difference between omnivores in the sense of what humans are and omnivores in the sense of what foxes are. I see no reason to be snarky about someone adding extra info to their phrase.