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[โ€“] auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Carnivores can digest plant matter too, and herbivores can digest meat.

Omnivore is a behavioural classification mostly. It means an animal (or person) that eats both plants and animals for energy.

So vegans are herbivores in practice, even though as a species humans are practicing omnivores.

[โ€“] LwL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Many herbivore species are also opporturnistic omnivores, so it could be argued just as much that it's about biological specialization.