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From: adrienne@datacube.UUCP
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Subject: re: Vegetarian cats
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Date: Fri, 29-Aug-86 11:01:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 29 11:01:00 1986
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Nf-From: datacube.UUCP!adrienne    Aug 29 11:01:00 1986




    It is true that cats, and other meat-hunting-eating animals
have much shorter intestines than herbivorous creatures, and they
also have sharper teeth(fangs). The short intestines probably help
move the meat through the animal's digestive tract fairly quickly,
so putrefraction of the meat is not a danger.We humans, however,
have long intestines, which means the meat stays in our systems longer
and may become putrefied and possibly toxic, causing perhaps toxin
overload with symptoms like bad breath, skin problems, etc.We also
don't have real fangs!So, it would seem that cats are genetically
designed for consuming meat, and we are not!


     -Adrienne@Datacube