[kamaal]

I think people think of Carnivorous animals, when then they think of wild animals.

Simply put, you catch fewer(near 0) infections eating plants. Even more so for animals in the wild.

[ceejayoz]

> Simply put, you catch fewer(near 0) infections eating plants.

Quite a few will poison you, though.

[kamaal]

Absolutely agree, but poison doesn't exactly spread like an infection. Plus I guess most herbivorous animals by now do have a fair bit of intuition what to eat and what not to.

[ceejayoz]

Welllllll…

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4449294/

[lucyjojo]

plants will give you nasty parasites.