Ever wonder?? joskirin: To function normally...our body needs carbs, proteins, minerals, vitamins and many more. Also the same case with carnivorous animals. They all need these components to function normaly. However..these carnivorous animals (panthers, tigers, etc etc) only eat meat from deer, rabbits, gazels....which mainly consists of meat ( proteins, fats)... so..where do these carnivours get vitamins and minerals?? eat plants?? nah...... ( i knew the answer, just wanna see who has different view..) Love: In the wild carnivores eat what they catch in whole - fur, feathers and all. No one removes the innards, small bones, feathers or fur from it. What nature provides is exactly what whole prey food is, nothing more nothing less! It’s a perfectly natural, organic, completely healthy and balanced diet for these animals.
Love: The Wild Cats such as lions, tigers, panthers etc, in the wild tells us a great deal about their nutritional needs. Wild cats devour their "ENTIRE" prey, including muscles, organs, bones, offal, skin, viscera, etc. Since the prey that these cats capture usually ate vegetable protein, the cat would then, by eating the entire prey, ingest not only the flesh and organs of their prey, but also the partially and completely digested vegetable foods the prey had eaten. In that way, with the assistance of the prey's own digestive processes, the wild cats are able to benefit from the nutrition in those various vegetable sources. joskirin: not in the brain or the blood.. and prem...as far as i know...the partialy digested plants in the preys stomach cant be digested by the carnivours...they lack certain enzyme.. and the fur and bones...only contains lots of calcium and keratin.... so..where do they get vitamins?? well...the answer is....they can naturally can produce the vitamins themselves in their body... ..actually, primitive humans also has the ability to produce vitamins thousands of years ago... but, when humans started to eat and cultivate plants and fruits...we somehow become dependent on our diet and loose the ability to produce own vitamins...the only vitamin we still capable to produce is vitamin D, when we expose ourself to sunlight. (of course you all know this) Serabi: Very interesting topic: Carnivores have different nutritional needs to omnivores and herbivores. Over thousands of years each have evolved to need different nutrients. Carnivores never eat the stomach content of their prey and very seldom hair and skin. Smaller bones might be chewed but mostly to get the bone marrow out. Different carnivorous have evolved different eating habits to suit different needs. Leopards and jaguars do not eat hair at all, they de-hair prey before they start eating, Smaller wild cats can devour anything, but don't like the feathers. Lions and tigers eat virtually only the meat of their prey. Hyena's (Mongoose family) eat just about everything including the bones as their calcium requirements are very high. Wolf family, dogs and wild dogs included, are more omnivorous than it appears, they often eat plant material as well as more of their prey. Vitamin requirements are very different from humans and other omnivores. You may occasionally see a herbivore chewing on a bone it found in the veld for some calcium but this is rare. Serabi: Same here, I heard there is a delightful rotting giraffe carcas in the Kruger National Park, remember it?? pAuL DaVid: Can I overdose from staying out in the sun too long and self producing too much vitamin D? | Health Chat Room Similar Conversations |