All Clean Animals Are Herbivores?

[Devin P]

I just noticed this. All of the animals that are clean for us, are herbivores.

18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

God had this click for me when I read the bold section of verse 20. But yeah, I just never really realized this before. All animals (aside from fish) that God used for us, as clean, eat only vegetables or fruits. All other animals, eat either only meat, or a combination. Even rabbits eat their young. The only animals that I can think of that eat other animals out of those which are clean, are fish (off the top of my head). And these still (depending on the fish) don't even consistently do this, it's just a part of their diet, not the whole thing.

 

[SkyWriting]

I just noticed this. All of the animals that are clean for us, are herbivores.

18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

God had this click for me when I read the bold section of verse 20. But yeah, I just never really realized this before. All animals (aside from fish) that God used for us, as clean, eat only vegetables or fruits. All other animals, eat either only meat, or a combination. Even rabbits eat their young. The only animals that I can think of that eat other animals out of those which are clean, are fish (off the top of my head). And these still (depending on the fish) don't even consistently do this, it's just a part of their diet, not the whole thing.

And shellfish are an abomination as well.
Red Lobster makes me ill, anyway.

 

[JackRT]

And shellfish are an abomination as well.
Red Lobster makes me ill, anyway.

Lobster are only red when cooked. Try eating one raw.

 

[JackRT]

That "clean" animals are herbivores is probably reflective of the fact that carnivorous animals are much more difficult to domesticate.

 

[SkyWriting]

Lobster are only red when cooked. Try eating one raw.

I've eaten other fish raw. Lobsters are rarely orange-red, or blue.

 

[SkyWriting]

Even rabbits eat their young.

And they eat their poop or "cud" in the polite sense.

 

[visionary]

I just noticed this. All of the animals that are clean for us, are herbivores.

18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

God had this click for me when I read the bold section of verse 20. But yeah, I just never really realized this before. All animals (aside from fish) that God used for us, as clean, eat only vegetables or fruits. All other animals, eat either only meat, or a combination. Even rabbits eat their young. The only animals that I can think of that eat other animals out of those which are clean, are fish (off the top of my head). And these still (depending on the fish) don't even consistently do this, it's just a part of their diet, not the whole thing.

Chickens, ducks, geese, eat both vegetation and meat [usually bugs]

 

[Steve Petersen]

I just noticed this. All of the animals that are clean for us, are herbivores.

18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

God had this click for me when I read the bold section of verse 20. But yeah, I just never really realized this before. All animals (aside from fish) that God used for us, as clean, eat only vegetables or fruits. All other animals, eat either only meat, or a combination. Even rabbits eat their young. The only animals that I can think of that eat other animals out of those which are clean, are fish (off the top of my head). And these still (depending on the fish) don't even consistently do this, it's just a part of their diet, not the whole thing.

Not all herbivores are kosher; the horse for instance. The only herbivores that are clean are those that are ruminants, that is, they chew the cud.

 

[Runswithdogs]

My moms chickens eat fish, bugs, snakes, mice...... pretty much anything they can get down their gullet (which is a suprisingly large selection, she saw one eat what must have been at least a 18" snake the other day)

 

[Devin P]

My moms chickens eat fish, bugs, snakes, mice...... pretty much anything they can get down their gullet (which is a suprisingly large selection, she saw one eat what must have been at least a 18" snake the other day)

Welp, busted. Congrats for breaking my theory.

 

[Devin P]

My moms chickens eat fish, bugs, snakes, mice...... pretty much anything they can get down their gullet (which is a suprisingly large selection, she saw one eat what must have been at least a 18" snake the other day)

Nah, I kid. I wasn't saying it meant anything, I just thought of it and felt like sharing. You've got a great point though! I'm glad you pointed that out though, for sure!

 

[Lulav]

Giraffes only eat leaves AFAIK.

 

[Dkh587]

Giraffes only eat leaves AFAIK.

Giraffes are clean - they have split hooves and chew the cud

Many of the clean fish eat unclean sea creatures - flounder for example, eat shrimp

 

[Open Heart]

I just noticed this. All of the animals that are clean for us, are herbivores.

Yes, and it makes sense. When I checked into this, herbivore animals are more nutritious. BTW there are unclean animals such as rabbits that are also herbivores.

 

[Lulav]

I don't think it's about what they eat so much as the processing of it. Ruminants for the mammals at least.

 

[makeajoyfulnoise100]

Vegans eat clean....

 

[JackRT]

Vegans eat clean....

My daughter is vegetarian and her husband is vegan, both strict. A couple of years ago they took a wilderness canoe trek for a week. The first thing they did on return was to eat a big meal of fish and chips. Both sheepishly admitted that it was exactly what their bodies needed.

 

[makeajoyfulnoise100]

My daughter is vegetarian and her husband is vegan, both strict. A couple of years ago they took a wilderness canoe trek for a week. The first thing they did on return was to eat a big meal of fish and chips. Both sheepishly admitted that it was exactly what their bodies needed.

No offense to them but sounds like they didn't plan their protein or oils right. I went camping in the woods by myself once for about 3 and a half weeks being vegan and did well. The only hard part was boiling stream water every day. Other than that I was good. Beans, rice, coconut oil, and veggies

 

[visionary]

No offense to them but sounds like they didn't plan their protein or oils right. I went camping in the woods by myself once for about 3 and a half weeks being vegan and did well. The only hard part was boiling stream water every day. Other than that I was good. Beans, rice, coconut oil, and veggies

Yep.. beans and rice or bread make up the protein.

 

[Dave-W]

And they eat their poop or "cud" in the polite sense.

No - "cud" is not their poo.

Ruminants have multiple stomachs and what goes down to the first stomach gets processed and then comes back up (as the cud) and chewed before going down to the second stomach for further processing.