1. What family does the human belong to ?
A. Feline
B. Canine
C. Primate
2. A carnivore has reduced facial muscles to allow the mouth to open widely. What kind of facial muscles does a human have?
A. Reduced
B. Well developed
3. A carnivore’s jaws shear through food with a minimal side to side motion. How does a human use his jaw?
A. Side to side and back to front with no shearing motion
B. Shearing with a minimal side to side motion
4. A carnivore cannot expand it's jaw angle and it's jaw joint location is on the same plane as molars. what is the position of a human jaw?
A. The same as above
B. The jaw angle is expanded and the jaw joint is above the plane of the molar teeth
5. The mouth opening of a carnivore vis-a-vis his head size is large. What is the size of a human mouth?
A. Large
B. Small
C. Medium
6. A carnivore's incisor teeth are short and pointed. What is the shape of human incisors?
A. Broad, flattened and spade shaped
B. Short and pointed
C. Long and pointed
7. A carnivore's canine teeth are long, sharp and curved. What are a human's canine teeth?
A. Long sharp and curved
B. Dull and short
C. Flat and long
8. A carnivore's molar teeth are sharp, jagged and blade shaped in order to tear its food. What shape are a human's molars?
A. Flattened and boxlike to grind food
B. Jagged and long to tear food
C. Sharp and short to grind food
9. A carnivore does not chew his food. It is swallowed whole. What does a human do?
A. Swallow his food immediately
B. Chew it extensively
C. Crushes it several times and swallows it
10. A carnivore does not have the enzyme amylase in it's saliva to predigest grain. Its saliva is acidic. What does a human have?
A. Acid saliva with no amylase
B. Acid saliva with amylase
C. Alkaline saliva with amylase
11. A carnivore has very small salivary glands in the mouth as it does not need to predigest grain and fruit. What does a human have?
A. Well developed and many salivary glands to predigest grain and fruit
B. Small but many salivary glands
C. Large and few salivary glands
12. A carnivore has very strong hydrochloric acid in its stomach to digest tough muscle and bone. Its PH level is 1 or less. What is the state of a human stomach?
A. Ten times less strong than a carnivore’s with PH of 4-5
B. Ten times stronger with a PH level of 0
C. The same as a carnivore’s
13. A carnivore's stomach capacity is 60-70 percent of the total volume of the digestive tract. What is the size of a human's stomach capacity?
A. Less than 30percent
B. More than 50 percent
C. 40 percent
14. The length of the small intestine of a carnivore is 3-6 times it's body length so that rapidly decaying meat can pass out of the body quickly. What is the length of a human's small intestine?
A. 10-12 times the length of the body
B. 5-8times the length of the body
C. 2-3 times the length of the body
15. A carnivore has a long straight and tubular intestine which digests flesh quickly. What shape are a human's intestines?
A. Long and coiled
B. Short and straight
16. A carnivore's colon is simple, short and smooth. A human's?
A. Long and sacculated
B. Short and sacculated
C. Long and smooth
17. A carnivore's food from mouth to anus takes 2.4 hours to transit through the body. How long does a human's take?
A. 41 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 8 hours
18. Carnivores can manufacture Vitamin C in their own bodies. Can humans?
A. Yes
B. No
19. A carnivore's capacity to process and excrete cholesterol is unlimited. What is a humans capacity?
A. Very limited
B. Unlimited
C. Doesn't exist
20. A carnivore's liver can detoxify vitamin A. Can a human's liver do that?
A. Yes
B. No
21.Acarnivore has extremely concentrated urine. A human?
A. Moderately concentrated
B. Very dilute
C. Very concentrated
22. A carnivore's claws are his appendages which he uses actively to get his food. What are the use of claws in a human?
A. Hands are the appendages. No claws.
B. To scratch
C. To protect the hands
23. Carnivore cools itself via the mouth only. How does a human cool himself?
A. Perspires through millions of skin pores
B. Perspires through the hands, feet and underarms
C. Perspires through the mouth
Answers: 1.C. Primates overwhelmingly depend on plants. 2.B. The mouth is restricted by the muscles. 3.A. This allows the grinding of fruit and vegetables. 4.B. 5.B. The opening is too small for anything other than small bits of food. 6.A. 7.B. 8.A. 9.B. It has to be mixed with saliva. 10.C. Amylase breaks down complex plant carbohydrates into simple sugars. Meat has no carbohydrates 11.A. 12.A. Lower concentrations of hydrochloric acid are needed to digest plant protein and half the time. 13.A. 14.A Same reason as in 17. 15.A. 16.A. 17.A. Digestion is slow in order to break down and digest plant proteins. Carnivores need to digest quickly and expel flesh before it starts putrefying. 18.B. 19.A. Since the body is designed for plants which have no cholesterol, it did not develop an efficient system. 20.B 21.A. 22.A. Hands are meant for gathering plants not ripping flesh. 23.A. We cool ourselves by sweating rather than panting.
One of the most pervasive myths is that humans are naturally made to eat meat. Not just is it unnatural, while the body has changed on many ways to its current form, in the million years we have been on the planet, it has not changed in any way to accommodate the eating of meat. Which is why cancer, ulcers, heart disease, Alzheimer, diabetes are all so prevalent. If I keep adulterating the fuel I put in my car, it will break down sooner or later. The meat eating argument is like the cigarette smoking one: my grandfather smoked for 70 years and nothing happened to him... Perhaps he was lucky, but since smoking and meat eating changes the genes who knows what his grandchildren suffer from. After all the official WHO figures released last week say that 40 percent of humans now have cancer or will get it during their life time. If the Earth has nine billion people, that is 4 billion people. Protect yourself by eating right in case you become one of these statistics.
Maneka Gandhi
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A. Feline
B. Canine
C. Primate
2. A carnivore has reduced facial muscles to allow the mouth to open widely. What kind of facial muscles does a human have?
A. Reduced
B. Well developed
3. A carnivore’s jaws shear through food with a minimal side to side motion. How does a human use his jaw?
A. Side to side and back to front with no shearing motion
B. Shearing with a minimal side to side motion
4. A carnivore cannot expand it's jaw angle and it's jaw joint location is on the same plane as molars. what is the position of a human jaw?
A. The same as above
B. The jaw angle is expanded and the jaw joint is above the plane of the molar teeth
5. The mouth opening of a carnivore vis-a-vis his head size is large. What is the size of a human mouth?
A. Large
B. Small
C. Medium
6. A carnivore's incisor teeth are short and pointed. What is the shape of human incisors?
A. Broad, flattened and spade shaped
B. Short and pointed
C. Long and pointed
7. A carnivore's canine teeth are long, sharp and curved. What are a human's canine teeth?
A. Long sharp and curved
B. Dull and short
C. Flat and long
8. A carnivore's molar teeth are sharp, jagged and blade shaped in order to tear its food. What shape are a human's molars?
A. Flattened and boxlike to grind food
B. Jagged and long to tear food
C. Sharp and short to grind food
9. A carnivore does not chew his food. It is swallowed whole. What does a human do?
A. Swallow his food immediately
B. Chew it extensively
C. Crushes it several times and swallows it
10. A carnivore does not have the enzyme amylase in it's saliva to predigest grain. Its saliva is acidic. What does a human have?
A. Acid saliva with no amylase
B. Acid saliva with amylase
C. Alkaline saliva with amylase
11. A carnivore has very small salivary glands in the mouth as it does not need to predigest grain and fruit. What does a human have?
A. Well developed and many salivary glands to predigest grain and fruit
B. Small but many salivary glands
C. Large and few salivary glands
12. A carnivore has very strong hydrochloric acid in its stomach to digest tough muscle and bone. Its PH level is 1 or less. What is the state of a human stomach?
A. Ten times less strong than a carnivore’s with PH of 4-5
B. Ten times stronger with a PH level of 0
C. The same as a carnivore’s
13. A carnivore's stomach capacity is 60-70 percent of the total volume of the digestive tract. What is the size of a human's stomach capacity?
A. Less than 30percent
B. More than 50 percent
C. 40 percent
14. The length of the small intestine of a carnivore is 3-6 times it's body length so that rapidly decaying meat can pass out of the body quickly. What is the length of a human's small intestine?
A. 10-12 times the length of the body
B. 5-8times the length of the body
C. 2-3 times the length of the body
15. A carnivore has a long straight and tubular intestine which digests flesh quickly. What shape are a human's intestines?
A. Long and coiled
B. Short and straight
16. A carnivore's colon is simple, short and smooth. A human's?
A. Long and sacculated
B. Short and sacculated
C. Long and smooth
17. A carnivore's food from mouth to anus takes 2.4 hours to transit through the body. How long does a human's take?
A. 41 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 8 hours
18. Carnivores can manufacture Vitamin C in their own bodies. Can humans?
A. Yes
B. No
19. A carnivore's capacity to process and excrete cholesterol is unlimited. What is a humans capacity?
A. Very limited
B. Unlimited
C. Doesn't exist
20. A carnivore's liver can detoxify vitamin A. Can a human's liver do that?
A. Yes
B. No
21.Acarnivore has extremely concentrated urine. A human?
A. Moderately concentrated
B. Very dilute
C. Very concentrated
22. A carnivore's claws are his appendages which he uses actively to get his food. What are the use of claws in a human?
A. Hands are the appendages. No claws.
B. To scratch
C. To protect the hands
23. Carnivore cools itself via the mouth only. How does a human cool himself?
A. Perspires through millions of skin pores
B. Perspires through the hands, feet and underarms
C. Perspires through the mouth
Answers: 1.C. Primates overwhelmingly depend on plants. 2.B. The mouth is restricted by the muscles. 3.A. This allows the grinding of fruit and vegetables. 4.B. 5.B. The opening is too small for anything other than small bits of food. 6.A. 7.B. 8.A. 9.B. It has to be mixed with saliva. 10.C. Amylase breaks down complex plant carbohydrates into simple sugars. Meat has no carbohydrates 11.A. 12.A. Lower concentrations of hydrochloric acid are needed to digest plant protein and half the time. 13.A. 14.A Same reason as in 17. 15.A. 16.A. 17.A. Digestion is slow in order to break down and digest plant proteins. Carnivores need to digest quickly and expel flesh before it starts putrefying. 18.B. 19.A. Since the body is designed for plants which have no cholesterol, it did not develop an efficient system. 20.B 21.A. 22.A. Hands are meant for gathering plants not ripping flesh. 23.A. We cool ourselves by sweating rather than panting.
One of the most pervasive myths is that humans are naturally made to eat meat. Not just is it unnatural, while the body has changed on many ways to its current form, in the million years we have been on the planet, it has not changed in any way to accommodate the eating of meat. Which is why cancer, ulcers, heart disease, Alzheimer, diabetes are all so prevalent. If I keep adulterating the fuel I put in my car, it will break down sooner or later. The meat eating argument is like the cigarette smoking one: my grandfather smoked for 70 years and nothing happened to him... Perhaps he was lucky, but since smoking and meat eating changes the genes who knows what his grandchildren suffer from. After all the official WHO figures released last week say that 40 percent of humans now have cancer or will get it during their life time. If the Earth has nine billion people, that is 4 billion people. Protect yourself by eating right in case you become one of these statistics.
Maneka Gandhi
To join the animal welfare movement contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.