# Carnivorism: what? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivorism-what/931340 "2021-01-24T03:24:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivorism-what/931340/34 "2021-01-24T13:56:21Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > Maybe some plants chose carnivory just to get even. Statistics would suggest you’re right; as a group, plants have been solely on the receiving end of animal violence since Day 1. Venus flytraps and such notwithstanding. And boy are they nursing a grudge! They outnumber us both as to number of species and number of individuals by a ridiculous ratio. It’s gonna be a bloodbath, not a sap-bath by the time it’s over. > [@velomont](#): > > > [@AHunter3](#): > > > > if I die as a consequence of some other creature’s predation, that beats hell out of being shot by a mugger > > A minor personal quibble - I would far prefer being shot by a mugger than being mauled and eaten by a puma or a pack of wolves. Here’s an 11 year old thread of mine that’s sorta on-point. More in the discussion than in the setup framed in the OP: > [@Which is more insulting: To be killed by wildlife or weather?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-more-insulting-to-be-killed-by-wildlife-or-weather/537943): > > I was watching some Discovery Channel thing about sharks when the NOAA weather alert went off announcing tornadoes in the next county. Which got me to thinking … Since humans are THE apex predator here and general all around Masters Of All We Survey, I’ve gotten used to the idea that my eventual demise will be from disease, old age, or human violence, accidental or otherwise. I think if I was to find myself being eaten by a shark, thrashed by a tornado, or hit by a meteor, my main reaction wo… As to the OP and their subsequent comments: That doesn’t even bear notice. Authentic frontier gibberish. IMO. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivorism-what/931340)._