Vegetarian is the dietary restriction, Vegan is more of a moral stance. As is, the definition of Vegan that most go by isn’t about not eating any animal products, but about reducing animal exploitation and harm as far as possible and practicable. I don’t think Hippos have any issue with harming anyone haha
Also, fun fact: The original definition of Vegetarian actually did exclude eating dairy or eggs. The Vegetarians that did eat those were called Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarian, but there were so many of them that the term got abbreviated to just Vegetarian, which basically made Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarians the default definition. Language is fun like that
Wouldn’t they be vegan? I assume they don’t consume dairy or eggs.
Vegetarian is the dietary restriction, Vegan is more of a moral stance. As is, the definition of Vegan that most go by isn’t about not eating any animal products, but about reducing animal exploitation and harm as far as possible and practicable. I don’t think Hippos have any issue with harming anyone haha
Also, fun fact: The original definition of Vegetarian actually did exclude eating dairy or eggs. The Vegetarians that did eat those were called Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarian, but there were so many of them that the term got abbreviated to just Vegetarian, which basically made Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarians the default definition. Language is fun like that
Hey I remember that!
Turns out I wasn’t crazy or had bad memory, it was the definition that changed over time 🤣
“Get out of the water, kids, the omelette is done!”