• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    There’s gotta be more to it than just an enzyme cellulose. Cows need 4 stomachs and chew their cud to digest that stuff.

    • GluWu@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Well, yeah, bit it would still likely help gain some nutrition from something that would otherwise pass clean through you. Our poops would look more like horse turds than cow pies. Just dense barely digested grass.

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        2 months ago

        So…the top priority is to do widespread genetic modifications so people can get a minor or negligible amount of nutrition from eating something most people don’t normally want to eat?

        • Troy@lemmy.ca
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          2 months ago

          Nope. Just so that you don’t starve in a crisis. Grass tastes gross. ;)