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"Digger" > wrote
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:50:59 -0700, "Dutch" > wrote:
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>>"Digger" > wrote
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>>> Rather, your conception of a vegan is flawed. Suckling
>>> babies aren't vegans, so the definition of a vegan as a
>>> person that doesn't drink milk remains the same and isn't
>>> flawed, despite your misconception.

>>
>>The one interesting fact coming from this debate is that, contrary to what
>>some vegans try to portray, no human is born a natural vegan, the first
>>natural human food is primarily animal fat and protein.

>
> That's very true. Another interesting fact is that sucklings;
>
> suck·ling;
> n.
> A young mammal that has not been weaned.
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=suckling
>
> once weaned can be either obligate carnivores or animals
> that feed exclusively on vegetation.


Doesn't even depend on weaning, suckling may go on for quite some time even
after the animal has commenced it's normal diet, but breast milk, although
it's food, is in a food category all it's own, apart from "diet", which
really pertains to *other* food.