"Richard" > wrote in message
...
> "Digger" > wrote:
>
> > >> Does that logic apply to suckling lion cubs as well?
> > >
> > >Well they don't need meat to live in the early stages so sure.
> >
> > No. A lion cub is never a vegetarian, even while
> > nourishing itself from another animal, namely its
> > mother in this case..
>
> We must have different definitions of the word.
>
> To me, the word vegetarian refers to a creature that does not presently
eat
> meat. The reason I say does not presently is because anyone can change at
> any time if they choose so you can not emply a life choice.

You confuse similarities with equivalents and are horribly inaccurate. Non
human animals that don't consume animal matter are called herbivores, or
other related names.

John