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All animals in the order Carnivora are carnivores that eat only meat.
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REFUTED
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Is it true that all animals in the order Carnivora are carnivores that eat only meat?
No. While the order Carnivora includes many strict meat-eaters, it also contains omnivorous species (such as bears and civets) and herbivorous species (such as the giant panda), meaning not all members eat only meat.
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States the order Carnivora contains omnivores and herbivores, not only animals eating meat.
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PLOS (all journals): Functional Analyses of Bitter Taste Receptors in Domestic Cats ( Felis catus ). (n.d.). PLOS (all journals). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139670
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Notes members are 'usually' flesh eaters, not exclusively.
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National Library of Medicine MeSH: MeSH: Carnivora. (n.d.). National Library of Medicine MeSH. https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D002335
Explicitly states the order Carnivora includes omnivores such as bears and civets.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: Parasitosis in wild felids of India : an overview. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/download/2224/3326
Notes that except for the giant panda, members are hunters, contradicting that all eat only meat.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: Wikijunior:Big Cats/Fossil History. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Big_Cats/Fossil_History
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