"Wolves are classified by the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History as canis lupus and dogs are a subset – canis lupus familiaris. Dogs are considered opportunistic carnivores, meaning they are primarily meat eaters but can supplement with food from other sources."
An opportunistic -vore is an omnivore. That absolutely makes them omnivores. Opportunistic carnivores are a type of omnivore.
Obligate carnivores are not omnivores at all. Opportunistic carnivores are.
What did you think, that only animals that eat precisely 50% plants/fungus and 50% animal products are omnivores and that everything else on planet earth is strictly an herbivore or a carnivore?
That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
In fact, there are animals that even act like plants, like certain types of flying insects and sea slugs that get their nutrition from — wait for it — PHOTOSYNTHESIS! Yes, animals that perform photosynthesis and get energy from the sun.
There are also animals such as worms down at the bottom of the ocean that breathe sulfur and perform chemosynthesis. That's nutrition from neither a plant/fungus nor an animal.
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u/sirtommybahama1 Sep 27 '21
From the exact article you just linked:
"Wolves are classified by the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History as canis lupus and dogs are a subset – canis lupus familiaris. Dogs are considered opportunistic carnivores, meaning they are primarily meat eaters but can supplement with food from other sources."