thedenofravenpuff:

It happens in real life.

Something I’ve talked about before with interest, to show I’m cool with cannibal characters in MLP because… it does happen.

Horses are indeed herbivores, no denying that. But we see again and again how they’ll in curiosity eat meat just because they got the chance to do so. Eating birds which are too relaxed around them, some farmers even caught their horse eating their chickens because the docile birds are easy to catch. Dead animals in the wild will do too. Any animal likes extra protein when given the chance.

That said, it’s not necessarily good for their digestion and it shows in their stools. Since they ARE herbivores. But their body can adjust to it and bad bowel movements don’t seem to turn all horses away from the additional supplements to their diet.

They’ll never actively hunt of course, and not all horses will ever do this. But it’s been observed a lot of times. 

MLP in mind I see meat eating as a great taboo, but some in Equestria still does eat it. Gryphons and bat ponies either being purely carnivorous or omnivores in need of the proteins and iron. A fact you can’t go around, but can avoid display in public to avoid upsetting the local herbivores (just as I’m sure nopony bothers to ask about the content in their dog and cat food or why the farmers keep pigs). 

Originally posted by mylittleponyfimgifs

remember in the running of the leaves when pinkie went on a tangent about hotdogs?