WHAT IF...We could redesign human teeth to encourage vegetarianism?

Exhibit at the WHAT IF... Exhibition in the Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin in 2009
Vegetarian Tooth, 2007 by Susana Soares
Recent research into the effects of eating meat on global warming estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of gas emissions. Recently the UN appealed for a radical shift in diet, arguing that it wouldn't only be good for our health, but for the planet in general. Teeth are an essential tool for nutrition - their shape is related to diet. Herbivore animals, for example, have developed teeth that reflect their feeding preferences and facilitate the consumption of plant material. Could our teeth structure be replaced to encourage a more sustainable dietary shift?

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[tamilmannan]

is it conducive for eating pussy?

[HisEmptyHouse]

What is human beings mutilated and maimed their bodies based on moralistic prattle?

[wildbunch]

Please tell me no public funds were spent on this project. If someone wants to be a vegan or vegetarian, fine; but, keep your lunacy to yourself.

[ZoldierrZzz]

@zerotankor

Hahahahahaahaa :D

[zerotankor]

@ZoldierrZzz

First.

My friend wrote that,

second.

Me not eating isn't preventing the cow from getting a shotgun to the head.

and third.

He's kinda right.

ooohh, fourth. Actually make a statement in your comments. Random insults get you no where.

[ZoldierrZzz]

@zerotankor

You are stupid.

[mmecharlotte]

I'd like to redesign my teeth, but with sharper ones. :D

[TheAmazingDaveFace]

@zerotankor

Well I don't eat meat because I dislike what it is. It's not exactly complicated. Other people have their own reasons which are typically quite simple, too.

[Nyocurio]

@zerotankor Actually it'd be cool if the law wouldn't prevent me from raping some hot chick when I see her on the street.. *sigh* why does law has to go against the nature of humans?

[zerotankor]

@Nyocurio lol, noooo, but if I came together and bread a handful of humans that we're fed and nourished properly until they are large enough to eat, then yes. I would indeed eat another human being.

And I'm sure it would be delicious..