Surprising Vegetarians

by Ken Ham on May 14, 2026

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When you think of vegetarians, spiders probably don’t come to mind. But there’s one species of spider that snacks on plants, only hunting occasionally. This shouldn’t shock us. This spider is just a reminder that even creatures with predatory features once devoured only veggies.

You see, God originally created man and the animals as vegetarian. It wasn’t until after sin that animals turned to carnivory.

And spiders aren’t the only reminder of the past. Some rather fierce-looking species eat plants including several monitor lizard species, fruit bats, and giant pandas. It’s all a reminder that the history in God’s Word is true.

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