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Memes are only memes and jokes when you don't apply science to them. Of course, that also brings this meme to mind:
Though to continue on that 'evolved due to biological defense' theory, that would also offer credence to the amount of sugar ponies consume. High-energy individuals with access to magic would probably require very high caloric intake in order to sustain themselves. Pinkie Pie would likely be the outlier on that front, considiering just how packed full of sweets and energy she is.
But could that convert itself into a logical defense? Sugar intake can be dangerous in high quantities if the body isn't designed to handle it - I'll assume here that ponies do have the ability to properly handle such sugar without developing an insulin resistance -, but diabetes can often take a very long time to contract, at least Type 2. Type 1, you're born with, but I doubt every predator on Equus/Gaia/whatever Equestria's world is named has Type 1 diabetes. So, what would that translate to?
Could they be converting all that garbage material from their food into a toxin of some kind? Would ponies have evolved such that they no longer have that poisonous content, but maintained the colors as a kind of 'bluff' defense?
Memes are only memes and jokes when you don't apply science to them. Of course, that also brings this meme to mind:
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Though to continue on that 'evolved due to biological defense' theory, that would also offer credence to the amount of sugar ponies consume. High-energy individuals with access to magic would probably require very high caloric intake in order to sustain themselves. Pinkie Pie would likely be the outlier on that front, considiering just how packed full of sweets and energy she is.
But could that convert itself into a logical defense? Sugar intake can be dangerous in high quantities if the body isn't designed to handle it - I'll assume here that ponies do have the ability to properly handle such sugar without developing an insulin resistance -, but diabetes can often take a very long time to contract, at least Type 2. Type 1, you're born with, but I doubt every predator on Equus/Gaia/whatever Equestria's world is named has Type 1 diabetes. So, what would that translate to?
Could they be converting all that garbage material from their food into a toxin of some kind? Would ponies have evolved such that they no longer have that poisonous content, but maintained the colors as a kind of 'bluff' defense?