In regards to eating meat

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The pea pods are are meant to be spread from the plant in order to grow again. The pods will dry up and open or fall off the plant so the seeds reach the soil. This is typical of plants: the fruit or seeds of the plant benefit from picked or eaten, in order to spread the seeds. And incidentally, when eaten and excreted, the seeds then are left with fertilizer as well.

By taking the pea pods, one does not kill the plant. The drought would have killed the plant.

Peas are annuals. The plant dies, the seeds remain to grow again the following year unless they are eaten.