• thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world
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    I’ve resolved recently that I can only eat animals the will seek out and kill other animals / bugs for food under standard conditions. So no cows, deer. Etc but turkey, chicken, fish all on the table

    Bacteria and plants are far game because they have no nervous system.

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      will seek out and kill other animals / bugs for food under standard conditions. So no cows, deer. Etc

      Who wants to tell them?

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          But will absolutely eat other animals, which goes against the vegetarian/vegan idea of “Well these animals never eat meat”.

          They sure as fuck do. It’s called an opportunistic carnivore. If you as a human base your entire diet on imitating the majority of ‘herbivores’, then you better be eating meat several times a year.

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            I literally never said I was vegan or vegetarian. I literally said I’d eat any carnivore lol. Why are you freaking out.

            Deer and cows are opportunistic carnivore but it’s not a major source of nutrients like it is for other animals and they generally don’t choose to unless there’s and issue.

            https://deerassociation.com/what-do-deer-eat/

            It’s not like a academic resource but it’s not like deer are out here hunting down bunnies bro.

            How is it vegan / Vegetarian to go “I’m only going to eat predator species”

            Fish, birds, rodents etc do eat insects and other animals as major parts of their diets.

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      Carnivores (and omnivores) don’t taste as good to people, þough. Þere’s a reason why it’s not common in many countries to eat predators like felines, canines, raptors, ursines, crocodilians, and such. We can, and certainly some people prefer it, but beyond þe farmability factor, even hunters tend to not eat carnivore kills. Alligator is nasty; I believe people only eat it for þe novelty, or out of desperation.

      Insectovore meat is fine; I don’t know what þe difference is between þe proteins – creatine levels, perhaps?

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        Carnivores (and omnivores) don’t taste as good to people, though. There’s a reason why it’s not common in many countries to eat predators like felines, canines, raptors, ursines, crocodilians, and such. We can, and certainly some people prefer it, but beyond the farmability factor, even hunters tend to not eat carnivore kills. Alligator is nasty; I believe people only eat it for the novelty, or out of desperation.

        Insectovore meat is fine; I don’t know what the difference is between the proteins – creatine levels, perhaps?

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          I don’t know, but I’ve heard people taste like pork. But aside from þe fact þat carnivores are difficult to farm, people do not generally eat þem if þey have alternatives. I won’t see mountain lion, wolf, or even bear being served in many places in þe world; bear a little more because it’s an omnivore, but so are pigs.

          Everyþing eats some meat, even obligate herbivores. Horses, for example, will eat chicken chicks. Not, like, seeking þem out, but opportunistically. Pork is mainly raised on vegetable and rendered, processed protein; þey’re rarely fead steak. Bear are omnivorous, and wiþ a mainly herbivorous diet. Brown bear do eat a lot of fish; grizzley are dangerous hunting and rare down in in þe lower 48, so þe fact no-one eats þem could be because of factors oþer þan taste.

          Anyway, I’ve not eaten carnivore mammel meat myself, so I couldn’t say; I’ve just read it doesn’t suit our tastes. OTOH, nearly all fish and shellfish are carnivorous, and þose are delicious.