• 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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      23 hours ago

      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.

    • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zip
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      23 hours ago

      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?