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Why Don't We Eat Lions?

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  • M Miszou

    I think it's because the meat from carnivorous animals doesn't taste as good as vegetarian animals.


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    Paul Watson
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    Um. Not true. I've eaten a few carnivores and they tasted pretty good.

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    • B Brady Kelly

      My friends and I are wondering what the real reason is that big carnivores in general, an dlions, are not a regular food source for humans, and why haven't they been in the past?

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      Marc Clifton
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      Brady Kelly wrote:

      and why haven't they been in the past?

      Because the energy required to hunt a lion is not worth what you get from the lion. Look at a lion. It's mostly skin and bones anyways, because it hardly can balance the energy equation. It's much more efficient (and safer) to hunt plump herbavoires (however you spell that word). Marc

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      • B Brady Kelly

        My friends and I are wondering what the real reason is that big carnivores in general, an dlions, are not a regular food source for humans, and why haven't they been in the past?

        I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues. - W. Somerset Maugham My New Blog

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        Pierre Leclercq
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        How about eating sharks?

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        • P Pierre Leclercq

          How about eating sharks?

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          ChandraRam
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          Pierre Leclercq wrote:

          How about eating sharks?

          People do, you know... You are probably thinking of a great white :)

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            Pierre Leclercq wrote:

            How about eating sharks?

            People do, you know... You are probably thinking of a great white :)

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            blackjack2150
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            Yes. In Iceland. And a few other places too, I think.

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            • B Brady Kelly

              My friends and I are wondering what the real reason is that big carnivores in general, an dlions, are not a regular food source for humans, and why haven't they been in the past?

              I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues. - W. Somerset Maugham My New Blog

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              devenv exe
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              I'm dead suprised. My tribe's stepfood is elephant meat and my personal favourite part is the tail.

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              • P Pierre Leclercq

                How about eating sharks?

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                Frank Kerrigan
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                Never heard of Shark finned soup?

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                • B Brady Kelly

                  My friends and I are wondering what the real reason is that big carnivores in general, an dlions, are not a regular food source for humans, and why haven't they been in the past?

                  I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues. - W. Somerset Maugham My New Blog

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                  Dalek Dave
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                  The main reason is one of taste and safety. er... The two main reasons are Taste and Safety and poisoning. ok Amongst the many reasons we don't eat carnivores are such items as... Taste. Meat eaters have higher degrees of acidity and the meat is often bitter. Examples especially in the bird world. There is no reason we couldn't eat seagulls for example, they are common, but inedible. Safety. Close working with meat eaters would inevitably mean that the meat eater would eat us! You would get far feeding tigers for food! "here kitty kitty!". Poisoning. All carniverous animals required stronger enzymes to break down the meat, fats and connective viscera, and some of these are actively poisonous to us. Badger, for example will cause massive gastric problem if eaten, whereas Owl has even been known to be lethal. Generally any carnivour should be avoided, although insectiverous omnivores are usually ok ( Chickens for example are mainly grain/seed eaters, but will take insects/worms). Funnily enough, Reindeer and Red Deer both will eat mice/voles if they can get them, and that doesn't seem to hurt the quality of the meat, so there is always the odd execption. Best I think to be a vicarious vegetarian. I only eat animals that eat plants!

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                  • B blackjack2150

                    Yes. In Iceland. And a few other places too, I think.

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                    Mike Dimmick
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                    • B Brady Kelly

                      My friends and I are wondering what the real reason is that big carnivores in general, an dlions, are not a regular food source for humans, and why haven't they been in the past?

                      I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues. - W. Somerset Maugham My New Blog

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                      longbowaj
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                      Carnivores don't taste good.

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                      • B Brady Kelly

                        My friends and I are wondering what the real reason is that big carnivores in general, an dlions, are not a regular food source for humans, and why haven't they been in the past?

                        I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues. - W. Somerset Maugham My New Blog

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                        pdohara
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                        Habit. Until recently it was very difficult to eat a Lion. It is much easier to domesticate an animal that is not actively trying to eat you. So humans have avoided predators as a food source. Instead we domesticated predators to use their predatory abilities (think cats and dogs). Could we today? sure, but it would still be more expensive than cows, pigs and sheep. Still, maybe there's a business opportunity here?

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