Bioaccumulation of mercury, lead, etc., or too many vitamins: the more organisms in total eaten on the way to the one you eat. Herbivores have significantly fewer. A few bites of polar bear liver will send you into acute vitamin A overdose with permanent effects, if not death. Another one: Why Don’t We Eat Carnivores?
They’re really unpleasant to eat - much like a tarantula they’re basically all exoskeleton and that makes them a bit like chewing a big mouth full of fried peanut shells. But flavor-wise the meat is actually pretty tasty.
Zkuld@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same way we decide which animals to eat and which to pet I guess
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No no no. I would eat a cow. But I would also pet a cow.
I guess it depends if it’s alive or dead.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Pet the bovine cadaver coward.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Mmm, beef patty.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
oh hey a cute living cow pat pat
dissociates
oh hey a yummy looking dead cow
X@piefed.world 2 months ago
Living cow: i pets moo cow Freshly dead cow: no pets 4 u cow
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
A living cow: pet pet -
With my axe!
Then dead cow: yummy looking beef steak.
FatVegan@leminal.space 2 months ago
They were all alive at some point
Janx@piefed.social 2 months ago
First one, then the other! The order is important…
Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Pet/food decisions are mostly based on carnivore/herbivore type. Eating carnivorous animals poisons us over time, among other issues.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 months ago
How on Earth is it poison…
Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Bioaccumulation of mercury, lead, etc., or too many vitamins: the more organisms in total eaten on the way to the one you eat. Herbivores have significantly fewer. A few bites of polar bear liver will send you into acute vitamin A overdose with permanent effects, if not death. Another one: Why Don’t We Eat Carnivores?
j_z@feddit.nu 2 months ago
👆
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There are no animals I wouldn’t eat or pet
moakley@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What about a scorpion?
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They’re really unpleasant to eat - much like a tarantula they’re basically all exoskeleton and that makes them a bit like chewing a big mouth full of fried peanut shells. But flavor-wise the meat is actually pretty tasty.
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 2 months ago
human?
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s 2026, doesn’t everyone eat ass?
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just depends on how hungry you are.
Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Yes, most of the toxins were discovered and recorded by people who observed the desperate, effectively.
musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If it sings with you then it’s a friend, if it doesn’t then it’s food.