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?
Vitamin A is a pretty significant one. It’s not soluble in water, so it bioaccumulates. Polar bears are predators that eat predators (seals) that eat creatures that eat autotrophs that are very vitamin A rich (alae, phytoplankton, etc.)
Because of that, 0.1 grams of polar bear liver has 100% of your daily recommended vitamin A, and as little as half a kilogram has enough to kill you =)
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!
Same way we decide which animals to eat and which to pet I guess
Pet/food decisions are mostly based on carnivore/herbivore type. Eating carnivorous animals poisons us over time, among other issues. Video about it: Why Predator Meat is Literally Poison (It’s Not What You Think)
How on Earth is it poison…
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?
Vitamin A is a pretty significant one. It’s not soluble in water, so it bioaccumulates. Polar bears are predators that eat predators (seals) that eat creatures that eat autotrophs that are very vitamin A rich (alae, phytoplankton, etc.)
Because of that, 0.1 grams of polar bear liver has 100% of your daily recommended vitamin A, and as little as half a kilogram has enough to kill you =)
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/will-you-die-if-you-eat-a-polar-bears-liver
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1257872/
Ah, natures way of creating teams in a deathmatch?
If it sings with you then it’s a friend, if it doesn’t then it’s food.
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.
They were all alive at some point
Pet the bovine cadaver coward.
Mmm, beef patty.
oh hey a cute living cow pat pat
dissociates
oh hey a yummy looking dead cow
Living cow: i pets moo cow
Freshly dead cow: no pets 4 u cow
A living cow: pet pet -
With my axe!
Then dead cow: yummy looking beef steak.
First one, then the other! The order is important…
There are no animals I wouldn’t eat or pet
What about a scorpion?
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!
I had fried scorpion once, and it was basically just crispy.
human?
If the pig is long, my hunger is strong 😤
It’s 2026, doesn’t everyone eat ass?
I’d pet them if they aren’t angry but I can’t say I’ve thought of eating donkeys. Necessity of survival, perhaps?
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Just depends on how hungry you are.
Yes, most of the toxins were discovered and recorded by people who observed the desperate, effectively.