Why Don't We Eat Carnivores?
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Humans eat a lot of different animals, but almost none of them are carnivores - why?
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@GamerDuDimanche1456
2 ай бұрын
I have a question for the team, did you use a text to speech gpt to do the ad read at the end ? It sounds different from the rest of the video?
@sarahjberman
2 ай бұрын
@@GamerDuDimanche1456 hi! editor here. no AI was used - all Kate as always, just a different take edited differently than the main portion. Apologies for the uncanniness in the transition :)
@CoveQuackers
2 ай бұрын
Watch ordinary sausage too if you wanna see more
@bbgun061
2 ай бұрын
I've read that early American settlers would eat anything they could hunt. (The flavor varied greatly.) It's likely that most people living in wilderness areas throughout history did the same. But once most of the carnivores have been hunted, all that's left are the herbivores. (And with no predators, their population increases.) It's much easier to domesticate herbivores. Now why not just eat the plants instead? The reason is that most livestock eat plants that humans can't eat.
@dahawk8574
Ай бұрын
3:53 - I would like to see a video on us eating the plants directly. That would be wonderful.
CGP Grey summarized it best: "Ten pounds of grass make a pound of cow, and ten pounds of cow make a pound of tiger. But cow and tiger have the same amount of calories, so you might as well just eat the cow."
@ArpanDe
2 ай бұрын
Might as well eat dirt 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🥶🥶🤢🤢
@NickWrightDataYT
2 ай бұрын
But Kate also made a good point--if humans just ate the grass (really grain/corn), it'd be even more efficient!
@martinketchum
2 ай бұрын
@@NickWrightDataYT good thing we are now cows
@matthewboyd8689
2 ай бұрын
Hence why veganism would cost less if it weren't for the subsidies provided to the meat industry And having 1/10 as much farmland would mean 1/10 as much chemical runoff, also fixing the problem of the Dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.
@davidegaruti2582
2 ай бұрын
@@NickWrightDataYTthe logic of veganism ... We already use soy to grow cattles so why not eat soy ?
I could think of many things: - their diet is too expensive - you cannot herd them - they might attack you - they are probably territorial, no chance of having lots of them in a small area
@duran9664
2 ай бұрын
❌ WRONG❌WRONG❌WRONG❌ People eat what easy to hunt & control🤷♀️ We would have eat each other if it easy to hunt humans, control them & eat them🤏
@AiNaKa
2 ай бұрын
@@duran9664 they literally just said that they're not easy to hunt or control so how is it wrong
@harthroth
2 ай бұрын
@@AiNaKait's a bot dawg
@jackychen7769
2 ай бұрын
@@harthroth it does seem to be a bot, but it's a bit weird how its comment is tailored to the video
@simonPARK-lv8fi
2 ай бұрын
@harthroth Maybe not, it's related to the vid... probably just a person?
Simple: Hunt lion for food= high chance of death Hunt chicken for food= low chance of death After thousands of years, our taste adapted to liking herbivores.
3:27 the cow pattern is 2 faces looking at each other😂
@ReimeiNoRaimei
2 күн бұрын
Ohh gosh I can’t unsee it now 😂
@lukesalazar9283
Күн бұрын
Fr!
@gabegamez1018
Сағат бұрын
How did I not see that
Conversely for seafood, we humans predominantly eat carnivorous fish, while we rarely eat herbivorous fish. Herbivore fish taste like the plants they eat. Which isn't good.
@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214
2 ай бұрын
I think the reason why is because there aren’t that many of them and they aren’t very large either. Whereas Tuna, Salmon, etc can get pretty large, taste good and because we don’t farm them, we don’t have to pump resources into them
@davidegaruti2582
2 ай бұрын
Oceanic food webs just operate on another level
@Merennulli
2 ай бұрын
It's not about taste. There just aren't very many, they're not particularly big, and they have a significant risk of being toxic. People eat them anyway, but it's not common because it's not efficient.
@freerolll
2 ай бұрын
What about sardines and shrimp.
@Merennulli
2 ай бұрын
@@freerolll I think the specific species (plural) of shrimp are carnivorous, but you are right about sardines being omnivores.
i find it really funny you use an aligator in a farm as an example of "we don't farm carnivores" when infact we litterally have aligator farms for their meat in Louisiana
@TrainerGoldAlt
Ай бұрын
thats mostly for their skin right?
@klungar
Ай бұрын
@@TrainerGoldAlt I've eaten gator on multiple occasions, in restaurants and otherwise. It's definitely a bit of an outlier here.
@xToddmcx
Ай бұрын
I noticed that but I don't think you can argue that it's common or makes up a significant portion of human eaten meat.
@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434
Ай бұрын
@@TrainerGoldAlt but the meat rather than ended in dump, better consumed by anyone who wants to taste it
@RustedCrown11
Ай бұрын
@@TrainerGoldAlt for the skin and the meat, the meat is like a really good cross between fish and chicken
China:- bro theres nothing like omnivorous carnivorous, all animals or insects which moves we can eat.
@that_betrayalmanguy
4 күн бұрын
Some countries and "most" asian countries eat almost every animal in their country except those that are too small for example in the Philippines in other places we eat crocodiles like in Palawan I think 🤔.
@f1kRii
4 күн бұрын
@@that_betrayalmanguyBro, what do you mean by “some muslim countries”? Eating carnivorous animals in Islam is haram. Stop sending misinformation on the internet
@that_betrayalmanguy
4 күн бұрын
@@f1kRii sorry bro it's actually Asian sorry 😔
@wodddj
2 күн бұрын
Next time visiting China, try deep fried scorpions, very tasty!
@eastern2western
2 күн бұрын
Not always true because chinese protein tend to surround pigs, chickens and smaller animals because bigger animals such as water buffalos and horses were used for heavier farm labors.
The Exotic Meat Market after seeing this video: Hold My Lion Meat.
For most of human history, eating a carnivore would've just been HARD. Why fight a bear for it's meat when you could hunt a deer, where you'd be less likely to get injured and die? Then as a course, we'd never develop the taste/immune system/etc. for eating predators.
@user-yj8mh1uk8r
Ай бұрын
Also - there might be 20 or more deer for each wolf in the neighbourhood, so it's much easier to hunt the deer.
@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443
Ай бұрын
Actually hunting is the only reliable way to eat carmnivores and we have proof than ancient humans regurarly ate carnivores
@katokianimation
Ай бұрын
Most bears are omnivores but the point is still valid.
@runronnierun7213
Ай бұрын
I think the first part of what of what you said is correct. I don't know about the taste/ immune system part. It makes sense that herd animals would be the choice to hunt over more solitary animals, which is also why we eat fish that are predators, as they tend to swim in schools. It's about calories per effort. The Native Americans knew it was much more cost effective to herd a group of buffalo over a cliff than to hunt down solitary predators.
@defeqel6537
Ай бұрын
isotope analysis suggests that we ate other carnivores too
I'll add another possible reason: humans used to be hunter-gatherers, and hunting a carnivore probably was way too dangerous to be worth the effort
@komiks42
Ай бұрын
Yea. I assume if they killed it in defense, they might eat it but hunting to eat it? Dangerous
@akbarkhan-nq3xl
Ай бұрын
I wouldn't be so sure on that hypothesis as a discovery was made in Africa in Kenya or Tanzania that homo erectus regularly hunted carnivorous in that area for food
@AintNoFossil
Ай бұрын
Yeah, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thumbnail, but I'm appalled that an evolutionary perspective wasn't considered in the video.
@cj-seejay-cj-seejay
Ай бұрын
Yes, I thought of this, too. Especially since it also explains why we would have an exception for carnivorous fish: fish generally aren't as dangerous as carnivorous land animals.
@LinebaKKer
Ай бұрын
This was my idea
"Why Don't We Eat Carnivores?" There's alligator meat, shark fin soup, and i think snakes are sometimes eaten as well...
@cisium1184
3 күн бұрын
Also birds, many of which eat bugs.
I thought the deer looking like Deerling was just me being too Poképilled but then I saw the other animals. Nice nod, even got a shiny in there.
@danielsolano330
7 күн бұрын
Who's the shiny? The wolf? I don't even recognise which Pokemon it's supposed to look like
You are not even considering that hunting a deer is significantly easier than hunting a cougar
@avu2888
2 ай бұрын
idk man, there's like 4 in my dms promising a weekly allowance of $1000, as long as I send my bank details first
@foxx1275
2 ай бұрын
Right alongside the idea that they would be less safe to eat this is what occurred to me first. When you hunt a deer, rabbit or whatnot, you are the predator, and they are the prey trying to get away from you. With a carnivore, you are both hunters, and it becomes a much more dangerous game.
@ronald3836
2 ай бұрын
I'm hunting cougars at the moment in Red Dead Redemption 2 and can confirm.
@AymenDZA
2 ай бұрын
Especially when the cougar also considers hunting you just as much !
@nuklearboysymbiote
2 ай бұрын
@@avu2888 LMAO😭😭😭😭
I'm no expert but hunting or herding tigers seems a lot harder then hunting or herding rabbits.
@slizzardshroomer9666
6 күн бұрын
Herding rabbits? Good luck with that.
@teckzilla108
5 күн бұрын
@@slizzardshroomer9666 Breeding rabbits is a lot easier lol
@FalconWindblader
4 күн бұрын
@@slizzardshroomer9666Look it up. It's actually a thing & VERY EASILY done when compared to other bigger herbivores
I'm sorry but I've eaten a few carnivores. Gator shark, Tuna, mackerel, and other carnivorous fish. Snake is also eaten. So the correct wording is humans usually avoid eating carnivores.
I think you kinda missed what's imo the big one: we don't just eat herbivores, we specifically eat ruminants and fowl (and pork, which is also the most common meat, but I'll get back to that), which are animals that eat grass and seeds. Specifically, those are things that human derive little to no nutrition from, but are incredibly abundant. For most of human history (really, all of it prior to the Second Agricultural Revolution), we didn't grow food to feed animals, we just let them graze on otherwise unused grassland or hay, which is effectively a byproduct of the grains we actually eat. As such, they were basically a way of converting inedible plant matter into stuff we can actually eat. Pigs are the big exception to that, in that they don't eat grasses primarily. However, they do eat anything. All of the waste and scraps that get produced by people can be fed to pigs, and they'll also happily find food in an otherwise barren field. Basically, the reason we eat those animals primarily is just because those animals were effectively no-effort food sources at a time when food production was the vast majority of human labour.
@computo2000
Ай бұрын
This comment wins the question.
@leightongardner7822
Ай бұрын
This should get pinned well said. It makes sense that we'd find the most efficient way to satisfy our need for food and what could be easier than eating animals that eat the stuff we don't eat or need makes perfect sense... imagine trying to catch antelope to feed to your leopard so you can eat it 😂😂
@argentin2306
Ай бұрын
The pig is a tricky one though, if you only feed it trash, the meat will taste like trash, unless you fed it good quality food the last few months of it life, making its meat mid quality, but if you fed it with high quality food all its life, you end up with good quality meat (let's ignore for a moment the different breeds and how the environment can influence on the quality)
@SeventhEve
Ай бұрын
Yes, and this points out a very good reason why the religion hypothesis doesn't really hold up: both Judaism and Islam prohibit pork, and yet it is the most consumed meats on the planet. If that were a cultural factor, it would mean western cultures would not eat so much of it.
@someguy2135
Ай бұрын
Since the 2nd Agricultural Revolution, we waste a huge amount of resources like land and fresh water to produce animal products. Animal agriculture is the top cause of deforestation, and biodiversity loss. It is also a major cause of climate change, water pollution, ocean dead zones, and the threat of zoonotic diseases, and antibiotic resistance. It is long past the time to change to a plant based food production system!
You missed the basic point, carnivores usually reproduce at lower numbers and lower frequency than herbivores. It is easier to extinct tigers than sheep.
@elkoku2002
Ай бұрын
That's not true, cows born one by one, tigers have a litter of 3 or more cubs per season, the problem is that adult tigers do not coexist peacefully.
@The_Gallowglass
Ай бұрын
I think we also have an unspoken alliance with carnivores--or better put---hunters. We respect them. As long as they don't bother us we don't bother them (mostly). That and they're a lot more clever than herbivores.
@VeganSemihCyprus33
Ай бұрын
We don't eat herbivores either 👉 Dominion (2018)
@Javier64691
Ай бұрын
I don’t think that’s really a point since companies would just overproduce to compensate for the lower frequency. It’s most likely a bunch of those reasons to make the whole picture.
@dm3280
Ай бұрын
Yeah, it's already obvious. Why would early humans go for a single dangerous tiger that will literally turn you into its prey, rather than a herd of sheep that's easier to catch. And pretty sure the big boys won't easily get swayed like the early dogs.
I read this morning of a croc that was shot because it was stalking people and eating dogs. The body was donated to the local aboriginal community who held a feast.
I add one very good reason. Ecosystems needs carnivores to keep other species from growing to much in numbers. There arent that much carnivores, and they are in danger. If we run out of carnivores, the natural balance will go bananas.
A point about the inefficiency of cows, though, which I think is important to point out Historically, raising cattle (not just cows but sheep and goats too) was done in areas where it was hard to grow crops, but where grass grew readily. Humans can't eat grass, so it was an easy way to turn inedible calories into edible ones. It didn't matter that it took 10000 calories of grass to make 1000 calories of cow because those 10000 calories of grass were useless to us. It wasn't that different from the fish example. Then we started growing crops to feed the cattle tho, which kind of defeats the purpose of having the cattle in the first place. But originally at least, it made perfect sense.
@Aronsr2004
2 ай бұрын
another point is that our digestion systems are significantly less adapted for grass than a cow is, so regardless of how many calories exist in grass we can't directly benefit from it without farming animals who do have digestion systems capable of digesting said grass.
@Croz89
2 ай бұрын
Even now, it *sort* of does. Some percentage of a harvest of say, wheat is usually pretty poor quality, you might eat it if you were starving and it would be pretty horrible (it would probably be grits or porridge because the protein content is too low for bread or pasta), but in an otherwise abundant food environment, it's going to go to waste. There are also fodder crops like alfalfa that grow more readily in poor soil but are also not very nutritious for humans. Finally there's waste products from the food industry like sugar beet pulp or molasses. Not to say high quality human edible grains are not fed to cattle sometimes, especially in the US where it is extremely cheap to produce, but there's still a lot of sources of animal feed which could not be easily diverted for human use.
@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x
2 ай бұрын
Just like you said. Additionally, for millions of years of human history and teens of thousands of years of history, animals and land was plentiful until very very recently. Herbivores were pests in agricultural areas, especially after dangerous carnivore threats/competitors were eliminated. So hunting deer, elk, antelope, horse, rabbit, etc. became a necessity and it still is. And they are delicious and nutritious, and can be excellently paired with plants and drinks.
@victory8928
2 ай бұрын
another point is food waste and bad crops and forage. Stuff we gathered that we can’t eat so we feed it to what we can eat
@BossOfAllTrades
2 ай бұрын
@@Croz89Yea forage cover crops with livestock can actually improve soils in degraded land reversing deserts. Every thing in nature has a purpose but people try demonize livestock ,When we caused more harm through industrial waste. But they wont focus on that part because of all the oil companies
Back in the old days, carnivores were harder to hunt and the reward to risk ratio was not worth it, in the present times, it is very difficult and inefficient to grow carnivores for food, so it is highly practical to eat herbivores
@tackytaco8133
Ай бұрын
There was nothing harder to hunt for humans, like carnivorous fish example was given.
@hansvonmannschaft9062
Ай бұрын
@@tackytaco8133 What? Oh lord... "nothing harder to hunt", sure, a grazing deer or cow ancestor would've been just as trivial to hunt as a sabertooth tiger. /facepalm. Oh BUT WAIT! - Gets better: the fantastic counterargument is that we've hunted (and still do)... carnivorous fish! Argh... I just felt millions of braincells shouting in pain...
@cyberyousef7519
Ай бұрын
No its because allah made it haram for us to eat them
@MintsClassic
15 күн бұрын
Indeed hunting big Carnivores is risky, but there are also many small carnivores that can be hunted without risk (foxes, raccoons, or small cat species). Also many herbivores were/are dangerous to hunt, big ungulates like elks, mammoths or buffalos.
@hansvonmannschaft9062
15 күн бұрын
@@MintsClassic Yes, that'd be true, but what the guy above me said was in response to the other guy above us, but wrong, and... being merciful... pitful, in a way. And let's leave it there. In any case, there's nothing to argue with your point m'friend. Have a good one.
I enjoy how some of the animals were drawn to look like Pokémon
this is an actual interest topic. thanks for trying
This is more “why we don’t farm carnivores” more so than “why we don’t eat carnivores”. We eat plenty of carnivores but farm very little of them.
@SiphesihleSihle-tj6vy
Ай бұрын
Very good
@tinachristine4573
Ай бұрын
True. We eat crocodile meat.
@elijahknox4421
Ай бұрын
@@tinachristine4573yeah while watching this video I was thinking, I've had crocodile, everyone with me liked it and the meat was very soft
@murraykelm5691
Ай бұрын
They are farmed ,but for their fur not their meat
@Wolfntee
Ай бұрын
Tuna too! @tinachristine4573
"We don't eat carnivores" *looks at my bowl of alligator gumbo*
@DeadjokeIknow
Ай бұрын
It's probably more efficient to eat alligator compared to other carnivores because unlike warm blooded animals that turn only 10 percent of food into mass and the rest into heat and energy the alligator turns about 70 percent into mass and relays on the sun for heat
@ahassan5
Ай бұрын
We are not in China
@yektaagra741
Ай бұрын
@@ahassan5 its also a delicacy in Australia i believe. They say it tastes like chicken and the tail has a pretty good texture Edit: Turns out there are crocodiles in Australia, not alligators
@itsov5033
Ай бұрын
Was just finna say that. Like- I'm definitely eating fried gator
@Labyrinth6000
Ай бұрын
Fried gator = Mmm
When our ancient early caveman ancestors started chasing down dinner with pointy sticks, non bitey animals would have been a lot easier to poke, without getting bit or clawed in return. It started for very practical reasons, and we continue for very practical reasons, even if they are mostly different reasons than in the past.
I like the meme about a Peta billboard that asks "where do you draw the line" and the added lines are "Normal, Economic crisis, apocalyptic crisis"
Thank you for convincing me to not take up cannibalism.
@ZeGamerZ-
Ай бұрын
XD
@aimliard2276
Ай бұрын
😂 i read somewhere that human meat not only smell bad and the texture a little strange however its close to pig at least that is good
@elijahknox4421
Ай бұрын
@@aimliard2276speak for yourself. I hate pork
@spaceman081447
Ай бұрын
@@aimliard2276 That's why another term for cannibalism is "long pig."
@amuk4229
Ай бұрын
Did you not watch the video? Typical humans would taste bad but grass-fed humans should be delicious.
Other carnivores we eat include crustaceans, reptiles, terrapins, cetaceans, pinipeds, and amphibians.
@roseyuen6916
2 ай бұрын
Also cephalopods, and dogs and cats in some places
@BossOfAllTrades
2 ай бұрын
@@roseyuen6916Lol I never understand that as you might as well eat rabbits, at that point there more efficient but I guess poor starving people eat stray dogs and cats.
@therainbowgulag.
2 ай бұрын
Fish
@duran9664
2 ай бұрын
❌ WRONG❌WRONG❌WRONG❌ People eat what easy to hunt & control🤷♀️ We would have eat each other if it easy to hunt humans, control them & eat them🤏
@BossOfAllTrades
2 ай бұрын
@@duran9664 No we wouldnt do that Its psychopathic
You forgot one thing - POPULATION EXPLOSION is different for herbivores (prey) & carnivores (predators). Having more offspring and forming herds is a survival strategy for prey animals which impacts availability of certain types of meat. Also, seeing herds would have given early humans the idea of farming animals.
I thought of this question so many times glad there is a video about it
I think domestication plays a big factor. Its easier to domesticate pigs, goats, horses, cows, chickens, and ducks: animals that live as a group then to domesticate something solo like a tiger. That said, it wouldn't explain canines. We've domesticated dogs but we don't eat them (baring starvation/desperation/survival) and some "carnivores" like coyotes eat more plants and fruits during different seasons, much like the bear example. So why don't we eat dogs in most cultures?
I've heard this quote from a hunting channel once. "No meat you cook will taste bad as long as you cook it correct way and put in enough seasoning."
@RabbyArt
Ай бұрын
yeah any funky meat can be turned delicious by plenty of garlic, pepper, ginger, salt and onions.
@orangejacket4551
Ай бұрын
It’s true. Just make sure you check for rabies after..
@RFakonWolf_Art
Ай бұрын
@@orangejacket4551 And lots of parasite species resistant to heat... So I say, no thanks! 🤣
@fraizie6815
Ай бұрын
That just further solidifies the point why carnivores never became popular - to make their meat tender you need to put in a lot of time and energy.
@AnimeIsLayfu
Ай бұрын
In short, waste. Not just time or ingredients but energy as well. Why make yourself suffer when you can achieve the same thing with lesser effort?
As CGPGray once said, “Thermodynamics”
@U.K.N
2 ай бұрын
Soooo long ago
@tasrickhasan6899
2 ай бұрын
"We are the top Chicken" -CGP
@hdrodic
2 ай бұрын
Ten pounds of grass make a pound of steak, and ten pounds of steak make a pound of tiger
@David280GG
2 ай бұрын
Gd reference
@bbgun061
2 ай бұрын
@@hdrodic And we can't eat grass.
I like how it’s called “minute earth” but they spend an obnoxious amount of time to explain a straight forward concept of why we farm what we farm.
The thing you said about bears in specific seasons also applies to deer and waterfowl. I've heard of people eating bears, wolves, and everything else depending on what's available in that part of the world. Predators are predators so you know a little more dangerous to hunt this is likely the reason we shy away from predators from the beginning. Early man was on the food chain just like everything else.
One straightforward reason related to efficiency is that there are significantly more herbivores in nature than carnivores.
@RabbyArt
Ай бұрын
I'm also 90% sure prey animals give birth more often and have larger litters of offspring. They likely even grow faster than carnivores
@AndrewManook
Ай бұрын
That's why we were hunter gatherers for most of our history.
@randallbutler6795
Ай бұрын
Your reason explains more than the other proposed reasons.
@Fledhyris
Ай бұрын
And they're easier to hunt/catch, never mind farm!
@VeganSemihCyprus33
Ай бұрын
We don't eat herbivores either 👉 Dominion (2018)
3:33 That cow has two people going for a kiss on its back!
@dryzalizer
2 ай бұрын
side*
@Cheskoslavia
2 ай бұрын
@@dryzalizer No, it's a chalice!
@DefnitelyNotFred
2 ай бұрын
Well spotted!
@deleted-something
2 ай бұрын
What
@max_me_is
Ай бұрын
They painted a cow with a Rorschach painting, very cool
One thing we could add is a link between the efficiency and taste hypothetis : the meat we eat and like is in the most part from animals that have been selected over millenia to taste how we want to (like cattle, chikens etc). And the animals we domesticate cannot be carnivorous because they are harder to feed more dangerous to keep arround
@Azulakayes
6 күн бұрын
Exactly
To add on to the inefficiency problem, there are generally less carnivores/predators in the wild than herbivores/prey, so even before farming it was easier to acquire herbivore meat.
The "nasties" idea also applies to fish. Some species of fish are considered less "clean" because of their levels of heavy metals, PCB and other nasties.
@fraizie6815
Ай бұрын
Ah yes I love me some fish with a motherboard (PCB) in it /s
@v44n7
Ай бұрын
and some societies dont like fish or even people cant eat fish
@warthoggoulags1679
Ай бұрын
like thuna
@Sonofdio2019
Ай бұрын
@@fraizie6815frr, capacitors are just so 🤤
@VeganSemihCyprus33
Ай бұрын
We don't eat herbivores either 👉 Dominion (2018)
chickens do be eating eachother out there in them wilds tho
Southerner who eat Crocodile: 👀
Definitely the inefficiencies/cost for farming. Snakes, Alligator/Crocodile, Shark, Whale, Bear, Seals, are all eaten around the world, but often require hunting/catching in the wild.
@KB-qp7gk
Ай бұрын
Thank you, finally someone mentioning HUNTING in this topic...
@M33f3r
Ай бұрын
Snake meat is amazing. Some of the best $50 or so a pound I've ever bought on the extremely rare occasion it is available.,
@bigmoe9856
Ай бұрын
Snake and Gator/Croc are an exception due to their methods of digestion/cold blooded factor. A snake only requires you give it a mouse once a week (I'm generalizing a theory, some snake owner can clarrify) while the gator/croc has an entire season where their metabolism basically shuts off. It is therefore cost efficienct to raise these for meat even though you'll be feeding them meat.
@bigmoe9856
Ай бұрын
@@MarianLuca-rz5kk compared to herbivores, no, this will be an investment on time. But they do have multplie offspring so you'll be working with batches
@bigmoe9856
Ай бұрын
@@MarianLuca-rz5kk luckily that has easy solutions. Rodents for the snake and pigs for the suchos. Both eat basically anything and are so good at breeding they're practically a pest-not to mention they grow fast. Freeze them when you don't need them and then thaw them when you do.
Hearing her say nasties is just so weird. Btw for reference the process she mention is called bio accumulation.
@VeganSemihCyprus33
Ай бұрын
We don't eat herbivores either 👉 Dominion (2018)
@PKmuffdiver
Ай бұрын
Indeed
@nemesis8131
Ай бұрын
@@VeganSemihCyprus33 Ok, I do.
@fretzT_T
Ай бұрын
@@VeganSemihCyprus33I'm vegetarian but I don't cry like a bitch when someone eat meat. Grow up. Take your vit B12 supplements your brain is weakening
@theblurryblackcat
Ай бұрын
I liked it
The word nasty has a good connotation to my adult brain 😂😂
Non western countries: "huh you don't eat carnivores?"
I think a big note is hunted meat vs farmed meat. Farmed meat we don't do predators on because of the conversion ratio among other things. As for hunted meat, a lot of people are not hunters. Also in theory it may have to do with availiability. Like if you have to eat multiple animals to keep yourself alive that in theory implies that there must be more of those things. If there was more predators then prey then the predators would end up starving themselves. So if you treat hunting as a random draw you are more likely to get something lower on the peaking order then something higher on the peaking order. You could target those rarer creatures but that would in effect just be drawing more cards/spending more effort.
@ChineduOpara
Ай бұрын
For the ADHD kids scrolling through, here is the tl;dr version: _"The population math doesn't add up"_ 👈 You're welcome 😊
@xdevantx5870
Ай бұрын
This is probably the biggest answer and also why fish are the "exception".
@VeganSemihCyprus33
Ай бұрын
We don't eat herbivores either 👉 Dominion (2018)
My first thought was that when you decide what animal to go and eat, you're better off choosing one that's unlikely to pull an Uno reverse card on you.
@VeganSemihCyprus33
Ай бұрын
We don't eat herbivores either 👉 Dominion (2018)
im so addicted to coffee that when you mentioned bitter plants it activated some neuron in my brain
3:53 since humans can't digest cellulose properly, we don't get much nutrition from cellulose rich plants, like grass. Since cows can properly digest it and grow as a result, we can use cows as a way to get at least some nutrients from the grass that we wouldn't be able to otherwise
South East Asians: what are you talking about?
@VergiliarEcaros
Ай бұрын
We eat anything have 4 legs, unless it’s a chair lol
@oh_k8
Ай бұрын
They're not afraid of danger
@GhostRiley-zs8zb
Ай бұрын
you mean chinese
@northernsnow6982
Ай бұрын
Or anyone who has eaten alligators, snakes, or many types of ocean creatures.
@tehkaihong5328
Ай бұрын
@@GhostRiley-zs8zb they be snacking too
I love how this video just ignored alligator farms in Southern US states. They are farmed to be slaughtered for their meat.
@westonding8953
2 ай бұрын
They had pictures of them. They are not common though.
@alexgrissom3513
2 ай бұрын
Just as immoral as eating cows and pigs
@hawoaliahmed6996
Ай бұрын
@@alexgrissom3513believing that is tantamount to believing human existence is immoral,or/and any other carnivores as well.
@alexgrissom3513
Ай бұрын
@@hawoaliahmed6996 nope. You’re arguing what’s called an appeal to nature logical fallacy.
@thefrenchselkie1401
Ай бұрын
@@alexgrissom3513 how is it a fallacy? you cant just claim that. You have to explain WHY it's immoral. Say, because eating meat is bad for the environment, and choosing to eat it over more sustainable options is morally wrong because of the negative impact on the environment. Otherwise they're not wrong - there is nothing morally wrong about the concept of eating other animals. It's a fact of survival
Once humans started domesticating animals, they probably realized predators like cats and dogs were much more valuable for hunting, protection, and keeping pests out of food stores than they were as a food source. From there, we came to see them as companion animals instead of food.
A lot of carnivores are endangered that could be put into perspective
People do eat bear, crocs, frogs, snakes, shark. They're mostly hunted rather than farmed of course.
@119beaker
Ай бұрын
Bear are omnivores (except polar bears and they aren't generally eaten) the rest are cold blooded and therefore have a much higher efficiency of turning food into meat around 3-4 times better than mammals.
@ZhovtoBlakytniy
Ай бұрын
People eat cetaceans (whales and such) too. Snapping turtles, sea birds, cats, dogs, seals, spiders, crustaceans
I always assumed it was because predators are hard to domesticate. The exception is dogs and cats and they are eaten in certain parts of the world, but they're used in other ways regardless.
@PeterSedesse
Ай бұрын
The dogs they eat in Korea that are raised on farms are fed plant based foods. I was stationed there and there was a dog farm just off base. They are fed basically the same thing pigs are fed. Lots of soybeans etc.
@OtherTheDave
Ай бұрын
@@PeterSedesse Huh! Well, TIL… thanks!
@MartinX192
Ай бұрын
Dogs are omnivores, only cats are carnivores
@VeganSemihCyprus33
Ай бұрын
We don't eat herbivores either 👉 Dominion (2018)
Technically most people do eat carnivores depending on the place where they live while others eat omnivores like a bear
"We don't eat carnivores" Fish: am I a joke to you?
@mr.rocheteau
Ай бұрын
she mentions them in the vid
@mr.rocheteau
Ай бұрын
2:43
@S1rRandom
Ай бұрын
she mentions that in the vid broski
@GabrielMoura-qe3il
Ай бұрын
I want eat a white shark!
@mr.rocheteau
Ай бұрын
@@GabrielMoura-qe3il all the power to you
The casual occasionally Pokémon in your animations always make my day :)
@akpsyche1299
Ай бұрын
I noticed Deerling, Ursaring, Magikarp, and maybe Lycanroc.
@minaashido518
Ай бұрын
1:03 here
I grew up in a hunting family and my dad and his buddies would always scare us with stories of people getting essentially turned into swiss cheese from eating undercooked mountian lion and bear meat that contained some parasite Also with eating carnivorous fish you actually wanna avoid fish eating fish due to toxins they accumulate from the meat, which cant actually be detected or cooked out. Most of food poisoning incidents at seafood restaurants are either because they get carnivorous fish that have these toxins or they get shellfish with these toxins. You forgot the most important part though, its just easier to hunt a rabbit than it is a tiger or a beat
Here in northern most parts of Europe we still eat bear. Seal and walrus, too. Some even still eat dog.
@krashanb5767
4 күн бұрын
And cats in Switzerland. Besides Chinese restaurants 😊
@guitarcomet5
3 күн бұрын
Yes…it’s a dog eat dog world out there! Except in Korea…where it’s, Korean eat dog world.😊
In Zimbabwe we eat crocodile tail which is a by product from crocodile farms that produce leather for the fashion industry but like the video said it's not that readily available and is very seasonal but tastes great
@jalenwatson4261
Ай бұрын
Louisiana,Texas, and Florida does this
@rystafford5781
Ай бұрын
@@jalenwatson4261 more so alligator not croc
@rystafford5781
Ай бұрын
You can get it anywhere in the US.
@marcusmoonstein242
Ай бұрын
We do the same in South Africa. It's expensive and more of a novelty item, but it tastes very similar to chicken.
@anthonyanth8368
Ай бұрын
@@marcusmoonstein242 it does. Have you tried it grilled with mixed potato and sweet potato chips. Heavenly.
That one episode from JoJo's Golden Wind where mista discusses cannibalism:
@dracodracarys2339
Ай бұрын
knew there was gonna be a jojo reference here somewhere
@fin5887
18 күн бұрын
Was looking for this comment
@josethethinket9819
7 күн бұрын
When does this happen?
3:54 oh yeah I'll have a cow's stomach to digest grass.
Im 29 and never thought about it for once, i enjoyed the video very much
I just found out about this channel and I noticed that the sponsor was at the end of the video You've earned my respect for not ruining the flow of the video by putting the sponsor in the middle
@HappilyCarnivore
Ай бұрын
People probably put it in the middle because people are less likely to watch it if it's at the end. You've already seen the entire video. It would be like sticking around for the credits. Most people aren't going to do that.
@Nothing2150
Ай бұрын
There's dofferent values for where they put the ad role. The middle is the most expensive and the beginning is the least.@@HappilyCarnivore
I think there's also an evolutionary reason, hunting a carnivore is much more difficult and dangerous then hunting a herbivore, so we probably adapted to prefer herbivore meat over carnivore meat. I assume that's why most carnivores mostly feast on herbivores.
@bleesev2
Ай бұрын
Also fishing a carnivorous fish is as easy as fishing a herbivore fish so that can explain why we like carnivorous fish too.
Woah, I didn't know you have made another channel. Subscribing to it now.
This is such an interesting video. I never thought about the type of meat that humans eat.
Gator meat is a bit of an exception, maybe it is the transition from aquatic to terrestrial animals.
@user-nu8vw1ow4n
Ай бұрын
Some Japan eat bear meat
@rickwilliams967
Ай бұрын
For farming sure. That's it though. Talk to a real hunter and that changes a lot. People eat all sorts of carnivores
@theman9048
Ай бұрын
We eat snakes, dogs, cats, and all other kinds of animals
@VeganSemihCyprus33
Ай бұрын
We don't eat herbivores either 👉 Dominion (2018).
3:54 We basically just can't eat most things that cows, pigs, sheep, ect. can eat. We can't eat grass, we can't eat the stock of a bean, corn or tomato, we can't eat the leafs of carrots, turnips or potatoes. Instead of spending even more time and energy to make them edible as well, it's just easier to give them to the animals, who can also safely feed off of moldy bread.
@evilduck1000
2 ай бұрын
Making land to feed animals is one of the biggest causes of deforestation. A lot of that land is used to grow crops to feed to animals.
@krum1703
2 ай бұрын
@@evilduck1000 have you thought about the fact that some soils are just unfit to grow crops for us to eat, and that a pound of beef is much more nutritious than a pound of wheat or rice?
@BossOfAllTrades
2 ай бұрын
@@evilduck1000Most of that land is used for oil palm, Livestock agriculture is only about 20% of habitable land.
@EcceJack
2 ай бұрын
That makes sense. In the modern world, it would actually be rather nice if farm animals were fed more or less only parts of edible plants that we don't eat (and/or other [for them] edible waste [edit:] or other things that can be grown in soils unsuitable for edible crops, like grass). It's just too bad this isn't really the case on the large scale
@carsonhunt4642
2 ай бұрын
I literally just saw my local Safeway grocery store selling literal yard grass to eat, by the lettuce lol. 😂
Leonardo Da Vinci in Revenant be like - First Time ?
Farmer/homesteader, here.🙋🏻♀It doesn’t take an expert to understand why we don’t farm bears, coyotes, mountain lions, etc. Besides the danger factor, you’d be spending more money feeding them than their meat is worth. Cows, sheep and goat all graze on grass that a farmer already has in abundance on their property. Chickens and pigs, in my opinion are even easier to raise because they will eat anything and everything. With that said, there are a lot of people in other countries that might eat carnivores regularly. Shark for example is a meat eaten quite often. As far as hunting goes, it’s just easier to hunt an animal that isn’t also hunting you.😂
Its the most easy explanation that hunting a herbivore is easier than a carnivore for the risk of getting hunted down and the difference in numbers too. Thousands of herbivores vs few carnivores vs even lesser humans. Also Ockham's razor is a factor.
@RabbyArt
Ай бұрын
also when you pick an animal to keep against its will to breed and domesticate the choice is made for you by nature XD
I like how alligators were shown several times as an example of a predator we don’t eat or farm. But throughout the south they are eaten and farmed. And hunted. It’s super tasty meat.
@AndrewManook
Ай бұрын
No thanks
@javieraguirre9135
Ай бұрын
@@AndrewManooki would like to taste them
This is me guessing before watching: It’s easier to domesticate passive mobs. So; cows, chicken, pigs, sheep, etc. and they won’t put up a fight when we game end them and/or steal their products. If we were to domestic hostile mobs such as lions, tigers, bears, wolves, etc (tho we have, but don’t USUALLY eat them) they would attack and/or game end us. Not to mention they don’t really produce much more than hides, and meat (but not very great quality meat). Sheep produce wool that you can use to make clothing and blankets as well as meat. Cows produce more milk than any animal, leather, hide, and meat. Chickens produce eggs, feathers, and meat. Pigs… well they produce pretty damn good meat lol. Just so many great reasons to only use passive mobs over hostile mobs.
there's also the fact that there's less carnivores out there than herbivores and that herbivores tend to breed faster and have more babies
4:29 That's the wackiest pronunciation of Quran I've ever heard
I've had lion burgers, bear jerky, grilled shark, and snake every way you can think to cook it.
@paloma_oni
Ай бұрын
Well.....how they taste?
@billmccullough777
Ай бұрын
Those taste good.Lots of bear recipes available. Bear roast is delicious. Pay attention to meat temperature!
@Badpoison1
Ай бұрын
@@paloma_oni unremarkable surprisingly enough
@randomperson4198
29 күн бұрын
@@paloma_onii don't know about the ones they mentioned but i tasted crocodile i think?or is it alligator whatever it is.It taste like fish but has hardness as chicken or the other way round i forgot. My family got it as a souvenir and I'd say they taste alright so the we So it's definitely not because of taste. Maybe combination - efficiency - stigma - safety
@Handleem03
27 күн бұрын
Also Gator dogs
Fish are always eating fish. If fish could scream, the ocean would be loud as heck.
ChatGPT: Dogs: The taste of dog meat is often described as similar to that of lamb or beef but with a stronger, gamier flavor. Cats: Cat meat is usually described as having a tender texture with a flavor somewhat similar to rabbit or chicken, but a bit more delicate. Other Unconventional Meats: Various other animals, such as snakes, frogs, and insects, are also consumed in different parts of the world. Each has its own unique taste and texture. For instance, snake meat is often described as being slightly chewy with a taste akin to fish or chicken.
Loved the Pokémon and the Gravity Falls references! Subtle, but well done.
By population size there's lots of plants, many plant-eaters, and few plant-eater-eaters. Hunting at the bigger buffet means you'll get more food
I already knew this question becuase I’ve been an animal lover my entire life and have always loved learning about them, but it’s still good to clarify 🤷♂️
The second hypothesis also tells you that fish don’t contain the nasties from other creatures
You mean you've never eaten alligator meat? I highly recommend it. Almost just like chicken.
@kevink1575
2 ай бұрын
Frog legs too, but closer to the texture of fish.
@doggonemess1
2 ай бұрын
I've had alligator jerky. It was good!
@krum1703
2 ай бұрын
Just remember to be responsible while hunting!
@zirtd9256
2 ай бұрын
alligator or crocodile tastes like turkey but with the texture of beef. very strange, but tasty experience
@bennettfender9927
2 ай бұрын
Alligator is absolutely delicious one of my favorite foods especially that tail😋.
We don't have a good explanation? You literally gave one really good reason, efficiency. Prey animals are easy to domesticate and they have infinite food souce. second, cows, rabbits, goats, etc. have multichambered stomachs for digesting it and some of them eat the same food after it goes out the back end. That's important because even animals that have evolved to eat it, don't get all the nutrients and cows have to eat a lot. Our stomachs don't work nearly as well and they can eat things that we can't. We're taking advantage of that trait, let them get their energy from stuff we can't really eat and we just harvest it from them. Which leaves me to the last point, they taste good, grass doesn't.
@valerieh325
Ай бұрын
biomagnification
@vladimarmunchkin2780
Ай бұрын
Plus all the excess estrogen in soy throws off your hormones. The evidence for the health of a plant based diet is inconclusive at BEST.
This only applies to land animals. We mostly eat carnivore fish.
Could the answer possible be that hunting something mostly harmless to you is much easier than to do so to something that could eat you?
Something to note. Fish such as salmon are indeed carnivores. However, they are not at the top of the ocean food web. That title belongs to sharkes, dolphins, and whales, which we generally tend to avoid. I think this is important to know because the "nasty stuff" that they have are considerably higher levels of mercury.
@nordgeit
2 ай бұрын
My 7+ kg of ground whale meat in the freezer:
@eljanrimsa5843
2 ай бұрын
Do you think we don't eat tuna and swordfish?
@alvinvaldes5034
2 ай бұрын
@eljanrimsa5843 Tuna and Swordfish are not on top of the food web.
@eljanrimsa5843
2 ай бұрын
@@alvinvaldes5034 Only orcas are on top of the food web in the ocean, but 15-foot tuna and swordfish are pretty high up there. And they have the mercury load to prove it. We eat them.
@alvinvaldes5034
2 ай бұрын
@eljanrimsa5843 With Swordfish, it is generally not recommended to eat them. Tuna, however, there are many safe species to consume. Sharkes are a level higher above them.
I feel that an additional detail is that for most of our history, carnivores weren't remotely practical to hunt. Putting aside the sheer danger, they produce far less meat than an equally-dangerous herbivore-ex. a mammoth. Furthermore, predators are much more likely to be able to sneak up on your compared to a herbivore, and conversely would find it easier to hide from us as well. It's not like dangerous creature weren't hunted, but they were not hunted FOR FOOD- for glory or profit usually. If you just need to eat and don't care about such things it's so much safer to jus stalk a gazelle, and even big prey would lack interest unless you have a tribe to feed.
I always wondered that!! thx
It's because it's easier for us to cultivate grains to feed them and graise animals than it is to feed meat eating animals to then eat.
@silkyz68
2 ай бұрын
And that's relatively new thing too. Chickens primarily only eat grain and so raising them was a bit more prestigious to have as a meal. Now you can get a box of chicken nuggets from McDonald's for like five bucks
@BossOfAllTrades
2 ай бұрын
@@silkyz68Yea but steak taste alot better chickens actually eat the majority of grains grown in us and its subsidized by big corn.
@duran9664
2 ай бұрын
❌ WRONG❌WRONG❌WRONG❌ People eat what easy to hunt & control🤷♀️ We would have eat each other if it easy to hunt humans, control them & eat them🤏
@zackatwood2867
2 ай бұрын
They are more docile
@BonQeeqeethe3rd320
2 ай бұрын
@@silkyz68chickens eat meat too, they eat insects and sometimes other chickens
Food for thought: humans pick on the 'little guy' instead of the tougher guy in order to get their own selfish fix.
About inneficiency, not only might they see us as food but they may see each other as food if their raised in a too small environment cuz they're more likely to resort to cannibalism than herbivores or even omnivores...unless we give them enough space wich take us back to inneficiency.
you forgot a few other reason: back when we were hunter gatherer, hunting a gazelle is less risky then hunting a tiger. If you fail the gazelle simply run away. The tiger might turn around and eat you instead. Once we started to raise our livestock, it's much easier and safer to control a herd of cow rather then a pack of wolf. Then similarly, the problem we have with spiders, most carnivores are solitary creatures or lives in small family structures and require a huge piece of land. So on your farm you could raise 1 tiger or a whole herd of cow (and less chance the herd of cow will attack the farmer then the tiger) Finally, numbers. most big predators are on the list of animals in danger of extinction. Because as mention earlier most of then live in small groups or solitary on huge vast of land, they often have a slow reproduction cycle making them way harder to farm.
Alligators are delicious and there are even alligator farms, like fish farms, meant to supply meat to various places all along the Gulf Coast. We totally eat carnivores lol
@Stratelier
2 ай бұрын
But it depends on the species.
@BossOfAllTrades
2 ай бұрын
I assume those farms let the alligators hunt themselves as they be expensive to feed
@insectilluminatigetshrekt5574
2 ай бұрын
What do they feed the alligators
@TheElusiveReality
2 ай бұрын
theres a reason this is rare and essentially only occurs in one location
Personally i think back in the Paleolithic age when we had basic hunting tools it was way easier to hunt Herbivore Animals especially because most of the times they are in groups so easier to find and easier to hunt. And it kept passing from generation to generation.