Posted by Camille Dumont on May 26, 2005, at 23:44:59
In reply to Re: I first encountered these arguments... » alexandra_k, posted by alexandra_k on May 26, 2005, at 20:51:04
Perhaps meat eating is a remanent of our origins.
Perhaps because for omnivores, meat represents a quick source of high-calorie food. Perhaps not necessary for our survival (especially given all the modern suplements and alternative protein sources) but thousands of years of evolution where access and consumption of meat increased your chances of survival means that we are biologically geared up to "like" it.
In a way my rats are like that. They are omnivorous. Their diet is mostly meat-free but if a stray bug crawls into the cage of if they encounter one during playtime, right away instincts take over and they do all they can to catch and eat it and will squabble with each other to steal it. They have unlimited food all the time in addition to a selection of fruit, veggies and some dairy daily ... yet when a source of animal protein is available, they sistematically favour that source. They will even take a piece of meat or fish over a piece of pecan or a peanut.
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