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Smarter then dogs. The criteria for edibility is mainly ugliness vs. Cuteness. Octopuses are recently getting more media attention with that movie about the d
by corethree 3y ago
Smarter then dogs.
The criteria for edibility is mainly ugliness vs. Cuteness.
Octopuses are recently getting more media attention with that movie about the diver that made friends with one so they are getting cuter.
Try farm raising and eating baby penguins you'll get the same reaction even though penguins are dumb AF. It has nothing to do with intelligence.
- irrational 3y agoYou bring up a good point about penguins. They and chickens are both birds, so why are we finally eating chickens but not penguins? Cuteness definitely plays a role.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoChickens have been domesticated a long time ago because they were around, flightless, and easy to breed. You won't even see a penguin until you reach high latitudes and they eat fish... Even if they both tasted good (which I have no idea) very obvious practical reasons would explain the difference.
- corethree 3y agoThat's the practicality for why thing are the way they are. My argument is about starting up a baby penguin slaughterhouse in the north pole right now and how much activist resistance you will get versus a crocodile meat slaughter house in Florida.
- mytailorisrich 3y agoDemand and economic viability. Likely the usual explanation.
- boring_twenties 3y agoI'm pretty sure there are no crocodiles in Florida, only alligators.
- dendrite9 3y agoThere are crocodiles but they are less common than alligators. https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/american-crocodile/ https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/reptiles/america...
- boring_twenties 3y agoOh wow, another reason to be terrified to go to Florida :)
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoFor some reason I think penguins would taste very rich and gamey. I think I'm imagining this due to their cold resistance implying large amounts of fat. Anyone know?
- corethree 3y agoLots of umami. Especially the baby ones that still have fur. I get hungry just thinking about it. The adults get too muscular from all the torpedoing through the water.
- FinnKuhn 3y agoBecause penguins can't be kept where most humans live due to temperature.
- corethree 3y agoIt's ok. It can be like wagyu. Imported fresh baby penguin meat straight from the north pole.
- irrational 3y agoSouth pole. Penguins life in Antarctica and regions thereabouts while polar bears live in the Arctic.
- corethree 3y agoIt's like Himalayan sea salt. It's just marketing jargon.
- salad-tycoon 3y agoBuffalo wings, white chocolate, spotted dick, monkey bread, impossible meat, and the worst: Kraft Parmesan (it’s actually saw dust, partly).
- randerson 3y agoNot true for all species. The African penguin can be found along the south western coastline of Africa.
- tialaramex 3y agoMy only rationale for why it's OK for me to eat pigs is that the pigs would definitely eat me if the opportunity arose, and in this respect they are different from say, cows, or indeed octopuses, which show no inclination to consume human meat. If you (as sometimes happens to farmers) drop dead in a pig sty after not long the pigs will eat you because you're food and they're hungry.
- collingreen 3y agoCats will do this too; do you support eating house cats?
- tialaramex 3y agoI think cats would taste awful but if other people want to eat cats I have no objection that wouldn't just as well apply to my consumption of pork.
- BenjiWiebe 3y agoI've had some friends/family spend time in Haiti. Feral "domestic" cats are a delicacy and the hunt itself is part of the enjoyment.
- rangerelf 3y agoDo you?
- ultrarunner 3y agoThis argument has appeared multiple times in this thread, and I'm genuinely curious: if pigs' behavior demonstrates to you that their status is low enough to warrant their treatment, why does adopting that behavior seem like a reasonable reaction? Or would you find a pig killing and eating a human to be a morally neutral incident that, while maybe not preferable, has no ultimate weight to consider?
- tialaramex 3y ago
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago> Smarter then dogs. Certainly not. I'm not sure why this myth keeps propagating.
- corethree 3y agohttps://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/are-pigs-smarter-than-dogs https://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/are-pigs-smarter-than-dogs
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoThe source of the myth, perhaps?
- corethree 3y agoOr your statement is a myth and you're one of the sources.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoAnd maybe the moon is made of cheese :) That aside, if you would stop spreading the myth, that would be better for everybody.
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoBest reason to go back!
- corethree 3y agoWell no you're the one spreading the myth. Stop. Thanks. Also being quite rude and dismissive as well. No thanks.
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago> Well no you're the one spreading the myth Sigh. No. Pigs are not more intelligent than dogs. That's flat out misinformation, and you are propagating misinformation, i.e. spreading a myth every time you repeat that false information. I don't think I'm being rude, although I don't have a lot of patient for people that willfully spread misinformation. Maybe, just maybe, do some more research other than believing what the first link in your Google search results brings up.