Why Don't We Eat Carnivores?

2024-04-26

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Humans eat a lot of different animals, but almost none of them are carnivores - why?

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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:

- Biomagnification: the process by which substances (usually harmful ones) in the natural environment gradually increase in concentration along the food chain

- Trophic level: A level or position in a food chain, a food web, or an ecological pyramid.

- Herbivore: an organism that mostly feeds on plants

- Omnivore: an organism that feeds on plants and animals

- Carnivore: an organism that eats exclusively - or almost exclusively - animals.

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Koster JM, Hodgen JJ, Venegas MD et al. (2010) Is Meat Flavor a Factor in Hunters’ Prey Choice Decisions?. Hum Nat 21, 219–242. doi: 10.1007/s12110-010-9093-1