"Creature" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:08:24 GMT, wowfabgroovy wrote:
> > is there a reason why most/all food animals are naturally herbivorous?
> > i know people eat dogs in some countries, but are there any other
> > naturally carnivorous animals that are used for food?
>
> I'd say food chain issues make keeping carnivourous animals for food even
> more wasteful. Energy is lost, the further up the food chain you go -
> Feeding a cow a ton of veggies than eating it will give you less energy
> than eating the veggies yourself, as some of the energy in the veggies has
> gone into the cow moving, breathing, circulating blood etc.
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Really? How well do you process grass? I'd say you're lying. there is no
way that you can convert grass to protein to keep yourself alive.
A cow can and does just that, and makes for a delicious steak when done...



Feeding the
> cow to a dog, or a set of dogs, then eating the dogs gives you even less
> energy because the dogs will have used some of that energy too. This is
> stuff I remember from biology; there's probably something similar in place
> regarding nutrients.
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Sure, only you can convert the nutrients that cows can, so your spew about
waste is just that, wastflu spew...


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