wowfabgroovy wrote:
>>Personally, I would rather herd a sheep or a cow than a bear. My
>>guess is that food animals are such because they are docile.
>>Carnivores are rarely docile. Lazy sometimes, like lions, but not
>>often placid.
>
> that would make sense. and in the days when we were hunters, cows and
> sheep would be easier to hunt than lions and tigers and bears. so it
> would make sense that someone would eventually have the idea of
> rearing such animals to make them easier to hunt.
>
> i was wondering if maybe it was becuase carnivorous animals didn't
> taste very nice or something? has anyone here ever eaten one?

I've had everything on the list in my previous post, with the possible
exception of monkey. One can't be sure what one has actually eaten in
certain regions.