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. 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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