Introduction: Why do humans generally only eat herbivores and not carnivores? The answer is beyond your imagination.
When it comes to meat, we should not be unfamiliar with it, because food, clothing, housing and transportation are our daily lives. Meat is also a kind of food that we need to supplement our daily nutrition. Because of its high fat content, it becomes the "three daily nutrients" with vegetables and fruits. Meat includes livestock and poultry.
And human beings are the animals on the earth standing at the top of the food chain, so it is normal to eat the meat of other animals. But have you discovered that, in fact, humans rarely eat carnivores and most of them eat herbivores. Why?
First of all, we need to start from ancient times, like humans in the Stone Age, who mainly drive hunting for a living. And because some carnivores are fierce and herbivores are relatively docile, humans must choose to hunt some herbivores as food.
And humans at that time actually did not stand at the top of the food chain, such as giant-chinned tigers, sawtooth tigers, terrestrial cats, and lions. In fact, ancient humans were still very afraid, let alone feed on them. .
The second is how easy it is to domesticate animals. The meat animals we eat now are actually domesticated since ancient times. Like our common poultry, chickens, ducks and geese, as well as domestic animals, pigs, cattle, and sheep. These are herbivores, because herbivores are docile and easier to tame.
and the reproductive ability of herbivores is relatively strong. For example, we often eat pork. In fact, pigs have very strong reproductive ability. They can give birth to two litters each year, with more than five litters per litter, which can be human Provide a steady stream of meat.
Another point is the energy transfer problem of the ecosystem. Because from a biological point of view, the energy transfer efficiency between different nutritional levels in nature is only 10-20%.
For example, only 10,000 to 20,000 catties of cattle and sheep can feed wolves and tigers with a total weight of 2,000 catties. So how can humans raise wolves and tigers as food? Because ancient humans simply couldn't support it, and it was not cost-effective at all.
Finally, it is a question of habit. Everyone knows that humans are animals that can adapt to the environment. Once we get used to a taste, it is difficult to change it. Since ancient times, we have always eaten chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep. If we suddenly change to other animals, we will be completely uncomfortable.
Some people say that the meat of carnivores is too tough, some people say that their meat is acidic, and some people say that they get angry easily. Moreover, herbivores do not carry such germs on their bodies relatively speaking. Generally speaking, humans tend to eat herbivores.
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