What is this person called- clarification?!
What is this person called- clarification?
I'm sure they are not any such lacto or ovo vegetarians- its a matter of ethical beliefs as well as consumption lifestyle- An ovo lacto vegetarian will eat eggs and dairy, but this person will only eat egg or dairy if no animal was harmed. usually they are called Buddhist but what if one was not a Buddhist
“I don't know anyone who eats animals who die of natual causes. Would even farmers find that unsanitary?”
Many Buddhists and hindos are “vegans” though eat animals that have died of old age. This is not unsanitary and in the views of vegans can anyone truly argue it is unethical?
“How would you eat an animal dead by accidental death? Like roadkill?”
Accidental farm deaths or injury requiring euthanasia
-Broken leg(s)
-ligament and Muscle tornage
“Any egg wouldn't be considered offspring unless it had been fertilized and then it would have an actual embryo inside. So I guess I'd call the person confused.”
To produce egg and dairy (the conventional way) usually requires the death of the animal (eventually) or of its offspring (for producing milk). In the case of eggs even free-range (that are not fertilized) The chicken usually is sent of for meat consumption between 2-3 years as their production slows down(which is usually why vegans don't eat eggs)
In regards to dairy, the cow can only produce milk if she has a calf- if the calf is male he is sent off for meat production and if female she is kept for 3 years like her mum to produce milk then she is slaughtered. no confusion here.
“Do they really need to be labelled? Just accept them regardless of what they eat.”
i use to think like that too but then again why should vegans be classified as such or vegetarians, omnivores etc. its more a matter of clarification to ones belief or lifestyle. whats good for the gander is good for the geese. so it is, they too should have a name- but what is it???????? for there are such people out there
Answers:
I like David Dickerman's point of view regarding carreon animals and their food source. If we eat road kill, we take from the carreon animals. Good point!
We're herbivores, pure and simple. Oh yes, we can adapt to an omnivore diet, just as dogs and cats, who are carnivores, can adapt to an omnivore diet. However, that doesn't mean we're designed to be omnivores. Look at our teeth, they look like chimpanzee and horse and orangutan teeth, relatively flat for grinding and mushing vegetation and grain. Teeth of carnivores are sharp, so that they can kill prey. The molars in back are scissor-like. The teeth of omnivores are flat in the back and sharp in the front, their teeth are like a combo of carnivore and herbivore. Look at the teeth of the North American Black Bear, an omnivore. They have long fangs in front, yet the rest of their teeth resemble ours. Another great example of omnivore teeth belongs to baboons. They eat vegetation and sometimes grubs and insects and sometimes even small animals. Their front teeth do the killing, the back teeth do the grinding.
Jaws of carnivores move up and down, the hinges move only one-way. Our jaws move in any direction so that we can grind vegetation and grain. Look at a cow, horse, sheep, alpaca, camel, and do you not see an elliptical motion when they chew? We can do that too, because we're herbivores by design.
The digestive juices of carnivores are very strong, much more than ours. Theirs can handle raw meat, even rotted meat. Their digestive tracts are much shorter than ours relatively, that way they rid themselves of rotting flesh much quicker. In our bodies, if we eat meat, it stays there 2 or 3 and sometimes 4 days. It's pretty rotted, this is disgusting. Do you want rotted flesh in YOUR body? Not me, I'll pass! I'd much rather pass gas from beans than pass rotted meat through my system. Eeuw!
As to whether or not we really need to eat road kill, I'd say no, we don't need to. We have such an abundance of other foods to eat, why resort to eating carcasses? The thought is disgusting. For those who are squeamish regarding the word carcass, face the fact. Meat is carcass flesh, pure and simple. Carasses. Corpses. Dead bodies. "The Dead." Besides, who knows if the animal has some kind of infection or other creepy crawley thing in it from being dead? Who knows how long it's been lying there? If you kill it yourself with your own car, then you know it just died. If you find it lying on the side of the road, keep driving.
And yes, carrreons have the right to their food as well. Must we be that greedy to take even THEIR food? Come on!
HUMANS EVOLVED AS OMNIVORS. ANYTHING ELSE IS JUST PLAIN DAFT.
Good question. Ethically, one can't argue that eating roadkill is wrong (however euthanasia does NOT fall in this category). However there probably aren't very many who eat naturally dead animals, because it's not part of their normal diet and the yuck factor.
However it is possible to take this argument further. By eating roadkill, you're depriving carrion animals of their food. Is this acceptable? FOOD for thought indeed!
i hate this saying
“Any egg wouldn't be considered offspring unless it had been fertilized and then it would have an actual embryo inside. So I guess I'd call the person confused.”
if the chicken wasn't in the farm the egg would be fertilized
but the chiken is designed to make you eggs, and you make excuse to eat it, thats complete bs
in wiki, if you look up egg, it says
egg (food)
egg is more then food, egg is baby chicken and baby chicken is chicken, not food, animal, it's an animal not food
this is not an anti american answer so please dont anyone get upset
i was talking to an online friend from houston and they were telling me of a road kill cafe they had visited
so i guess you could call them texan...