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------=_Part_2060_3245139.1123668553609 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 8/10/05, Rev Simon Rumble <simon@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 >=20 > On 10/8/2005, "Richard van Oorschot" <rvanoorschot@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 > > we went to a 'game' type restaurant where they served Agouti >=20 > A rodent? Interesting. I take it they're vegetarian in normal > circumstances? Indeed, it's a rodent. A very large one at it; about as big as a lamb. Thei= r=20 diet consists mainly of large nuts, the actual object of our studies were= =20 these large seeds (=3Dnuts) of several prime rainforest trees and whether= =20 these seeds were actually dispersed or just eaten by Agouti's and acouchi's= .=20 To stay on the list's topic these nuts, although huge (30-40+ grams each)= =20 are not for human consumption. They're horrible, I can assure you.=20 It's funny: we don't eat many land-based carnivores. For good reason. > I was tempted to try dog in Vietnam, but couldn't convince the people I > was travelling with. The one time we were stuck in a tiny town where > the only things on offer were beef or dog noodle soup, I wasn't feeling > very adventurous. Maybe next time... >=20 > Now that you mention it, you're right. Although there was Jaguar on the= =20 menu at that same restaurant it was absurdly expensive and I actually didn'= t=20 really feel like eating an animal that (almost) can't be bred in captivity= =20 and of which only one lives in acres and acres of rainforest. Maybe it's a= =20 top of the food chain thing? But most animals we eat are herbivores, or=20 sometimes omnivores (pigs). With the exception of snake, but I think that= =20 can be considered a novelty food more then a staple food isn't it? Richard ------=_Part_2060_3245139.1123668553609 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline <br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 8/10/05, <b class=3D"gmail_send= ername">Rev Simon Rumble</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:simon@xxxxxx.xxx">simon@= rumble.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"= border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; paddi= ng-left: 1ex;"> <br>On 10/8/2005, "Richard van Oorschot" <<a href=3D"mailto:rv= anoorschot@xxxxx.xxx">rvanoorschot@xxxxx.xxx</a>> wrote:<br><br>> we = went to a 'game' type restaurant where they served Agouti<br><br>A rodent?&= nbsp; Interesting. I take it they're vegetarian in normal <br>circumstances?</blockquote><div><br> Indeed, it's a rodent. A very large one at it; about as big as a lamb. Their diet consists mainly of large nuts, the actual object of our studies were these large seeds (=3Dnuts) of several prime rainforest trees and whether these seeds were actually dispersed or just eaten by Agouti's and acouchi's. To stay on the list's topic these nuts, although huge (30-40+ grams each) are not for human consumption. They're horrible, I can assure you. <br> </div><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px= solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I= t's funny: we don't eat many land-based carnivores. For good rea= son.<br>I was tempted to try dog in Vietnam, but couldn't convince the peop= le I <br>was travelling with. The one time we were stuck in a tiny to= wn where<br>the only things on offer were beef or dog noodle soup, I wasn't= feeling<br>very adventurous. Maybe next time...<br><br></blockq= uote></div>Now that you mention it, you're right. Although there was Jaguar on the menu at that same restaurant it was absurdly expensive and I actually didn't really feel like eating an animal that (almost) can't be bred in captivity and of which only one lives in acres and acres of rainforest. Maybe it's a top of the food chain thing? But most animals we eat are herbivores, or sometimes omnivores (pigs). With the exception of snake, but I think that can be considered a novelty food more then a staple food isn't it?<br> <br> Richard<br> ------=_Part_2060_3245139.1123668553609--There's stuff above here
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