Message from @Pelth
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@Pelth not always people like bugs in the us although I personally don't like them
I don't really know anyone that likes bugs
lobsters are just sea bugs <:kermit:591248635220721674>
It depends were you live
Some people pay thousands of dollars to have certain bugs
doubt they are white
Lol
Yeah not a lot of white people like bugs
Look, you people like to normalise bug eating in European countries by pointing out the fact that people eat less disgusting and more tasty types of bugs.
European wut?
How's Europe involved
Because I’m European
Oh lol
I mean there are certain things that are sortof an affront to nature. Mammalian predators tend to avoid eating other predators unless they are starving for example. Apex predators don't tend to eat scavengers either.
Well hecc I don't know about Europe
Food there I mean
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So my human instincts tell me no bueno on bugs and dogs
No one:
People who eat bugs:
Indeed
Yeet
Mammalian predators tend to avoid eating other predators unless they’re starving because they’re usually more dangerous and have less of a pay-off when compared to prey-animals. @Pelth
sure, but it's also a hardcoded instinct
I mean like you can attribute the recognition of prey animals as instructs
and the instinct is generally just to avoid these things altogether, it doesn't necessarily provide the context as to why
But if another predator is injured and available, mammalian predators don’t avoid eating it to avoid eating it
they are likely to still avoid it
unless they have an overwhelming blood scent or something
like something uncontrollable like a pitbull
humans don't have this
It’s not like you see another mammalian predators and you don’t eat it because it’s another mammalian predator
You don’t eat it because the energy expended in hunting it isn’t worth the reward
Animals don't think in those terms
they are driven by instinct
So like if it’s injured, like an injured lion, Hyenas will try to hunt it
They do basic risk-reward valuation
if that were so, they'd eat their own
It’s not just “muh instinct” most predator animals are more intelligent than prey animals because they have to be able to make those value judgements
and that's very rare