Why do humans only eat meat from herbivores and hardly any carnivores? Isn't it delicious?

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When it comes to food, we all know that we humans are omnivores, which means we eat both meat and vegetables. But what is very strange is that since human evolution, most of the meat we eat are herbivores, and basically we rarely eat meat from carnivores. Why do humans only eat meat from herbivores and not carnivores? Is it because the meat of carnivores is not tasty? In fact, this is not the case, but there are other reasons.

You may wish to think carefully about whether this is the case. Our usual meats include pigs, cattle, sheep, and rabbits. And these are grass eaters. The horses and deer that the Japanese in the neighboring country like are also grazing. Most of the common meat we eat is herbivorous, and there are specialized farms. If nothing else, China is the largest pig-raising country in the world.

The herbivores are chosen because they are easy to domesticate and the cost of breeding is low. Most herbivores are more docile than carnivores. Moreover, in ancient times, herbivores were better captured, and the threshold for breeding was also low. In the agricultural society, herbivores that are easy to raise and domesticate have become the favorite of human beings.

In fact, not many people know whether the meat of carnivores is good or not, because not many people have eaten it, but it should not be too bad. And the reason for not eating it is not because the meat is not tasty, but because carnivores are difficult to hunt. Compared to docile and inoffensive herbivores, carnivores are much more ferocious than them. Not only is it very violent in character, but also very strong in size, even if an adult fights against it, it may not be able to take advantage.

So compared to this unmanageable carnivore, those herbivores that are regarded as meat by humans are much easier to domesticate. And their population is not small, as long as there are enough plants for them to eat, there is no need to worry about being eaten by humans and going extinct. So now, all the meat people eat comes from herbivorous animals. And now you can't eat carnivorous animals if you want, because most of them are protected animals, and you can't eat them if you want to.

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