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Yes, but we don't eat dolphin because we regard them as too intelligent (unless they spend all their money on the lottery).
by db48x 10y ago
Yes, but we don't eat dolphin because we regard them as too intelligent (unless they spend all their money on the lottery).
- oh_sigh 10y agoAre you sure about that? Are you sure it isn't just because they are relatively rare and their meat doesn't taste good?
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoAlso tradition. E.g. pigs are about equal in intelligence to dolphins and chimpanzees.
- spullara 10y agoThings might change if we find out they are made of bacon.
- pc86 10y agoI'm willing to bet if they tasted half as good as octopus they would already be extinct.
- eru 10y agoMink Whales are delicious. (Just out of ignorance, I would assume dolphins probably taste similar-ish?)
- soundwave106 10y agoI've only found a few posts that describe the taste of dolphin. This entry (https://www.wideislandview.com/2010/03/28/bon-appetit-what-its-like-to-eat-flipper/ https://www.wideislandview.com/2010/03/28/bon-appetit-what-i...) described it as tasting like liver with a beefy texture. That doesn't sound terribly appetizing to my personal taste.
- bluGill 10y agoWe do eat dolphin. Mahi mahi type of dolphin, I buy it at Costco: it is good.
- pacaro 10y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahi-mahi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahi-mahi Mahi-mahi is a fish
- astrodust 10y agoSpoiler: Costco doesn't sell dolphin.
- Fezzik 10y agofor clarity, though sometimes called a "dolphin", mahi mahi is a fish, not in the Mammalia class, like an actual Dolphin... so they are quite different.
- tropo 10y agoI've seen it labeled "dolphin". I asked the seller if it was really dolphin, and he said yes, so I bought it. It tasted suspiciously like fish. :-(
- tdfx 10y agoIt's a dolphinfish (actually quite an ugly fish and visually very distinct from a mammalian dolphin).
- eru 10y agoWhales are delicious, too. (I had Mink Whale in Iceland. Tastes like good beef.) I expect most dolphins to taste similar.
- throwanem 10y agoSpeak for yourself. I don't eat dolphin out of professional respect from one apex predator to another.
- test1235 10y agoI doubt most people these days would be considered apex predators. The only way I'd be an apex predator was if my prey was some sort of vegetable.
- throwanem 10y ago"Apex predator" is a species category, and our species is so efficient at hunting that most of us never have to be involved with any aspect of the process save the end product. If that doesn't qualify for "apex predator", what does?