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Snakes: The new, high-protein superfood
- nikolay 3y agoThanks, but no thanks! I will stick to beef and pork, you eat bugs and reptiles if it suits you well!
- pvaldes 3y agoThat reminds me the classic love affair between reptilian guts and Salmonella... One in each two of your Py-burger donors carried a surprise. I hope they are well cooked.
- fuzzfactor 3y agoI had a co-worker who had camped out in the west a lot and told me about the time they killed a big rattlesnake. It was tough. Those things don't want to die. Well they decided they were going to cook it over the campfire and eat it, so they skinned and filleted it first. It was tough. The skin is really difficult to cut through and there's not much meat either. They roasted it thoroughly, it was not easy to know when it was done because it's a very low-fat meat, and doesn't sizzle like you would expect. It was tough. Said it was more or less like Snake Jerky.
- snakeyjake 3y agoPython tastes good but I don’t know if it is easier to keep 100kgs of pythons (one huge-ass 10 meter python or many smaller ones) to get 88kgs of meat compared to a single hog which yields roughly the same amount. My grandparents and parents kept hogs so I have a little experience with dealing with them. Despite their rowdiness one hog has got to be easier to deal with than a 10 meter python or (more likely) many smaller examples- energy input be damned.
- Steven420 3y agoNot to mention pigs can eat lots of different types of food including your foods scraps
- toss1 3y agoSo, a good reason to hunt the invasive species to local extinction in the Everglades, where they are ruining the ecosystem. The annual hunting contest is popular but insufficient. Wild, free-range, organic python meat could be a trend.
- pvaldes 3y ago(Smart guy. Totally grasped the subjacent idea)
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- tptacek 3y agoI don't understand the reference. I do in fact want to own stuff. What does this have to do with snakes?
- snakeyjake 3y agoCertain people believe that any change whatsoever in how things work is an evil plot by mysterious globalists to turn them into slaves. That phrase is their motto. So, somehow, researchers analyzing the efficiency of snake meat is an assault on their freedoms. It is weird, I know.
- rayiner 3y agoIt’s not a coordinated plot, just the logical consequences of ideologically aligned people acting individually: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent
- pvg 3y agoYou pasted in a lame conspiracy trope meme and when politely pressed, you are replying with a wikipedia link to Manufacturing Consent. This is unserious to the point of trolling.
- aprao 3y agoEvery passing day, I am more happy I am born as an Indian because I know it is possible to live a healthy life without having to resort to the consumption of protein at any cost.
- spprashant 3y agoAnd what makes the Indian diet healthy? Is there any data which shows improved health outcomes?
- aprao 3y agoI don't know if the diet is healthy or not - I am just stating that the culture itself does not place an emphasis on protein to the extent that snakes or insects become a viable source of food, but still results in healthy lifespans of 90-100 years (anecdotal of course) which is a desirable outcome for me personally. You could say that adding snake meat to my diet will increase my lifespan by 20 years and that would still seem like an outrageous choice for me to make.
- spprashant 3y agoIndian diet is diverse and emphasizes moderate consumption, resulting in some good health outcomes overall. However, the lack of protein is still a major concern. Indian's have "skinny fat" bodies with low musculature. This puts them at risk for cardiovascular diseases. This does, in some part, contribute to low life expectancy in India. The study you posted in the other thread shows better health outcomes for Asian Indians in the US. But it also mentions Asian Indians have higher socio-economic status, better education and higher per-capita incomes. The same is the case with other Asian demographics. It is not the least bit surprising that they have higher life expectancy, irrespective of diet. I would argue adding more protein (doesn't have to be animal protein) would result in even better outcomes for Indians everywhere.
- aprao 3y agoI will definitely agree that adding more protein would improve health outcomes for indians - all I really wanted to point out is that a reduced intake of protein does not lead to a drastic decrease in lifespan (other effects dominate that). So there isn't an inherent feeling of anxiety in people who are used to that diet to consume protein at all costs and thus start to consider snakes as an acceptable form of food.
- torlok 3y agoPythons may not need much water, and don't use energy to maintain body temperature, but their food surely does. Farming predators seems to me like doubling the amount of work per kg of meat. > They need very little food and will eat rodents and other pests attacking food crops. How would you even begin to take advantage of that when farming pythons. First let them loose onto a field, then somehow capture them before harvest?
- aitchnyu 3y agoThe article states python fat is medicinal, but how? Googling around, it seems Chinese water snakes have good omega-3 composition, but thats it.