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Yeah, pigs will eat _anything_. They are self-propelled trash compactors and bioreactors, actively converting rubbish into manure that can be used to fertilize
by speed_spread 2y ago
Yeah, pigs will eat _anything_. They are self-propelled trash compactors and bioreactors, actively converting rubbish into manure that can be used to fertilize soil. I can understand not wanting to eat them in that setting.
- m000 2y agoMy personal theory is that the pork taboo may have emerged from this, with human greed being the catalyst. I.e. when pig farming became a business, people probably started feeding pigs with literal garbage instead of proper animal feed, to make as much profit as possible. Without science and without the equivalents mechanisms of FDA/USDA, inspecting the produced meat for suitability would probably be nearly impossible. This would eventually lead to a series of public health incidents, which would be straightforward to trace to pork. This would in turn led the clerics to label pork "unclean", in order to protect the public from such outbreaks. This was efficient since it doesn't need rigorous enforcement of the ban, and also would drive down the demand, thus the incentive to feed your pigs crap.
- thewileyone 2y agoWell, feeding cattle parts back to cattle causes bovine spongiform encephalopathyl, which is transferable to humans, so does it make cattle unclean too?