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It's not like there was any evolutionary pressure for animals to optimize for tastiness.

• AaronFriel 14y ago
  Sure there was, thanks to human domestication and husbandry of animals, we've been selecting for tastiness in some species for thousands of years.
  • raldi 14y ago
    Good point (see, for example, chicken) but that's an evolutionary blink of an eye.
    • ceejayoz 14y ago
      A few thousands of years turned wolves into teacup poodles. A lot can happen in that timespan with directed evolution.
• enraged_camel 14y ago
  I think it would have been a reverse pressure. Being tasty is not exactly an advantage...
  • sp332 14y ago
    They would have to outpace predator's tastebuds, which were selected to think their prey is delicious :)