Deliciousness Determines Survival 1/31/2007
I was eating some delicious jerky today and thinking about where it comes from… cows. Sometime way back in the day, someone decided “You know what, I bet that cow walking over there might be delicious.” He or she was certainly right. This must have happened for every animal commonly eaten around the world… someone ate it once and it was good, so several others began eating it as well.
To another subject. All this thinking about animals made me think of the ones that are close to extinction: Bald Eagles, Some types of whales, and all sorts of other different animals that, for some reason, do not flourish in their natural habitat.
Why? Why does this happen? Chickens, Cows, Turkeys, and all these other normal lame animals are everywhere and we see them every day, yet cool animals like Cheetahs and Eagles are fading away.
My discussion of deliciousness and endangered species had led me to a theory:
The more delicious an animal is, the more likely it will not go extinct.
March 1, 2008 at 5:21 pm
You may have hit on something here. Marinating cheetah’s in a spice, I bet no one has tried. How about Panda’s too? I mean, they only sit there eating bamboo all day – at least marinate them – then when they do die, they’ll only need 10 mins under the grill. Yum yum.