Posted on 11/16/2005 1:42:33 PM PST by girlangler
Body parts frequently get chewed off in bar fights.
Sometimes in a Boxing Match.
Sorry bout that, but you set me up.
Monica really gave me the opportunity. ~ ; ^D
**Grin of the Day Award**
After reading this, I think the title should have been "Dinner With a FLAMING HOMO Anti-Hunter from the Gay Bay Area".
Fontova is the best.
In the animal kingdom, grass-eating mammals have smaller brains in proportion to their bodies. Manatees are a shining example. They have huge, thick skulls, but the acutal braincase is about the size of a small orange. No wonder they aren't smart enough to learn to avoid the propellers of noisy boats. Their brains are much smaller than a comparably sized dolphin, another aquatic mammal, who eats ONLY meat. The only exception I can think of in the world of herbivorous mammals is the elephant, which is pretty intelligent, but then again, the elephant is VERY large, hence has a fairly large brain.
But the proportion of brain size with regard to body size in mammals (we're not talking birds or reptiles here) is MUCH larger in carnivores. A horse is smart enough to learn stuff, but look at how BIG he is. A large dog probably has a bigger brain than a horse ten times his size. Cats have especially big brains with regard to their body sizes -- interestingly, although the sabertooth tiger was a LOT bigger in body than a modern cougar, and although he had a big skull, the acutal brain case in that skull allowed for a brain perhaps smaller than that of a modern cougar. In other words, the sabertooths weren't all that bright. Maybe not smart enough to stay away from the tar pits!
I got my buck yesterday morning at 8:35. It stumbled a few yards in a grassy field and keeled over. Two hours later, I had finished field dressing it (about 45 minutes of work) and dragging the 120 pound carcass across a bare, muddy field. I then consumed a 850 calorie lunch, a larger dinner, and was still worn out this morning.
Hunting is a terribly inefficient way to get calories.
I didn't read the whole thing, but I did get a nice big doe last Saturday!
Make sure to put the blood around the roses. It's great for them.
I think they might be on to something here: The vegans I have known have could not hold a thought for more than a second or two. They were airheads.
I know that if a breastfeeding mother follows a vegan diet, it is recommended that she takes fish oil, in order that the baby's brain not be malformed.
Even 45 minutes seems extended for gutting a deer.
I field dressed two deer last Tuesday in 15 - 20 minutes. With an hour one was hanging from my meat rack, the other was stretched out in the back of my truck to cool.
Admittedly, the butchering takes longer, but field dressing is pretty quick.
Can you imagine what it would have been like without a rifle.
Spears, arrows, and group strategy were the weapons. And there was a good chance that you might get injured if the animal wasn't completely dead. If only injured, maybe enough to cause infection and then death.
Not an easy life.
1.Where does milk come from? The Grocery Store.
we get ours out a handy throw away plastic jug now, not at all like those heavy glass bottles we use to get milk in
of course, we don't get all that heavy yellow milk on top that the bottles made, but its still good
;)
Which may explain why vegans are often mentally *off*! But no, really, with regard to how our brains "grew" to their present size, it is known that any mammal fetus requires protein for the development of the brain cells, and ONLY protein. The higher the protein content in a pregnant mammal's diet, the larger the brain of its offspring. Theoretically, when our ancestors "split" from chimps or apes and our diet changed to one of high protein (as in, meat!), pregnant females started "building" fetuses with larger brains.
Today, when you come across the very STUPID vegan woman who insists on keeping to a vegan diet while pregnant, what her body will do is to rob from her nutrients to "build" the baby. Hence pregnant vegan women are debilitated and weak during their pregnancies, and their babies are often underweight.
"Hunting is a terribly inefficient way to get calories."
Look on the bright side. It is a great way to burn them.
Makes sense. Very interesting -- "split from chimps." Didn't realize this.
Also read that our brain size is limited due to the size of the birth canal. And our brains might be much larger if it weren't for the fact that it would kill both mother and child during birth if the child's head were much larger.
Ask any mother -- it is tough enough as it is. :)
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