In an otherwise bleak sporting weekend, Tottenham's loss was a high point

[Burney]

It's just livestock, innit. It's only homos like me who believe there's something virtuous, winsome and cuddly about them.

I don't think there's any inherent virtue in them, I just think there are probably good reasons why we tend to eat herbivores - other than the fact they're safer to hunt and domesticate, of course.

[Ash]

fish? ..............

Oops. Sliced that one in you own net, Poks.

You must be gutted.

[Pokster]

Those mammalian fish? Yummm.

So eating carnivorous fish is OK, but not mammals? Those man eating sheep taste so yummy though

[Burney]

So eating carnivorous fish is OK, but not mammals? Those man eating sheep taste so yummy though

Basically, yes. Science types suggest that the tendency not to eat carnivorous mammals may stem from an evolutionary aversion related to the greater likelihood of pathogens such as prions being transferred by eating carnivores.