What animals taste like humans?

In the end, both pork and veal might be accurate approximations to the flavor of human meat, though—thankfully—most will never find out for themselves.
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What is the tastiest part of a human?

If you had to eat a human, what part should you eat? The brain and muscles are probably your best bet according to Yale certified nutritionist Dr. Jim Stoppani.
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What is the best tasting animal?

  1. Lamb. Some types of meat we eat much more often while others we eat really rarely. ...
  2. Pork. Pork is one of the most consumed types of meat in the world. ...
  3. Duck. Duck is tasty meat that is eaten in all parts of the world, especially in China and East Asian countries. ...
  4. Salmon. ...
  5. Lobster. ...
  6. Beef. ...
  7. Chicken. ...
  8. Deer meat.
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What does a lion taste like?

Lion meat was the best tasting of the bunch. The meat was a bit tough with a mild taste—like a cross between beef and chicken. The second best tasting meat was the beaver, which was fatty with a mild taste—almost like a pot roast.
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What does horse taste like?

Horse meat is widely reported to be somewhat sweet, a little gamey, and a cross between beef and venison, according to the International Business Times. While meat from younger horses tends to be a bit pinkish in color, older horses have a darker, reddish-colored meat.
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What Does Human Taste Like?



What does a dog taste like?

He said: “It's a red meat, quite fatty, and extremely fragrant. “Take a cross between beef and mutton, add extra meaty flavouring, and you've got the taste of dog. "It's so delicious that if it wasn't for the thought of eating dog, everyone would probably love it.”
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What does Giraffe taste like?

One Montana-based business called Giraffine claims to sell live animals as well as meat, which its website describes as “intensely flavored lean meat; It tastes very similar to horse meat but more tender.” A call to Giraffine was not immediately returned.
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What hippo taste like?

What does hippo meat taste like? Hippo meat has a mild flavor with gamey undertones. It can be best compared to beef but is better and more flavorful than regular cow meat. Hippo meat is cooked in the same way as lamb or beef but is very hard to find, especially in the mainstream market.
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Are Penguins edible?

No, although penguin meat is not toxic to humans, penguins are not eaten in any cuisine around the world. The main reason for this is that it is illegal to hunt penguins in places where they are abundant and generally perceived as immoral due to the endangered status of some species.
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What does Wolf taste like?

What does wolf meat taste like? The taste of wolf meat can vary greatly depending on the age of the wolf and the animal's diet. Some people have likened the meat of a young wolf to chicken, but more mature wolves taste like pork. Wolves found in cooler climates offer more tender meat that tastes better.
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What does sloth taste like?

Daniel Everett, a linguist who has spent more than seven years living with the Pirahã people of Brazil, agrees that unseasoned sloth is tough and slightly gamey, but he finds the meat palatable and vaguely reminiscent of pork. You're not likely to ever try sloth.
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Does Racoon taste good?

Despite what you might think, raccoon tastes pretty good when cleaned and cooked properly. Like dark-meat chicken or turkey, though it is greasier and more tender than either.
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What is the tastiest game meat?

The Whitetail should be at the top of the list if not for the unbelievable uniqueness of our animal that is our number one. 1) Without a doubt, the mountain sheep (Dall, Bighorn, Desert Bighorn and Stone sheep) offer the finest tasting meat ever to be consumed by mankind.
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What part of a human can you not eat?

However, there is one organ that people should avoid eating at all costs: the brain. Until relatively recently, The Fore people of Papua New Guinea practiced transumption — the ritual of eating deceased relatives. This isolated group demonstrated the serious ramifications of eating another human's brain.
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What is it called when you eat yourself?

Self-Cannibalism: The Man Who Eats Himself.
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Can cannibalism be vegan?

Cannibalism is generally not considered vegan because humans are animals, and vegans do not eat animals. However, the possible exception is consensual cannibalism, where someone has given consent to eat their body after they die.
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Is Flamingo edible?

Its consumption has been recorded since around the first century, when Romans boiled them with spices and wine. You can eat a flamingo. But you shouldn't. In the U.S., as in many other countries, hunting and eating flamingos is illegal.
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What does cat taste like?

The meat was not like chicken at all, it was a light colored red meat – not that deep dark meat like dog. It tasted slightly similar to pork, yet full of weird little transparent fish like bones and with an ever so slight tinge of sour aftertaste.
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Can you eat lion?

It's legal both to kill and eat lion in the United States, though it's not legal to hunt them and then sell the meat. Practically speaking, it's not easy to get, given that most lion is acquired from game preserve stock or retired circus animals or exotic animal businesses.
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Does Penguin taste good?

They taste like “a piece of beef, odiferous cod fish and a canvas-backed duck roasted together in a pot, with blood and cod-liver oil for sauce”. Today's polar explorers don't have to eat penguins anymore. Unless in a survival situation.
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What does Panda taste like?

Chinese scientists have found evidence that prehistoric people ate giant pandas. The Explainer has previously described the flavors of whale, sloth, dinosaur, horse, and even human. How does giant panda meat taste? Terrible, apparently.
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What bear taste like?

Bear meat tastes very similar to venison. It's significantly sweeter, though and may differ in taste depending on the age of the bear. For instance, younger bears have a milder flavor. The season also plays a role in how a bear will taste.
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Can you eat a hippo?

Hippos are still eaten in their native West Africa, even though poaching and war have decimated the population. Poachers, many of whom are current or ex-militiamen, use rocket launchers, machine guns, and even dynamite to kill the hippos.
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What does Turtle taste like?

It is named for its green fat, not its skin color. The meat of the turtle is reddish-pink in color and has a distinctive flavor that some describe as fishy or pork-like. The texture can be compared to veal or crab, but many find it similar to chicken.
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What elephant tastes like?

"It tastes like venison. There are parts of the head and the neck which we sliced and fried with a bit of butter; it's very tasty." It would have been wasteful to not utilize the animal after killing it, he added. Borsak told CNN he ate one meal of elephant and then ate more as dried cured meat while he was hunting.
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