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“10/22/2009, 5:04pm EST”

That's phall-acious!

A lot of people try to make a moral argument in favor of eating meat by appealing to human biology or human evolution. They’ll say humans are biological omnivores, that eating meat is just a fulfillment of our biological nature. (Never mind the animals’ suffering and loss.)

To be clear, this is an absolutely fallacious rationale. It would be like saying: “I have a phallus; therefore I am morally entitled to fuck you (irrespective of anything else).” Or: “I have fingernails; therefore I am morally entitled to scratch your eyes out (irrespective of anything else).”

That said, even if narrow appeals to biology weren’t entirely inadequate in this case, the actual biological facts tell a completely different story (via fuckyeahanimalrights and goveg):

  • Meat-eaters: have claws
    Herbivores: no claws
    Humans: no claws
  • Meat-eaters: have no skin pores and perspire through the tongue
    Herbivores: perspire through skin pores
    Humans: perspire through skin pores
  • Meat-eaters: have sharp front teeth for tearing, with no flat molar teeth for grinding
    Herbivores: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
    Humans: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
  • Meat-eaters: have intestinal tract that is only 3 times their body length so that rapidly decaying meat can pass through quickly
    Herbivores: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.
    Humans: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.
  • Meat-eaters: have strong hydrochloric acid in stomach to digest meat
    Herbivores: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater
    Humans: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater
  • Meat-eaters: salivary glands in mouth not needed to pre-digest grains and fruits.
    Herbivores: well-developed salivary glands which are necessary to pre-digest grains and fruits
    Humans: well-developed salivary glands, which are necessary to pre-digest, grains and fruits
  • Meat-eaters: have acid saliva with no enzyme ptyalin to pre-digest grains
    Herbivores: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains
    Humans: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Based on a chart by A.D. Andrews, Fit Food for Men, (Chicago: American Hygiene Society, 1970)

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