[Taxacom] Cannibalistic offal (in nature); is such offal awful?

[David Campbell]

Generalist carnivores may frequently feed on smaller or dead
individuals of the same species (e.g., alligators).  Herbivores, or
species that recently evolved carnivory, are less likely to have
protections against diseases transmitted by meat consumption,
including cannibalism.  Some of the diseases also have such a long
development time that there's minimal evolutionary selection for
protection.

Rather than making chickens into chicken feed, it's more prudent to
add a gator farm on the side and feed them, a business model that has
been tried with some success.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
4830 University Blvd E H4
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"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"