Nope, I'm open to anything... Unless they're humanoid in shape! Oh yeah, wouldn't try bats either, the Ebola crisis put me off!
Oh yes, I remember seeing that guy on Animal Planet a few years back... I never liked him or his show much. Too much hillbilly for me. Armadillo doesn't seem advisable to try to me either, as armadillos are the only mammals other than humans known to carry leprosy. It's not just ebola you'd have to worry about with bats, there's plenty of other nasty diseases you can get from bats. In general it's probably advisable not to ever eat bats and to be very careful or avoid entering caves or other places where wild bats gather. Personally I would be very hesitant to try any kind of "bushmeat", i.e. meat of tropical wild animals, both for reasons of illegal and unethical hunting and trade and for reason of risk of disease. Speaking of idiots, I recently came across this old clips showing some idiot trying to ride a giraffe. Giraffe's not having it. Guy's lucky he didn't get seriously kicked.
@KevinB I did know that but totally overlooked it. I will change my opinion to armadillos bred for the meat market, if such a thing exists! As for bats, Ebola is a good enough reason alone, no need to reinforce the point! @Crowthorne Very good, Oi do likes armadillos, crunchy on the outside, soft in the middle!
A while ago in Florida there was a fad of shooting and eating wild armadillos. Several people ended up dying from diseases they carried.
I totally missed this in my off the cuff reply. Yeah, I'd be dubious about eating anything wild caught in case of diseases and because of hunting pressure. My stance is in favour of sustainable hunting and proper food hygiene standards. My opinion on bat meat should have proved that point but just thought I'd reiterate it here in case anyone thought I was a depraved meat monster!
Some wild-ish animals are tasty, like frogs and since we're talking about this, has anyone else tried jellyfish?
Since we're talking about eating animals, a guy recently died from what is likely the very first case of vCJD in the USA. He liked eating squirrels. https://gizmodo.com/a-mans-love-of-squirrel-meat-might-have-given-him-a-hor-1829796797
My mom's high school friends from Vietnam sent her a picture of a backyard grill, guess what was on the menu: squirrel, not just any squirrel, the flying squirrel, I have no idea how they got their hand on those guys, but there were a good 10-15 of them...
Are you sure about the Yapok? I didn't think they were found in Trinidad so I googled it, and the evidence is tenuous.
Well she just said a large opossum and when I looked into opossums of Trinidad that was the only one of any good size listed as living on the island. Common Opossums are Tobago only. ~Thylo
That does explain the difficulties @Chlidonias had when trying to find wild mammals in Vietnam! On a similar note, I once was with a group of waterfowl breeders from Aviornis (a private keeper association), and they talked about a place where the eggs of Torrent ducks were collected to eat. They had the brilliant idea to go there one day and try to trade the ducks eggs for 100 chicken eggs each
I'm guessing you just looked at the Wikipedia page for the mammal list (which is wrong). Common Opossums are widespread in Trinidad and heavily hunted for food there. Also Yapoks aren't exactly what I would call large.
Taman Safari Indonesia reports man, woman to police for giving animals alcohol Whoever did that **** in my own country is clearly not a human.
I ate pickled jellyfish at a restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. It didn't taste like anything besides pickled; texture-wise, it was sort of like eating tough pieces of animal fat. Chewy and stringy, but it was cold. I found it inoffensive, but I can see why a lot of people would be turned off by it... although personally, I think we should be eating a lot more of it given the massive jellyfish booms that have been occurring.
My mom made a Vietnamese jellyfish salad, to me, it tasted like cold rice paper......and yes, I do agree we should eat more jellyfish. (that sounded better in my mind)
