random curiosity

[ratcreature]

I've been wondering about carnivorous habits, and which animals people eat and which they avoid, thus a poll. (Vegetarians like me, feel free to answer for a period of your life when you ate animals. Obviously if you have never eaten any the poll is kind of moot.) For each you can pick a number from 0 to 3, where 0 = "I have never eaten this animal" (or an animal from a that group, as I bundled some), 1 = "I've tried it only once or twice", 2 = "I have been/am eating this every now and then" (e.g. animals you eat repeatedly but only on rare occasions, or as a treat), 3 = "this animal was/is a regular part of my diet".

Poll #6432 carnivore poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 66

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cow

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Mean: 2.83 Median: 3 Std. Dev 0.41

0		0 (0.0%)
1		1 (1.5%)
2		9 (13.6%)
3		56 (84.8%)

zebu

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Mean: 0.00 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.00

0		66 (100.0%)
1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

water buffalo

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Mean: 0.06 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.24

0		62 (93.9%)
1		4 (6.1%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

yak

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Mean: 0.03 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.17

0		64 (97.0%)
1		2 (3.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

bison or wisent

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Mean: 0.85 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.84

0		26 (39.4%)
1		27 (40.9%)
2		10 (15.2%)
3		3 (4.5%)

other bovines

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Mean: 0.22 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.51

0		54 (83.1%)
1		8 (12.3%)
2		3 (4.6%)
3		0 (0.0%)

domesticated pig

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Mean: 2.69 Median: 3 Std. Dev 0.65

0		2 (3.1%)
1		1 (1.5%)
2		12 (18.5%)
3		50 (76.9%)

wild pig

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Mean: 0.61 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.67

0		32 (48.5%)
1		29 (43.9%)
2		4 (6.1%)
3		1 (1.5%)

reindeer

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Mean: 0.35 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.64

0		47 (72.3%)
1		14 (21.5%)
2		3 (4.6%)
3		1 (1.5%)

roe deer

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Mean: 0.37 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.70

0		48 (76.2%)
1		7 (11.1%)
2		8 (12.7%)
3		0 (0.0%)

red deer

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Mean: 0.53 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.83

0		42 (65.6%)
1		12 (18.8%)
2		8 (12.5%)
3		2 (3.1%)

wapiti

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Mean: 0.11 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.40

0		58 (92.1%)
1		3 (4.8%)
2		2 (3.2%)
3		0 (0.0%)

moose

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Mean: 0.39 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.70

0		45 (70.3%)
1		15 (23.4%)
2		2 (3.1%)
3		2 (3.1%)

other deer

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Mean: 0.97 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.96

0		25 (38.5%)
1		23 (35.4%)
2		11 (16.9%)
3		6 (9.2%)

sheep

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Mean: 1.94 Median: 2 Std. Dev 0.95

0		7 (10.6%)
1		11 (16.7%)
2		27 (40.9%)
3		21 (31.8%)

goat

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Mean: 0.80 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.66

0		22 (33.3%)
1		35 (53.0%)
2		9 (13.6%)
3		0 (0.0%)

horse

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Mean: 0.23 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.55

0		54 (83.1%)
1		7 (10.8%)
2		4 (6.2%)
3		0 (0.0%)

donkey

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Mean: 0.03 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.17

0		64 (97.0%)
1		2 (3.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

camel

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Mean: 0.06 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.24

0		60 (93.8%)
1		4 (6.2%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

llama

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Mean: 0.03 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.17

0		64 (97.0%)
1		2 (3.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

antelopes

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Mean: 0.14 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.39

0		57 (87.7%)
1		7 (10.8%)
2		1 (1.5%)
3		0 (0.0%)

rabbit

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Mean: 1.14 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.79

0		14 (21.9%)
1		29 (45.3%)
2		19 (29.7%)
3		2 (3.1%)

hare

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Mean: 0.45 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.76

0		45 (68.2%)
1		14 (21.2%)
2		5 (7.6%)
3		2 (3.0%)

guinea pig

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Mean: 0.02 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.12

0		65 (98.5%)
1		1 (1.5%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

kangaroo

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Mean: 0.27 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.51

0		50 (75.8%)
1		14 (21.2%)
2		2 (3.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

whale

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Mean: 0.05 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.21

0		63 (95.5%)
1		3 (4.5%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

other domesticated mammals, e.g. dogs

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Mean: 0.00 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.00

0		65 (100.0%)
1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

other non-domesticated mammals

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Mean: 0.45 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.58

0		39 (60.0%)
1		23 (35.4%)
2		3 (4.6%)
3		0 (0.0%)

chicken

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Mean: 2.94 Median: 3 Std. Dev 0.24

0		0 (0.0%)
1		0 (0.0%)
2		4 (6.2%)
3		61 (93.8%)

duck

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Mean: 1.51 Median: 2 Std. Dev 0.81

0		8 (12.3%)
1		21 (32.3%)
2		31 (47.7%)
3		5 (7.7%)

goose

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Mean: 0.92 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.90

0		26 (40.0%)
1		21 (32.3%)
2		15 (23.1%)
3		3 (4.6%)

turkey

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Mean: 2.20 Median: 2 Std. Dev 0.73

0		2 (3.1%)
1		6 (9.2%)
2		34 (52.3%)
3		23 (35.4%)

pigeon

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Mean: 0.35 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.54

0		45 (68.2%)
1		19 (28.8%)
2		2 (3.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

quail

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Mean: 0.64 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.67

0		31 (47.0%)
1		28 (42.4%)
2		7 (10.6%)
3		0 (0.0%)

pheasant

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Mean: 0.56 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.65

0		35 (53.0%)
1		25 (37.9%)
2		6 (9.1%)
3		0 (0.0%)

grouse

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Mean: 0.23 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.46

0		51 (78.5%)
1		13 (20.0%)
2		1 (1.5%)
3		0 (0.0%)

partridge

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Mean: 0.18 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.46

0		56 (84.8%)
1		8 (12.1%)
2		2 (3.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

ostrich

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Mean: 0.54 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.66

0		36 (55.4%)
1		23 (35.4%)
2		6 (9.2%)
3		0 (0.0%)

other birds

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Mean: 0.29 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.45

0		47 (71.2%)
1		19 (28.8%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

reptiles (e.g lizards, snakes, turtles etc.)

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Mean: 0.46 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.53

0		36 (55.4%)
1		28 (43.1%)
2		1 (1.5%)
3		0 (0.0%)

amphibians (e.g. frogs)

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Mean: 0.41 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.58

0		42 (63.6%)
1		21 (31.8%)
2		3 (4.5%)
3		0 (0.0%)

farmed fish species

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Mean: 2.36 Median: 3 Std. Dev 0.75

0		1 (1.5%)
1		8 (12.1%)
2		23 (34.8%)
3		34 (51.5%)

wild fish species

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Mean: 2.32 Median: 2 Std. Dev 0.76

0		1 (1.5%)
1		9 (13.6%)
2		24 (36.4%)
3		32 (48.5%)

crustaceans (lobsters, crabs, shrimp...)

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Mean: 2.08 Median: 2 Std. Dev 0.84

0		4 (6.1%)
1		9 (13.6%)
2		31 (47.0%)
3		22 (33.3%)

mussels

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Mean: 1.38 Median: 2 Std. Dev 1.03

0		18 (27.3%)
1		14 (21.2%)
2		25 (37.9%)
3		9 (13.6%)

octopus/squids

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Mean: 1.26 Median: 1 Std. Dev 0.85

0		13 (20.0%)
1		26 (40.0%)
2		22 (33.8%)
3		4 (6.2%)

snails (whether land, freshwater or sea)

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Mean: 0.45 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.56

0		38 (57.6%)
1		26 (39.4%)
2		2 (3.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

other molluscs

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Mean: 0.91 Median: 1 Std. Dev 1.00

0		30 (45.5%)
1		18 (27.3%)
2		12 (18.2%)
3		6 (9.1%)

locusts/grasshoppers

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Mean: 0.15 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.36

0		56 (84.8%)
1		10 (15.2%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

other insects or arachnids

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Mean: 0.09 Median: 0 Std. Dev 0.29

0		60 (90.9%)
1		6 (9.1%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)

Comments

[petra]

My non-domesticated animals were squirrel and opossum, IIRC. I don't know that I've had wild rabbit, but I have occasionally glared at the ones eating my garden and thought about it hard.

[ratcreature]

Rabbit tastes quite good. It gets dry easily, because it is so lean, but I liked it as a kid when I still ate meat. My mother usually cooked it in parts in a sauce. And if you don't want to eat them, you could always use their fur for mittens or something.

ETA: Though now I wonder how you came to eat squirrel and opossum, and where you got them from.

[petra]

Hunters local to me had killed the squirrel and opossum and made stew of them. I am not interested in rabbit fur mittens--or killing and cleaning them, really. I just get mad when they eat my sprouted bean plants.

[laurajv]

hark hark, the dogs do bark
the duke is fond of kittens
he likes to take their insides out
and use their fur for mittens.

(James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks)

[katarik]

... Being of the firm opinion that possum is a creature of the devil, I am almost scared to ask how it tasted. I had rabbit only the once, but recall it being tasty.