When is a vegetarian not a vegetarian?

[Bald Rick]

When it's a giant tortoise of Fregate Island in the Seychelles .....

Long thought to be exclusively a herbivore, video proof has now appeared on one actively stalking, catching and eating a Noddy Tern chick.

Herbivore no more? Giant tortoise stuns experts by eating baby bird on camera | ITV News

The disturbing video is the first to show 'deliberate hunting' in any tortoise species, researchers said. | ITV National News

www.itv.com

Thoughts?

 

[Macsky]

Pretty sure I’ve read there’s record of sheep/cattle/deer doing the same, the world around us is a lot more complex than we like to make it out to be.

 

[kfpben]

Why is it a ‘disturbing video’?
Has no one told ITV about nature before?

 

[puppet]

You are not a proper vegetarian when you get drunk at a wedding and the next morning you are are halfway through a mixed grill before you remember -as we took great pleasure in telling them.

 

[willie waver]

animals aren't stupid

unlike vegetarians...

 

[Old Boar]

I used to regularly have people hiding behind the stall, stuffing down a boar burger, hoping their other half did not spot them...

 

[Wuffler]

animals aren't stupid

Having been deliberately hunted at an incredibly slow speed by a lumbering giant tortoise, I can safely assume the Noddy Tern chick isn't one of the brightest animals on the planet...

 

[Clive]

When his name is Chris Evans who despite banging the vegan drum daily on Virgin constantly slips up and clearly does in meat / milk etc

 

[No wot]

We had a vet student who arrived as a vegetarian ( living in with us) & after 1 & half weeks of full on lambing started eating the wholesome meat & veg dishes my wife served up each night, wether she continued when she got home I don't know !!

 

[Danllan]

In response to the title: when they smell bacon...

 

[som farmer]

when they start smelling bacon, 2.5 veggies in daughters uni house, all converted on our home cured bacon, the .5 was a half hearted, fad. Lasted 3 weeks.
However, it does indicate how faddy lifestyle, some veggies are. Vegans, most are fanatical zealots, caused by lack of animal protien. After all, we are taught fire and cooked meat, allowed humans to develop their brains, to be top animal, in this world.

 

[Muddyroads]

After all, we are taught fire and cooked meat, allowed humans to develop their brains, to be top animal, in this world.

It’s no coincidence that the vegan brigade don’t believe we are top animals, as all are equal in their world.
But which came first, the lack of nutrition or the ideology?

 

[Canada Farmer]

In response to the title: when they smell bacon...

The three "B" essentials of life, bacon, beer and bordello's!!!

 

[BrianV]

Reports of record numbers of children with serious eating disorders are hardly surprising with the pressure they are constantly put under to become veggies, as anyone who has had children in the past will tell you getting kids to finish their vegetables was always the most difficult part of mealtimes.

 

[Paddington]

Not vegetarian, but a muslim colleague was seen tucking into gammon and chips, when questioned about it he replied he was eating the meat of a gammon .

 

[som farmer]

with some of the crap that goes into processed food, you couldn't really know what is real food, and what is chemicals. Perhaps, veggie, or vegan food, without chemical addition, or addiction, may be better for you !
We eat a wholesome diet of proper meat, and veg, so have not got the slightest inclination to try any, but l do have concerns about the long term affects of processed crap, especially with kids hooked on it.

 

[Exfarmer]

We had a vegetarian round this weekend, sadly she would not eat the veggie tart my wife made as it had mushrooms in it. So she had some chicken and a beef kebab? We said nothing

 

[2wheels]

The three "B" essentials of life, bacon, beer and bordello's!!!

Not Canadian bacon. Sliced wafer thin and cooked till hard. Our experience crossing Canada, others will have different opinions. Great country, never mind the bacon.

 

[Canada Farmer]

Not Canadian bacon. Sliced wafer thin and cooked till hard. Our experience crossing Canada, others will have different opinions. Great country, never mind the bacon.

Eh, there be good Canadian bacon, just don't mention butter as that would have to come in waxed paper from across the equator and some funny islands on the other side of the Pacific ocean if it doesn't come grom PEI.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Pretty sure I’ve read there’s record of sheep/cattle/deer doing the same, the world around us is a lot more complex than we like to make it out to be.

I've seen that. Red deer on one of the isolated Western Isles. Couldn't get enough calcium in their diet, so started crunching seabird chicks.

Not vegetarian, but a muslim colleague was seen tucking into gammon and chips, when questioned about it he replied he was eating the meat of a gammon .

I remember the Muslims at school, breaking their fast with bacon crisps (we had a lot of Muslims).

Not Canadian bacon. Sliced wafer thin and cooked till hard.

That's a crime against bacon. It should be thick cut, smoked and cooked as rare as possible.