November 15, 2012

"Since human blood has more salt than animal blood, once wild animals get the taste..."

".... of salty blood, they do not like other animals like deer."

19 comments:

rehajm said...

The biggest curse in the animal kingdom is to taste good.

AllenS said...

Potato(e) chips. Also, not being able to run as fast as other animals has it's drawbacks.

Wince said...

If every species would only listen to Micheal Bloomberg.

Phil 314 said...

Conjecture...

but a nice narrative.

Readership trumps science.

J.P. said...

When the lede uses the word "may", I know I'm about to read some really bad science.

Bryan C said...

Cows and deer love salt licks, yet they hardly ever attack and drain humans of their blood.

Paco Wové said...

"Cows and deer love salt licks, yet they hardly ever attack and drain humans of their blood."

They just haven't figured out how yet.

Anonymous said...

eat less salt, live longer...

ricpic said...

One more reason to be glad I'm not Nepalese.

YoungHegelian said...

If we could only figure out how to sell upsized fries & a shake to these man-salt famished predators, we'd be rolling in the filthy lucre, let me tell you, buddy!

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Now would be a good time to invest in potassium chloride futures.

Ignorance is Bliss said...

It's well known that this is why zombies prefer humans to other animals.

edutcher said...

Which is why God made the .44 Winchester and the .50 Sharps.

William said...

On the other hand, for just that reason health conscious predators avoid eating humans, or only eat small children as appetizers.

Sam L. said...

New Charity: Salt-Licks For Impoverished Areas Which Contain Large and Ferocious Carnivores.

SLFIAWCLFC--No, need a better name for a really cool acronym.

Need crowd-sourcxing here.

John Orzechowski said...

"Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"

John Orzechowski said...

"Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"

Dave said...

Animals are not to blame. Humans are serial killers.

Dave said...

Animals are not to blame. Humans are serial killers.