Those Crazy Vegans are at it again. Always trying to come up with any reason they can to justify their decisions to abstain from consuming animal products. Ethics are personal; the health benefits might debatable, but what about the science of our physical bodies and natural instincts? Could this jam get any crazier?

Some crazy vegans like to point out that the human body is not designed to eat meat. Haha, try telling that to the guys at the game who have no problem downing their barbecue chicken or the classy lady enjoying her filet mignon. Sure, humans are capable of eating animals, especially when other people do the dirty work to make them "edible," but what if we dig a little bit deeper into the physiology of the human body and how our minds really work?

Carnivores and omnivores, or animals that eat meat, are very well equipped for their job as hunters. They are born with claws, fangs, an instinct to kill, speed, agility, and often night vision as well. Humans have fingernails that can break when snagged on a piece of cloth and incisor teeth like a frugivore. We are naturally compassionate and loving, and don't typically salivate or prepare for battle when we see a cow or pig in the pasture. With our bare hands and feet, we would be one of the lousiest hunters in the jungle, unable to catch almost any animal without cheating with technology and most certainly stumbling around in the dark without a flashlight or maybe a full moon. 

Carnivores and omnivores have short intestinal tracts as compared to the size of their body, while humans have relatively long large intestine resembling a super sized bowl of spaghetti. Our hunter friends are designed this way so that meat can move quickly through their digestive system, while it sits to fester and rot in our complex maze of a processing plant as our bodies try to figure out what to do with it. We also don't really love the sight, smell, taste, or feel of blood, bones, tendons, veins, or carcasses in general. It's only when meat is slathered in sauces, spices, and seasonings (usually made from plants) that the dead bodies somehow transform into something more appealing. And would any real carnivores or omnivore freak out if there was a piece of hair or flies in their meal?

And then there's dairy. What could be wrong with consuming dairy? Well to start with, is it at least a little bit strange that humans are the only mammal on earth that consumes the milk of other species? Not even from another animal similar to ourselves, as it would actually arguably make a bit more sense to drink mammary fluid from a chimpanzee or a bonobo than from a cow or goat. Cows, goats, sheep, and other "dairy" animals produce milk that is specifically designed to feed their young, with the nutrients and other properties to turn a baby calf into a bull or cow around the size of many automobiles. Regardless of how it is pasteurized or curdled into cheese, yogurt, or ice cream, could it maybe just a little bit crazy that humans are addicted to the excretion of these other animals with more and more of people feeding their children chemical formula instead of breastfeeding?

At least most humans don't eat the menstrual cycles from our own kind, or most other species for that matter, but for some reason, many people make the exception for birds such as chickens, geese, quail, and others. Eggs, which are the menstrual cycle of a bird, come out of a special place in their body that serves as both a sexual reproductive orifice and an anus. Not to be gross, but just to shed some light on what those crazy vegans are missing out on. 

But what about honey? Please don't make any valid points about that sweet sticky goodness! While the idea that honey is created by bee vomit after they travel extraordinary distances to pollinate flowers and create this substance for their own species may not be a turnoff to everyone, there aren't many humans that would enjoy harvesting this gooey mess if we were naked in the jungle like the day we were born. Or even with a cool pair of pants and a trendy t-shirt in. Again, maybe it's all good when someone else is doing the dirty work for us, but it seems a little bit like honey might not actually be a very natural food source for us humans.

Some people claim we have adapted to eat these animal products, while some crazy vegans believe that meat, dairy, eggs, and honey are just not something we were intrinsically designed to consume. It's all a matter of perspective and opinion. If we want to follow nature's way it seems like we ought to pay some attention to our color vision and sweet tooth along with the ease of acquisition and digestion, and the beauty of how fruits, vegetables, and other plant-based foods look, taste, smell, and feel. Those are arguably the foods we are meant to survive and thrive on. Just ask any crazy vegan. LOL!

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