Help End the Cruel Harp Seal Hunt

"Nobody" <not.DeleteThis@home.anymore> wrote in message news:Xns98EFCED54BC3A1v2rt@204.153.245.131...
> pearl wrote:
>
> > "Nobody" <not.DeleteThis@home.anymore> wrote in message
> > news:Xns98EFA62456F7E1v2rt@204.153.245.131...
> >> pearl wrote:
> >>
> >> > Humans are not a naturally carnivorous species.
> >>
> >> Who told you that? Someone from PETA?
> >
> > Anatomy, physiology, biology, epidemiological and clinical
> > research..
>
> Clinical research? Whose?

'Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate
for all stages of the lifecycle, including during pregnancy, lactation,
infancy, childhood and adolescence. Appropriately planned vegetarian
diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate and provide health benefits in
the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.' These 'certain
diseases' are the killer epidemics of today - heart disease, strokes,
cancers, diabetes etc.

This is the view of the world's most prestigious health advisory body,
the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada, after a
review of world literature. It is backed up by the British Medical
Association:

'Vegetarians have lower rates of obesity, coronary heart disease,
high blood pressure, large bowel disorders, cancers and gall stones.'
....'
http://www.vegetarian.org.uk/mediareleases/050221.html

> Do you have any good reason why a
> herbiverous animal, like man as you suggest, would have incisors AND
> canine teeth?

'Most "nutritionists" assert that we have definite carnivorous leanings,
and some have even termed our incisor teeth "fangs" in defense of
their erroneous position that humans are natural meat-eaters! If you
look at the various species in the animal kingdom, each is equipped
with teeth that are ideally suited to masticate a particular type of food.
Herbivores (like the cow) have 24 molars, eight jagged incisors in the
lower jaw and a horny palate in the upper jaw. Their jaws move
vertically, laterally, forward, and backward, enabling the herbivore
to tear and grind coarse grasses. Omnivores (like the hog) may have
tusk-like canines allowing them to dig up roots. Frugivores (like the
chimpanzee) have 32 teeth: sixteen in each jaw including four incisors,
two cuspids, four bicuspids, and six molars. The cuspids are adapted
for cracking nuts, and the uniform articulation of the teeth enables the
frugivore to mash and grind fruits. On the contrary, carnivores (like
the cat family) have markedly developed canines that are long, sharp,
cylindrical, pointed, and set apart from the other teeth. Fangs and
sharp pointed teeth that penetrate and kill, that rip and tear flesh, are
a feature of all true carnivores (except certain birds). The powerful
jaws of the carnivore move only vertically, and are ideal for ripping
and tearing flesh that is swallowed virtually whole and then acted
upon by extremely potent gastric juices. Human teeth are not
designed for tearing flesh as in the lion, wolf or dog, but rather
compare closely with other fruit-eating animals. Human teeth
correspond almost identically to the chimpanzees and other frugivores.
The complete absence of spaces between human teeth characterizes
us as the archetype frugivore. The "canine" teeth of humans are short,
stout, and slightly triangular. They are less pronounced and developed
than the orangutan's, who rarely kills and eats raw flesh in its natural
environment. Human canines in no way resemble the long, round,
slender canines of the true carnivore. Human teeth are not curved
or sharp like the wolves or tigers, nor are they wide and flat like the
grass and grain-eating species. Human teeth are actually like the
fruit-eating monkeys, and the human mouth is best suited for eating
succulent fruits and vegetables. It would be extremely difficult, if
not impossible, for humans to eat raw flesh without the aid of fork
and knife. To term our incisor teeth "fangs" or even to liken them
as such is outrageous.
....'
http://www.iol.ie/~creature/BiologicalAdaptations.htm

> >> >> And how would Pearl suggest the Inuit grow cereal crops and
> >> >> vegetables? OR is global warming going to allow them to do
> >> >> that?
> >> >
> >> > These seals are not being killed for meat.
> >>
> >> While meat is not the main reason, your severe lack of research
> >> is showing.
> >
> > 'Most of the meat is wasted and left on the ice. Some if it is
> > sold to fur farms and some is ground up into animal feed. A
> > few thousand seal flippers are sold for human consumption in
> > Newfoundland. There is also a growing black market demand
> > for the seal penis bone in the Far East as some sort of voodoo
> > quack remedy for impotence.
>
> Nice try but, again, you have no source. Try here for all you ever
> wanted to know about Canada's exports http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/
>
> Mind you, these are actual FACTS and you may not be used to that.

Well, show us the data pertaining to export of seal meat then..

"Chom Noamsky" <e DeleteThis @t.me> wrote in message news:H2LIh.62343$Du6.31635@edtnps82...
> "pearl" <tea DeleteThis @signguestbook.ie> wrote in message
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> > Humans are not a naturally carnivorous species.
>
> Humans are naturally omnivores (both herbivore and carnivore). That can be
> proven by simply examining our teeth.

See my reply to Nobody.

> >> And how would Pearl suggest the Inuit grow cereal crops and
> >> vegetables? OR is global warming going to allow them to do that?
> >
> > These seals are not being killed for meat.
>
> There is still a market for seal meat but it isn't the primary market.

Again, show us data to support your claim.