We have a problem with cute animals like cats and dogs being killed, but we regard octopodes as coldly as we regard insects, and we love to slaughter and eat pigs, even though both pigs and octopodes are far smarter than cats and dogs, and at least as smart as human toddlers.
Yeah, I can understand how pigs would come to be eaten. But the thought that they're roughly as smart as three year old children makes their slaughter and consumption just seem so much more horrific. I'm not sure I'll be eating any more bacon/sausages.
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Mom hand fed a runt who was smart enough to come when called for lunch. I spose it could have been trained more, but we ate her. She would
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have been killed by the other pigs, so consider the trade-off, mom said. After years around them, I felt she was not wrong. They aren't very
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