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Roadkill: A Renewable Source of Fur and Pelts

Legislation introduced by Illinois State Rep. Norine Hammond (R-McComb), and approved a short while back, entered into force at the end of 2011. The law allows permit-holding residents to take the pelts and meat from roadkill, but only if the dead animals are in season. These unfortunate creatures are an important ...

25 January 2012
10:49 GMT

Demonstrator Bares All in Marketplace to Fight Animal Cruelty

As wasteful winter holidays are approaching, animal right groups would do everything in their power to convince the public opinion that meat is murder. One of the most shocking attempts of this kind was recorded in Spain, in a crowded market from Barcelona. Spanish AnimaNaturalis organization thought it is time to ...

16 December 2011
05:44 GMT

Lettuce-Wearing Women Urge Drivers to Adopt Vegan Power

A team of women whose fashion is not what first attracts the eye (but lack thereof), is trying to change the mentality of Seattle drivers, showing them that meat does not only translate into murder, but is also correlated with various environmental crimes. They're aiming to highlight that putting animals on ou...

1 December 2011
03:28 GMT

PETA Asks Kids If They'd Eat Their Dog for Thanksgiving

Right before Thanksgiving, when moms all over the US are thinking of the big holiday dinner and what they're going to stuff the turkey with this year, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is making a bold move to convince the Americans that a better idea would be to turn vegetarian. A new billboard...

18 November 2011
04:02 GMT

The German Wurst Could Be Made from 'Flowers'

It seems that meat lovers could soon be eating plant seeds instead of beef or pork, and not even tell the difference.Lots of things need to change in this world, and there are some of which you wouldn’t normally think of, like eating veggie sausages.This idea comes from Dr.-Ing. Peter Eisner of the Fraunhofer I...

3 January 2011
09:57 GMT

Cloned Animals' Meat and Milk Declared Safe for Consumption

The British Food Standards Agency has declared meat and milk from cloned animals and their offspring safe to eat, after the FSA's Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes concluded that “the evidence showed no differences in composition between the meat and milk of conventional animals, clones or th...

27 November 2010
05:00 GMT

No More Caveman Behavior Until Next Thanksgiving

Cavemen fought for their food and were rather aggressive when they were close to a hunk of meat, but apparently this behavior no longer exists, found a researcher at McGill University’s Department of Psychology.Frank Kachanoff is a researcher very interested in evolution, who was very surprised to see that the ...

8 November 2010
03:42 GMT

Excess Meat Causes Early Puberty in Girls

According to a team of investigators in the United Kingdom, at the University of Brighton, it would appear that girls who have a diet featuring a lot of meat tend to hit puberty faster than their peers who consume much less of the stuff. The researchers believe that this is one of the main reasons why girls today ten...

11 June 2010
11:11 GMT

Meat Consumption and Population Sustainability Linked

A new report, released just days ago by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), provides nations and scientists with the first-ever global view of the planet's situation at this point. The document highlights the troubling fact that the harshest factors driving habitat loss, species extinction and polluti...

9 June 2010
10:00 GMT

Apes Live Shorter Lives than We Do

According to the results of a new scientific study, it may be that one of the reasons why humans tend to live longer than their ape and primate cousins has something to do with the carnivorous diets we are accustomed to. Evolutionary biologists believe that a diet based on meat may also help our bodies avert cancer, ...

15 December 2009
10:42 GMT

Growing Meat Without the Actual Animals

Scientists say that technology will soon advance to the point where it will be possible to grow meat inside labs, without the need for the actual living things that wear it for some time before being killed for it. Even now, it is possible to grow tiny nuggets of meat inside special laboratories around the world, but...

19 November 2009
15:21 GMT

Paleolithic Meat-Sharing Rituals Discovered

It is widely known among anthropologists and archaeologists that early humans living in the Paleolithic – a period of time spanning from 2.5 million years ago to approximately 10,000 BC – used to hunt and eat in groups, as they learned this maximized their chances for success. Experts have now identified ...

14 August 2009
05:34 GMT

Consumption of Red Meat Increases Risk of Cancer

Our diet is mainly based on meat, and it’s not healthy, nutritionists say. In fact, it relies so much on this type of food that we’re actively increasing our chances of developing heart disease and cancer, as a new extensive study reveals. Red and processed meat considerably boost risks of developing eith...

25 March 2009
16:41 GMT

New Meat Flavor for Christmas from Burger King

Finding the right Christmas presents for the loved ones is not that easy in these difficult recession times. Maybe that's one of the reasons why many companies have upgraded their offers not only to meet the wishes of the pickiest of their customers, but also to help them stick to the budget. Burger King follows...

18 December 2008
03:01 GMT

Forget Beef, Eat More Kangaroo

An adviser from the Australian government who is involved in climate change matters asks people to let go of their beef and lamb-based meals and shift to kangaroo meat consumption if they want to help saving the planet.Economist Ross Garnaut based his 600-page studies on the fact that cattle and sheep have reached wo...

2 October 2008
04:35 GMT

Siberian Tiger Population Drops

Once, the Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal held one of the biggest populations of Siberian Tigers in the world. Now, the Siberian Tiger is on the list of countless endangered species around the world, with as little as 20 tigers in the respective reserve in 2005 and up to one third or less in 2008. There is no d...

3 July 2008
05:37 GMT

Rosemary in Burgers and Steaks Helps Prevent Cancer

If you're a big fan of red meat, then let me ask you this: have you ever found yourself craving a rosemary-flavored burger? Well, neither did the vast majority of the population in the fast-food loving modern societies around the world. However, a recent study may very well change our perspective - and we might ...

23 May 2008
09:33 GMT

Low-Fat Meat Cooking Tips

Those of us who aren't vegetarians know that when you're ready to embark on a diet, one of the things that you'll probably be told or get to read on your own anyway is that meat and poultry - despite being consistent sources of essential proteins - should only be consumed in very small amounts, due to ...

7 May 2008
08:38 GMT

These Are the Sex Differences in Diet

Men and women think differently, behave differently, have a different structure, and that's why it should be not such a surprise they eat differently as well. A new research presented at the recent 2008 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta, Georgia, shows us how. Indeed, men remain...

21 March 2008
14:06 GMT

You Did Not Know All These About Bears

There are 8 living species of bears. Bears split of raccoons and bear-dogs about 35 MA ago. The first bears were small, resembling the dogs. Panda bear was the first bear to diverge from the branch that led to the other bears. The bamboo diet turned them big. Millions of years later, the ancestor of the other bears a...

19 February 2008
10:19 GMT

Red Meat Attacks the Heart

You may be an avid carnivorous, looking continuously for proteins, calcium and iron in the food, but here comes some bad news for you: people eating two or more servings of red meat daily are much more vulnerable to heart disease and diabetes. This is the result of a research published in the journal "Circulation," ...

6 February 2008
05:46 GMT

Top 10 Alternatives to Meat

120 grams of lean beef contain 25 grams of high quality proteins, almost totally assimilable, unlike the plant proteins, which the body assimilates just in a proportion of 50-65 %. But proteins from the meat can be replaced by various foods. Proteins are the "bricks" of the organism, and must contain all the essentia...

30 January 2008
14:06 GMT

Hyenas: the Largest Clitoris and 800 Kg of Pressure on Teeth

1.Hyenas appeared 25 million years ago from ancestors related to the civet cats. Even if the size of civet cats, those early hyenas already had molars for breaking bones. Cave hyena, that inhabited Europe during the Ice Age, was twice the size of the modern spotted hyenas. 2.Spotted hyena is the largest living hyena....

23 January 2008
03:31 GMT

The Most Powerful Land Predator

Wolverine is the largest land-dwelling relative of the weasel (overall, the largest would be the giant otter of South America). The wolverine is considered, relative to its size, the most powerful carnivorous mammal. Even if a wolverine is no larger than 25 kg (55 pounds), it can kill reindeer and moose!This meat eat...

4 January 2008
14:06 GMT

9 Things You Did Not Know About Muscles

From an eyebrow trembling to jumping, all is made by the muscles. Without them we could not even digest food or circulate blood inside the body. 1.There are three types of muscles: skeletal, responsible for the voluntary movements (from a smile to climbing the stairs); smooth, which make slow, involuntary movements ...

27 December 2007
16:56 GMT

The Best Way to Preserve Meat: Grape Seeds Extract

Grapes come with more than healthy and tasty wine. Grape-seed extract could be the best natural preservative for replacing synthetic ingredients employed in meat containing pre-cooked, frozen and refrigerated ready-to-eat ingredients, like individual diet entrees or family-sized frozen pizza or lasagna. "In the last ...

29 November 2007
07:02 GMT

Polar Bear, the Largest Living Carnivorous Mammal

1.All living bears are the descendants of a fox-sized 20 million-year-old bear called Ursavus. The genus Ursus including modern brown bear (grizzly is part of this species), black bear and polar bear appeared 5-10 million years ago. Ursus etruscus that lived in Europe 1.5-2 million years ago is the ancestor of the ca...

27 November 2007
13:07 GMT

9 Facts About Foxes

In many cultures, a fox is the symbol for a cunning person; in others a vixen is the symbol for the lascivious woman. But what do you really know about this animal?1.During the Ice Age, 400-650,000 years ago, the red fox and polar fox split from a common ancestor, Vulpes alopecoides. 2.Foxes can live solitary, in cou...

22 November 2007
16:29 GMT

Lose 3-5 kg (6.6-11 pounds) in Two Weeks with the Rotation Diet

The rotation diet is based on introducing in your daily menu various food categories every 4 days. The types of food are divided into four categories and into biological families. Each day you should eat food belonging to the same family or distinct families and groups, but you should not eat that again before four d...

17 November 2007
06:56 GMT

Lose 3-4 kg (7-9 Pounds) in Two Weeks with the Ovo-lacto-vegetarian Diet

Despite the fact that everybody believes it's easier to lose weight if you avoid eating meat and fish, because of the satiating power of the animal proteins, it is sure that ovo-lacto-vegetarian slimming can be as much or more effective than carnivorous diet. This diet allows the consume of a great variety and q...

16 November 2007
15:51 GMT

The Largest Land Predator Ever

When you think about something huge that has caused terror on earth, T-rex is perhaps the first thing that comes to your mind. It was popular before, and its image became extremely popular with the movie "Jurassic Park". Indeed, a huge beast: up to 12.8 (42 ft) in length and 7.2 tonnes in weight. Bigger than an eleph...

24 October 2007
15:11 GMT

Huge Plant-eating Relative of T-rex Found!

T-rex might have been one of the most fearsome meat eaters ever to walk the Earth, but, surprisingly, there was a group of closely related dinosaurs that were plant-eaters; they were called the therizinosaurs. One of these odd waddling dinosaurs with long arms and enormous claws has been recently found in Gansu Provi...

4 October 2007
02:43 GMT

How Did Dingos Wipe Out the Tasmanian Tigers?

After humans entered Australia, only two large carnivores roamed the lands: dingo and the Tasmanian "tiger" (thylacine). The marsupial "tiger" (called so because of its striped back) or "wolf" (due to its superficial resemblance to a wolf or dog) stood about 60 cm (23.6 in) at the shoulder and weighed 20 to 30 kg (44...

6 September 2007
04:39 GMT

Reddened Sausages and Burgers Cause Cancer!

Burgers can be more dangerous than rising your cholesterol and loading you with fat. They can cause cancer. This is the effect of a food additive and flavorings found in some sausages and burgers, the coloring E128 (Red 2G). The European Food Safety Authority's panel of experts on food additives has recommended ...

14 July 2007
04:02 GMT

10 Things You Did not Know about Rabbits

1. Few people know that the name "Spain" comes from the Latin "Hispania", a denomination originated in the Phoenician language spoken in Carthage and meaning "the Land of the Rabbits". Indeed, rabbits originated in the Iberian Peninsula (nowadays Spain and Portugal), Balearic Islands and northwestern Africa (Moroccos...

13 July 2007
14:36 GMT

Uncovering the Myth of the Piranha

There are much bigger fishes in the river than this rather small guy, that do not pass over 42 cm (1.2 ft) in length and 3.85 kg (9 pounds) in weight, that trigger the dread in any traveler through South America. Their image is horrific, with a mouth full of razor-sharp 4 mm long canine-like teeth, which are replaced...

3 July 2007
13:46 GMT

Sushi Made of Raw Horse?

Sushi is an integral part of the Japanese culture. And tuna is the king of the sushi. But the current world shortages of tuna could remove it from Japan's sushi menus, something unimaginable in a country where tuna has as many names as snow for the Eskimals. When global fishing bodies recently started lowering ...

27 June 2007
03:55 GMT

Which is the Cause of the "Stinky Whale"?

Stopping whale meat consume is a bitter fight led against the Japanese mentality. But in some cases, unwittingly whales have a method of their own. 10 % of the gray whales hunted by Russian aboriginals from Chukotka are inedible due to the rancid stench of their meat and this is increasing. Still, researchers cannot ...

8 June 2007
07:13 GMT

For Both Vegans and Meat-Eaters: Lab Grown Meat

This could satisfy both vegans and meat-eaters: lab grown meat. A Dutch team is trying to grow pork in a lab with the aim of delivering meat for millions without raising and slaughtering animals."We're trying to make meat without having to kill animals," said Bernard Roelen, a veterinary science professor at Utr...

4 June 2007
15:16 GMT

Whale Meat Consume: Cruelty or Anachronic Cultural Issue?

If you're from Europe or North America, it would be simply unthinkable for you to eat whale meat. But in Japan, it is just another usual custom. Whale meat may not be found everywhere - as tuna or tofu are - but in every city you may find at least one restaurant which serves it. It is really interesting the abu...

28 May 2007
14:36 GMT

Having Trouble with Cooking Mama?

Cooking Mama: Cook Off is a video game for the Wii, developed by OfficeCreate and published by Majesco. As any game for the Wii, its main purpose is to provide loads of fun for the players with the Wii's one-of-a-kind motion sensitive control system. The game however, once released proved to be quite difficult a...

25 April 2007
05:03 GMT


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