Larry,

I actually had this feeling You were going to mention selective breeding. I am well aware of Your argument; however, there always have been natural fruits and vegetables grown in Nature, and only those are the most pure and true to root (-in a literal and figurative context here), and if grown by oneself, they are most natural indeed.

Regarding meats, I do not necessarily speak of cattle and chickens. Frankly, I will have a cow and several chickens for milk/butter/cheese and eggs, respectively, and the latter naturally fertilized by rooster(s). Regarding eating meat, I would go on the wild hunt, and You cannot argue bear, deer, rabbit, and so on aren't natural...

And, of course, fish! Seafood is the most natural and healthiest for humans unless tainted by oil, radiation (!), and/or other pollution. By the way, many 'seaside cultures' have fished for millennia, especially the Northmen which is why modern-day Norwegians try to stray a little from the stereotype that all they eat (or are good for) is fish, fish, fish! They heavily bring pork into their diets, but they have yet to bring in poultry steadily.

In conclusion regarding snakes and other captive animals, where they come from and what they eat ARE natural (!), and just because humanity's diet has evolved into crap (...with corn syrup and preservatives in practically everything, even bread! Ugh...), it does NOT mean We should bestow malnutrition (id est, in the form of unnatural foods for Our ease and budget) upon Our pets!

Timothy

>>>>On quite the contrary, many foods I eat throughout my daily life come from some source of Mother Nature, just some--mostly meats here--have been transformed (exempli gratia, deli meats).
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>>Nope. If you're eating farmed meats and veggies or almost any veggies you grow yourself, they are the result of hundreds, if not thousands, of generations of selective breeding and bear little resemblance to anything found in nature... (Probably less so with fish, but our ancestors probably weren't able to catch fish until fairly recently.)
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>>>>Anyway, just to confirm again, You, Larry, do know my spiel wasn't an attack on You, right?
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>>Yes.
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>>What goes up must come down...unless it exceeds escape velocity.


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T.J. Gould

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