How does this happen?

[Explicit]

In a way, it does. Animals whose meat is hardly useful, maybe only to cook soup, may not be that great to eat. On the other hand, an animal with fine, tender meat, that can be cooked in any way and still taste great, would make a great meat animal.

Well, I didnt' mean adaptable to being put into soup, I don't think that was the context anyway

But when you think about it, it is a long term adaptation. Animals whose meat do not taste well survive in the wild until we cut down their forests. Animals whose meat is great are domesticated and bred and multiply. It is evolution...

Haha, that's funny in a way, but true, too. I don't think evolution ever intended good tasting animals to be bred in captivity though

Nor any animal for that matter.

[CrAz3D]

Why not?

[Explicit]

Because animals aren't meant to be held in captivity.  How would you feel if you were bred to serve one purpose, being to feed others?

[CrAz3D]

Animals don't feel the same way.

[Warrior]

Isn't about "how would we feel", we don't. We are higher on the foodchain so we eat them.

[iago]

Animals don't feel the same way.

Are you sure about that?

[Adron]

But when you think about it, it is a long term adaptation. Animals whose meat do not taste well survive in the wild until we cut down their forests. Animals whose meat is great are domesticated and bred and multiply. It is evolution...

Haha, that's funny in a way, but true, too.  I don't think evolution ever intended good tasting animals to be bred in captivity though

Evolution never had any intentions. It is blind. Evolution is not an Intelligent Designer...

[iago]

But when you think about it, it is a long term adaptation. Animals whose meat do not taste well survive in the wild until we cut down their forests. Animals whose meat is great are domesticated and bred and multiply. It is evolution...

Haha, that's funny in a way, but true, too.  I don't think evolution ever intended good tasting animals to be bred in captivity though

Evolution never had any intentions. It is blind. Evolution is not an Intelligent Designer...

Using the word "intented" was a figure of speech.  What I meant was that I'm pretty sure that natural selection/evolution doesn't prepare animals to be bred in captivity.

[CrAz3D]

Evolution is just change.  We changed the purpose of those animals.

[Adron]

Evolution never had any intentions. It is blind. Evolution is not an Intelligent Designer...

Using the word "intented" was a figure of speech.  What I meant was that I'm pretty sure that natural selection/evolution doesn't prepare animals to be bred in captivity.

It does not *prepare* animals for anything, but it does shape them to better suit their role... Natural selection/evolution works all the time, all around. Domesticated animals have been shaped to fit better in with humans over a long period of time.

[iago]

Evolution never had any intentions. It is blind. Evolution is not an Intelligent Designer...

Using the word "intented" was a figure of speech.  What I meant was that I'm pretty sure that natural selection/evolution doesn't prepare animals to be bred in captivity.

It does not *prepare* animals for anything, but it does shape them to better suit their role... Natural selection/evolution works all the time, all around. Domesticated animals have been shaped to fit better in with humans over a long period of time.

The animals tasted good before they were ever domesticated.  As you said,

But when you think about it, it is a long term adaptation. Animals whose meat do not taste well survive in the wild until we cut down their forests. Animals whose meat is great are domesticated and bred and multiply. It is evolution...

[Adron]

The animals tasted good before they were ever domesticated.  As you said,

Yes, so what evolution has done is make animals with tasty meat. That is how evolution always works - selecting one of multiple alternatives. Tasty meat is a property that helps increase survivability. So is cute looks. Or in some cases, scary looks (flies that look like bees!).

[iago]

The animals tasted good before they were ever domesticated.  As you said,

Yes, so what evolution has done is make animals with tasty meat. That is how evolution always works - selecting one of multiple alternatives. Tasty meat is a property that helps increase survivability. So is cute looks. Or in some cases, scary looks (flies that look like bees!).

Bees aren't scary.

But anyway, I'm not sure how "tasty meat" would promote survivability unless animals were being bread by another animals.  And that seems like something so unnatural that it wouldn't even become an evolutionary alternative. 

But apparently, nature DID select it. 

Does that mean that breeding animals in captivity is natural?  It's part of what is supposed to happen?  If we STOPPED breeding cattle, that would be going against nature (even God)?

Based on that, I think that vegetarians should re-evaluate why they don't eat meat.  It's perfectly natural to breed animals in captivity, apparently!

[Hitmen]

Based on that, I think that vegetarians should re-evaluate why they don't eat meat.  It's perfectly natural to breed animals in captivity, apparently!

I think we should teach them a lesson and start eating vegetarians. How dare they go against the will of god.

[Adron]

But anyway, I'm not sure how "tasty meat" would promote survivability unless animals were being bread by another animals.  And that seems like something so unnatural that it wouldn't even become an evolutionary alternative. 

Maybe consider it as species living in symbiosis...