Which animals found in zoos have you eaten

Pootle

Pootle

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As we are in the 'food section' :) of the website, I thought I would put this question out.

To start off with I have eaten a few odd animals in my past so here is what I have eaten in the past in different countries, if no specific species name, then I have just put their generic name down as it is the closest I can get.


American Bison
Water Buffalo
Crocodile
Alligator
Ostrich
Red Deer
Roe Deer
Shark (No idea what type, but never shark fin soup)
Kangaroo
Rattlesnake
Wild Boar
Locust
Springbok
Horse
Frogs
Possibly Dog, otherwise some unknown animal that tasted a little bit like duck but the bones where not ducks :confused:.

All sorts of game birds and countless species of fish and shellfish. Surprised myself looking at that list now :p
 
Hmmm - the 'non-standard' ones that spring to mind are:

Red Deer
Fallow Deer
Springbok
Wild Boar
Kangaroo
Ostrich
Zander
A Himalayan freshwater fish - no idea what as didn't see it until it was battered!


All in the UK except the two fish. Nicest was ostrich. Zander was the biggest surprise as I'm not a big one for freshwater fish but I really rather liked it both times I've had it.
 
Ostrich, kangaroo & crocodile, all from Tesco during the BSE crisis! I'm not overly adventurous when it comes to food... :p
 
I rely on the menus being honest as I could have been eating anything but…
Bison
Alligator
Kangaroo
Wallaby
Venison (red dear?)
Frog
Ostrich
Wild boar
rabbit
Pheasant
Partridge
Quail
Woodpigeon
I once eat a cockatiel egg. I had an aviary and used to eat the quail eggs as they laid them everywhere; I thought I’d try a cockatiel egg (I was a kid at the time).
 
I have certain rules when eating animals. If they are domestic (e.g. water buffalo or guinea pig) or farmed (e.g. crocodile) then its fine; if they are common species and sustainably harvested (e.g. kangaroo) then its fine; if they are an introduced pest species in a certain country (e.g. tahr in NZ) then its fine. If it is wild and unsustainably harvested, or (especially) endangered then its not fine. I would never eat snake for example or monkey, and with fish one needs to be very careful (e.g. no orange roughy under any circumstances).

Also I would never eat frogs, because I like them too much (also, search for live skinned frogs on youtube....)

Sometimes exceptions can be made to the rules if, for example, one is staying in a tribal village and they are eating what they have gathered anyway (say, a python or mouse deer), but never would one ask or accept for them to procure a pangolin specially so you can eat it.

Some things I have eaten though include dog, crocodile, kangaroo, emu, arowana and black ghost knifefish (the latter two were my own fish)
 
I forgot locust, snails and mealworms.
I have to agree with Chlidonias rules though have eaten frogs legs.
 
Chlidonias said:
I have certain rules when eating animals. If they are domestic (e.g. water buffalo or guinea pig) or farmed (e.g. crocodile) then its fine; if they are common species and sustainably harvested (e.g. kangaroo) then its fine; if they are an introduced pest species in a certain country (e.g. tahr in NZ) then its fine. If it is wild and unsustainably harvested, or (especially) endangered then its not fine. I would never eat snake for example or monkey, and with fish one needs to be very careful (e.g. no orange roughy under any circumstances).
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Agreed 100%.

The only thing I can't be sure about is my random Himalayan fish, but it falls under your 'when it's already been caught somewhere remote' exception.
 
Bison
Yak (frequently!)
Fallow deer
Wapiti
Pronghorn
Mule deer
Ostrich
Ring-necked pheasant
Gambel's quail
American alligator
 
Crocodile
Water Buffalo
Eland
Rat
Possum
Wompoo Pigeon
Kangaroo
Wallaby
Emu

Not a lot, really. I'm keen to try a Turducken but I can't cook and my sister won't do one for me.

:p

Hix
 
Hix said:
I'm keen to try a Turducken but I can't cook and my sister won't do one for me.
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is that a duck inside a chicken inside a turkey?
 
I mostly stick to sustainable seafood/fish now when it comes to meat (NO Bluefin or Yellowfin Tuna or Orange Roughy for example, and only substainable wild salmon) but I have had:

-Bison
-Impala (farmed)
-Ostrich
-Emu
-Bee pollen as a supplement (still take)

Not much, really :D
 
Bison(farmed)
Red Deer (farmed)
Roe Deer
Ostrich(farmed)
Yak(farmed)
Sprngbok(farmed)
Warthog
Frog
Caribou/Reindeer(farmed)
Moose
Wapiti(farmed)
Pheasant
Wild Boar(farmed)
Soft Shelled Turtle (not planned)

There is probably more, but that is all I can remember right now.
 
Dibatag said:
Bison(farmed)
Red Deer (farmed)
Roe Deer
Ostrich(farmed)
Yak(farmed)
Sprngbok(farmed)
Warthog
Frog
Caribou/Reindeer(farmed)
Moose
Wapiti(farmed)
Pheasant
Wild Boar(farmed)
Soft Shelled Turtle (not planned)

There is probably more, but that is all I can remember right now.
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Not planned? How does one accidentally eat a softshell turtle?
 
haven't you heard of that "research" that says everybody swallows four softshell turtles every year in their sleep?......or is that spiders? I forget.
 
Ituri said:
Not planned? How does one accidentally eat a softshell turtle?
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It could have been in a soup of unknown ingredients and it could have been given as a free meal to the person by someone.

Alternatively someone holidaying (on vacation) in Florida could have had an afternoon snooze near a pond and a juvenile could have crawled into their mouth and been accidentally swallowed, unlikely but creepy things do happen :p :p

A bat nealry flew into my mouth one evening when I cycling through a wooded area at dusk, it hit me on the side of the cheek, terrified me for a few seconds it did.
 
Chlidonias said:
is that a duck inside a chicken inside a turkey?
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Close - a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey.

A vegetarian version made with tofu is called a to****en.

:p

Hix
 
It was at a function in Vietnam and I only found out after eating the soup.

Otherwise never would have eaten it
 
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