Bioaccumulation of mercury, lead, etc., or too many vitamins: the more organisms in total eaten on the way to the one you eat. Herbivores have significantly fewer. A few bites of polar bear liver will send you into acute vitamin A overdose with permanent effects, if not death. Another one: Why Don’t We Eat Carnivores?
Vitamin A is a pretty significant one. It’s not soluble in water, so it bioaccumulates. Polar bears are predators that eat predators (seals) that eat creatures that eat autotrophs that are very vitamin A rich (alae, phytoplankton, etc.)
Because of that, 0.1 grams of polar bear liver has 100% of your daily recommended vitamin A, and as little as half a kilogram has enough to kill you =)
Pet/food decisions are mostly based on carnivore/herbivore type. Eating carnivorous animals poisons us over time, among other issues. Video about it: Why Predator Meat is Literally Poison (It’s Not What You Think)
How on Earth is it poison…
Bioaccumulation of mercury, lead, etc., or too many vitamins: the more organisms in total eaten on the way to the one you eat. Herbivores have significantly fewer. A few bites of polar bear liver will send you into acute vitamin A overdose with permanent effects, if not death. Another one: Why Don’t We Eat Carnivores?
Vitamin A is a pretty significant one. It’s not soluble in water, so it bioaccumulates. Polar bears are predators that eat predators (seals) that eat creatures that eat autotrophs that are very vitamin A rich (alae, phytoplankton, etc.)
Because of that, 0.1 grams of polar bear liver has 100% of your daily recommended vitamin A, and as little as half a kilogram has enough to kill you =)
https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/will-you-die-if-you-eat-a-polar-bears-liver
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1257872/
Ah, natures way of creating teams in a deathmatch?