You know how people compare Mitch McConnell with a turtle?

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37. though I have to say -

Pigs taste better than most other animals.

I'm convinced that pigs, like flatfish (e.g. flounder), evolved specifically to be eaten by humans. There's no other way to explain it.

In no way to I minimize the qualities of a pig. They're smart, and they have real character. They can also be downright cute. Their flavor isn't their fault.

True story - I attended a crocodile biology meeting in Louisiana several years ago. At the banquet, we were served two whole alligators, wrapped in bacon, each with a roast chicken in its jaws.

I told my girlfriend (now wife) of this.

"You study alligators, but you eat them?!" she exclaimed.

Yes, I responded. I'm a systematist - someone who studies biodiversity and its organization. Systematists are required to eat the organism they study at least once. That's why I don't study spiders. That's why I'm not an anthropologist.