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Humans eat a lot of different animals, but almost none of them are carnivores - why?
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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Biomagnification: the process by which substances (usually harmful ones) in the natural environment gradually increase in concentration along the food chain
- Trophic level: A level or position in a food chain, a food web, or an ecological pyramid.
- Herbivore: an organism that mostly feeds on plants
- Omnivore: an organism that feeds on plants and animals
- Carnivore: an organism that eats exclusively - or almost exclusively - animals.
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Kim SW, Han SJ, Kim Y, Jun JW, Giri SS, Chi C, et al. (2019) Heavy metal accumulation in and food safety of shark meat from Jeju island, Republic of Korea. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0212410. doi: /10.1371/journal.pone.0212410
Koster JM, Hodgen JJ, Venegas MD et al. (2010) Is Meat Flavor a Factor in Hunters’ Prey Choice Decisions?. Hum Nat 21, 219–242. doi: 10.1007/s12110-010-9093-1