Why Don't We Eat Carnivores?

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Humans eat a lot of different animals, but almost none of them are carnivores - why?

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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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