# A big 'ol "Fuck YOU!" to the PETA jackass at the circus **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 25, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-ol-fuck-you-to-the-peta-jackass-at-the-circus/482945 "2009-01-25T19:54:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-ol-fuck-you-to-the-peta-jackass-at-the-circus/482945/261 "2009-02-01T05:26:46Z")
> [@DellieM](#): > > Won’t somebody please think of the EGGS??? Do you know where eggs come from? Hostile Dialect, Hostile Dialect, Narcissist ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-ol-fuck-you-to-the-peta-jackass-at-the-circus/482945/262 "2009-02-01T06:24:50Z")
Dinosaurs, originally. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-ol-fuck-you-to-the-peta-jackass-at-the-circus/482945/263 "2009-02-01T06:39:14Z")
Right. So the proper question is, “Won’t somebody please think of the DINOSAURS???” Hostile Dialect, Hostile Dialect, Narcissist P.S. This also answers the age-old question, “Which came first, the dinosaur or PETA?” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-ol-fuck-you-to-the-peta-jackass-at-the-circus/482945/264 "2009-02-01T06:46:20Z")
> [@DellieM](#): > > As an aside to the whole circus argument - my husband and I have returned from the Gold Coast where we visited Sea World and saw _shock horror_ trained dolphins and sea lions perform for the entertainment of the audience. Now with all the touchy feely about how downtrodden and beaten into submission our intelligent species animal friends are - does what I witness also fall into the category of elephants in the circus? Did anyone else read that as _shock treatment_ at first? Hehehehe (Actually, don’t they train them with treats-well, fish, I guess?) ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-ol-fuck-you-to-the-peta-jackass-at-the-circus/482945/265 "2009-02-01T08:12:20Z")
> [@Billy\_Baroo](#): > > Well dog my cats! Ignorance fought. > > My chagrin doesn’t detract from the content of the speech for me. > > Regarding chimpiness, the human gut is similar in stomach acidity and intestinal length. > **[Are humans meat eaters or vegetarians by nature?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341850/are-humans-meat-eaters-or-vegetarians-by-nature)** the master speaks. > [@](#): > > Like the hard-core carnivores, we have fairly simple digestive systems well suited to the consumption of animal protein, which breaks down quickly. Contrary to what your magazine article says, the human small intestine, at 23 feet, is a little under eight times body length (assuming a mouth-to-anus “body length” of three feet). This is about midway between cats (three times body length), dogs (3-1/2 times), and other well-known meat eaters on the one hand and plant eaters such as cattle (20 to 1) and horses (12 to 1) on the other. This tends to support the idea that we are omnivores… > Here it seems to me the best evidence is our history as a species. We have been happily eating meat for at least two million years, and probably much longer. The common view among anthropologists, in fact, is that increased meat consumption was a key element in the development of human culture, since getting and distributing the stuff requires cooperation. > > Not all anthropoid apes are exclusively vegetarian. The primatologist Jane Goodall established more than 20 years ago that wild chimpanzees kill other animals once in a while and eat the meat with relish. Other primates (although apparently not gorillas) do so as well. It’s true chimps and other apes eat a mostly veggie diet, but for that matter so do most humans. Hunter-gatherers today consume only about 35 percent meat to 65 percent vegetables (Lee and Devore, 1976). Anyway, we and the anthropoid apes diverged six to 14 million years ago–who cares what monkeys munch now? And yeah, the joke about relish was made already… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-big-ol-fuck-you-to-the-peta-jackass-at-the-circus/482945.md?page=13)