# Vegans and naturally-shed animal products **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060 "2019-11-27T09:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060/41 "2019-11-30T01:13:34Z")
This steak was shed naturally by the cow, honest. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060/42 "2020-07-07T15:02:57Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I mean, I only learned fairly recently that a fair number of fruits and vegetables are not technically vegan, because their production involves the use of bees to pollinate the plants. > [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Virtually all cultivated food products require domesticated bees for pollination. Well, the grains like wheat, rye, barley, oats, etc. don’t - grasses are wind-pollinated. But fruits and vegetables do need pollinators (mostly bees, but there are other critters involved for some species). > [@bump](#): > > Why would bees be a problem? They’re just doing their bee thing, and it happens to pollinate the plants. It doesn’t harm the bees unless we somehow harvest the plant with the bee still attached somehow. > > It’s a win-win for everyone- we get pollinated plants, and the bees get nectar and pollen. I think there are concerns about exploiting the poor bees for their honey and wax. > [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > I worked with a vegan who had a tortoise\* shell on her desk, because tortoises were her spirit animal. > > Are these shed naturally? I have found them on occasion and I figured the turtle had just died and withered away, leaving the shell. Nope, turtle/tortoise shells are never shed - the animals’ spines and ribs are integral parts of the shell. But sure, if the animal dies the shells could remain behind just like any other bone/horn/hair/etc. > [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > I will say she was not fussed about what other people wore or ate. That’s likely the case with many long-term vegans. Not all of them are the noisy obnoxious sort, it’s just that you notice the noisy ones a lot more than the quiet, low key folks. > [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > The Reiki master didn’t eat any of it. But she ate Jello. And she had that shell, which was a real shell. I’m guessing she was a vegan but not a super-strict one. Jello brand gelatin is derived from animal parts. There are vegan “gelatins” but they’re a bit of a specialty item. Becoming more common with time. > [@RioRico](#): > > Okay, so my old longhair golden retriever Junipero shed fur like crazy. I could have swept all that up and [felted](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felt#Manufacturing_methods) it – likely with some of my own fallen hair included. Is it moral to exploit creatures’ sheddings? There’s a bunch of us spinners and weavers who are willing to spin/weave/knit/crochet doghair. Makes very warm sweaters, the downside being that if they get wet they sort of smell like wet dog… ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060/43 "2020-07-07T22:08:34Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > There’s a bunch of us spinners and weavers who are willing to spin/weave/knit/crochet doghair. Makes very warm sweaters, the downside being that if they get wet they sort of smell like wet dog… I had a friend back in the 90s that made a project out of “Strawberry Kisses” yarn - her dog was named Kisses and it was dyed with strawberry koolade. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060/44 "2020-07-09T02:54:12Z")
Did it smell like fruity wet dog, then? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060/45 "2020-07-10T13:46:04Z")
Not really, after a few washings it was like any other homespun =) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060/46 "2020-07-10T13:50:02Z")
Can a vegan eat animal crackers? How about wearing a fur coat made from animals that committed suicide? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060.md?page=2)