# Vegatarians eat birds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 16, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813 "2017-11-16T23:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/41 "2017-11-17T18:26:44Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Fun fact: [Fish are a different category of animal. Salt and freshwater species of fish, amphibians, reptiles, (cold-blooded animals) and shellfish are permitted.](http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/lent/questions-and-answers-about-lent.cfm) > > So while you may not feast on chicken, you may endure having to eat lobster, frog legs, and rattle snake. And [beavers](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/once-upon-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/) too apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/42 "2017-11-17T18:44:30Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > And [beavers](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/once-upon-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/) too apparently. As the article mentions, capybaras too. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/43 "2017-11-17T19:13:27Z")
> [@md2000](#): > > But it’s Ok to drive a car, even though the fuel used to be dinosaurs? 😃 Ah, but they didn’t die just to make them into oil. > [@Melbourne](#): > > There’s probably a term for that too. If there were, I’d use it. I became a vegetarian, because I don’t like the way meat tastes. Never did. There were always battles at the table when I was a kid to get me to eat meat. Never had a problem with vegetables (and I always kinda resented that “kids don’t like vegetables” stereotype), but the only meat I would eat without a fuss were roast beef, well-done, and a few types of chicken. I was so happy when I was on my own, and could choose not to eat meat. I choose not to use leather, because I don’t like the way it smells. Or feels. I guess as an adult, knowing where meat and leather comes from has contributed to the squickiness, but when I was a little kid, I don’t think I even knew where meat came from-- I just knew I didn’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/44 "2017-11-17T19:16:02Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I think that someone who is a vegetarian doesn’t eat any flesh from an animal. Is that not the case? Today, yes. Not yesterday and not tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/45 "2017-11-17T19:19:24Z")
If vegetarians eat only vegetables, what do humanitarians eat? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/46 "2017-11-17T19:44:52Z")
I honestly thought this was going to be about the coconut crabs that they just discovered don’t only eat fruit and carrion, but attack seabirds opportunistically. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/47 "2017-11-17T21:07:37Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > If vegetarians eat only vegetables, what do humanitarians eat? Humanitables. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/48 "2017-11-18T13:50:55Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > The term we used when I was at university was “white meat vegetarian”, and there were plenty of them in the liberal arts school. I’ve known quite a few people who simply say, “I don’t eat red meat.” I never considered them vegetarians of any stripe and I doubt they did either. Are you sure they weren’t some wanker using the term WMV to get into some vegan’s pants? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/49 "2017-11-18T14:58:54Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I’ve known quite a few people who simply say, “I don’t eat red meat.” I never considered them vegetarians of any stripe and I doubt they did either. Are you sure they weren’t some wanker using the term WMV to get into some vegan’s pants? When I was a kid such people often identified as vegetarians. If someone says “I’m a vegan”, I know what that means. If someone says “I’m a vegetarian”, and I need to find/prepare food for them, I ask them to specify. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/50 "2017-11-19T21:06:49Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > He better be really, REALLY good in bed. Not really. Once he said there were 2 months with only three Wednesdays. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/51 "2017-11-19T22:48:59Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Not really. Once he said there were 2 months with only three Wednesdays. so the football player with the big paycheck it is then. ---
**Author:** ![Warm\_blood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Warm\_blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Warm_blood)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/52 "2017-11-20T04:53:09Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > Humanitables. Is it like Lunchables? ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813/53 "2017-11-20T17:11:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Roman Catholics have always been allowed to eat fish on Fridays, before Vatican II, and even today on Fridays during Lent, when they are expected to abstain from all meat. I was taught (during a class discussing the practical origins of religious dietary restrictions) that abstaining from meat/fish OK was a way to keep the fishing industry afloat as meat became more accessible to common folk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegatarians-eat-birds/801813.md?page=2)