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From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john)
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Subject: Re: local vs. imported meat for aliens
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Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 14:11:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 10 14:11:00 1985
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Nf-From: hp-pcd!john    Aug 10 10:11:00 1985

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<  Raising cattle (bovine, human, rabbit, or otherwise) not only takes a lot 
<  of space - but you you also have to feed them - and the whole point was 
<  that the aliens were short of food. 
<

The most useful food animal eats things that you cannot (Grass,Plankton etc)
and produces meat that you can eat. The aliens might have a world full of
high protein yeasts that they cannot eat and need humans to process it.


"To Serve Man......


John Eaton
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