Neko no Te datte Yaku ni Tatsu - Ch. 12 - Are You Dumb?

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I doubt industrially produced cat food has pathogens. Also, physiologically humans can eat great many substances that would harm a cat, but not vice versa, so in that sense cat food shouldn't contain anything poisonous to humans. Outside of prepared food, though, cats of course eat stuff that no human would, like freshly killed rodents and other small animals, raw (and wriggling). But it's not like humans would necessarily be incapable of eating such nasty things, especially if you were careful with the claws, bones, and beaks included.
 
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Cat's are just pure carnivores so as a general rule, if a cat can eat it, technically a human can. The difference is we should cook it first. Also the second layer of analysis is SHOULD you eat it...I'd vote no...
 
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I doubt industrially produced cat food has pathogens. Also, physiologically humans can eat great many substances that would harm a cat, but not vice versa, so in that sense cat food shouldn't contain anything poisonous to humans. Outside of prepared food, though, cats of course eat stuff that no human would, like freshly killed rodents and other small animals, raw (and wriggling). But it's not like humans would necessarily be incapable of eating such nasty things, especially if you were careful with the claws, bones, and beaks included.
Humans can eat many of the same things as cats, just as they can with most other pets, but it is still not recommended to consume food intended for pets. Pet food may contain ingredients that were deemed unfit for human consumption, and often uses raw or undercooked meats because animals are not adapted to eating cooked food and cannot absorb nutrients efficiently from cooked foods.
 
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Humans can eat many of the same things as cats, just as they can with most other pets, but it is still not recommended to consume food intended for pets. Pet food may contain ingredients that were deemed unfit for human consumption, and often uses raw or undercooked meats because animals are not adapted to eating cooked food and cannot absorb nutrients efficiently from cooked foods.
I'm not going to argue against the end result, but generally speaking cooking food, aside from killing pathogens, helps with making the nutrients more easily absorbed. That's basically why humans could prosper so much and sustain such high brain functionality. It might be too unnatural for pets for other reasons, but I'm not sure it's because of nutrient absorption. You might have better info, though.
 
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I just started reading this, but...this is now the third recent manga I've read where there's talk of people eating cat food. The third. Is this becoming a strangely popular thing to do in Japan?
 
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dog and cat food is specifically made to be edible by humans as well, by the way.
 

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