More people who don't believe me...

[conuly]

Okay, honestly. Who here really thinks that drinking milk is natural? Because I mentioned this to somebody and she acted like I'd said it rains pennies.

Yes. Milk. Unnatural. Humans wean by 7 or so (usually earlier, the median weaning age worldwide is 4). After that point, any milk drinking is unnatural. And it is NEVER natural for one species to suckle at the teat of another. It never has been, it never will be, especially not when it comes to adults. There's an exception made for "fostering". We've all heard of baby tigers in a zoo being put with mama dogs because the mama tiger was out of the picture somehow. I've heard of somebody doing the same thing with a squirrel and a cat. That would almost certainly not happen in the wild, but it saves lives. HOWEVER. Pulling the milk from a cow to drink in a cup? That's different, and freakish. I mean, eeeeeeew!

Of course, I eat cheese, which is worse, it's rotten milk solids, but eh. At least I know it's bad.

Comments

[rachelkachel]

That's what I was going to say :) It may be unnatural, but so are plenty of other things... I mean, what other animals even cook?

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

Well, I know other animals use tools, but that's about it in the "unnatural" department. Then again, what defines natural anyway? I've heard some people say "anything that doesn't occur in nature" but I had to ask them about their big screen tv.

Sorry, ramble.