jmcquown wrote:
>
> Arri London wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >>
> >> The thread about Crab Legs, and also the one about 10 Foods it Takes
> >> Guts to Eat, leads me to post this.
> >>
> >> Here are a few of my thoughts which don't necessarily count for a
> >> hill of beans, as some will tell you
> >>
> > As was said before, there probably was a lot of trial and error. Not
> > everything that animals can eat is completely safe for humans. After
> > all, birds don't suffer chile burns the way mammals do.
>
> But I can eat avacados, but avacado will kill my lovebird. So the same
> holds true in both directions.
>
> Jill

Yes but one would imagine that having observed a food kill an animal, no
one would try it again until they observed some other animal eating it
safely or until there was nothing to eat. Not to mention that lovebirds
aren't native to areas where avocados originated. Exotic foodstuff are
another matter.