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Tachyon
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I swear I saw this on PEEL before but it isn't showing up in my search, so, here's an experiment with the closest analog we have to Bachelor Chow: The Monkey Chow DiariesOne man's attempt to determine whether a human can "subsist on a constant diet of pelletized, nutritionally complete food like puppies and monkeys do".
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Tachyon
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Well, some zoos feed the stuff to primates and presumably they gobble it up. The primates live for years in captivity so odds are that people could survive on it, too, however insane they might become. I always felt bad feeding dry food to our dogs day after day after day as a kid, but the dogs were always eager and wolfed it down. Cats don't need a varied diet but my kitty gets chunk tuna alternated every couple of days with her kidney friendly vet approved icky canned food. Plus all of the dry food she cares for.
Hopefully the more enlightened zoos concoct varied and interesting diets for their primates. "Here, Bonzo, come and enjoy your brazed chicken with fennel and artichoke hearts", or whatever.
Probably the closest analog for people is the "loaf" -- the nutritionally complete and utterly tasteless amalgamation of various food items that's used to punish prison inmates. "We won't starve you, but all you'll get to eat until you behave is loaf".
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futurefreak
salutatory committee member
Moderator
DOOP Secretary
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Well Slurm exists in the real world...liquid candy. I wonder what a Neptunian slug tastes like, although I wouldn't really wanna try it.
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