The 2016 movie Sausage Party may have been a box-office hit, but when it comes to inspiring scholarly articles, it’s something of a flop. There are one or two however . . . “This article provides a critical vegan reading of the comedy animation film Sausage Party (2016), directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan […]
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The quolls, the toad sausages, and the helicopter
Today’s headline of the day: “Can Helicopter-deployed Toad Sausages Save Australia’s Northern Quoll?” It appears in the Cool Green Science blog. BONUS: The study to which this pertains: “Conditioned taste aversion enhances the survival of an endangered predator imperilled by a toxic invader“
Infant Poo Bacteria for Starter for Probiotic Sausages
This study adds texture to Part 2 of the old saying “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made”: “Characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from infant faeces as potential probiotic starter cultures for fermented sausages,” Raquel Rubio, Anna Jofré [pictured here], Belén Martín, Teresa Aymerich, Margarita Garriga, Food […]
Involuntary Hippophagia (3): Horse and Donkey detection
Those concerned about Involuntary Hippophagia: (the unintended ingestion of a horse, or part thereof ) may take comfort in a report published in the journal Meat Science, Volume 70, Issue 4, 2005. As far back as eight years ago, farsighted government researchers at (what was) the Central Science Laboratory, Yorkshire, UK, (now swallowed by the […]
The Vegetarian Who Ate a Sausage with Curry Sauce
A report called The Vegetarian Who Ate a Sausage with Curry Sauce can provide cheer both for meat-eaters – because it tells how a hunk of processed meat served as a helpful warning beacon, possibly lengthening a person’s life – and for vegetarians – because that meat was the stark symbol of someone’s health going very wrong. […]