{"id":309634,"date":"2024-03-17T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T11:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=309634"},"modified":"2024-03-17T12:57:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T11:57:55","slug":"let-them-eat-snake-python-farming-could-offer-one-of-the-most-sustainable-sources-of-meat-in-the-world-much-less-carbon-intensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=309634","title":{"rendered":"Let them eat\u2013snake?! Python farming could offer one of the most sustainable sources of meat in the world \u2013 \u2018Much less carbon intensive\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Climate Depot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Marc Morano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/python-farming-offer-sustainable-sources-meat-world-new\/story?id=108084507<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Julia Jacobo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Python farming could offer one of the most sustainable sources of meat in the world, according to a new study \u2013 Python produces large slabs of white meat similar to chicken filet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists are learning more about what sources of meat could serve as more sustainable alternatives to beef, pork and chicken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Python meat could offer a form of meat much less carbon intensive than the current options, according to researchers who studied farms in Southeast Asia for two species of pythons \u2014 reticulated and Burmese \u2014 for 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farmed python meat may offer a more sustainable alternative to other farmed meat because they can reproduce rapidly, even when food<\/a> is not abundantly available, according to a study published in Scientific Reports<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pythons have an \u201cextreme biology and evolutionary slant toward extreme resource and energy efficiency,\u201d Patrick Aust, conservation specialist at nonprofit People for Wildlife and co-author of the paper, told ABC News. Since pythons are an \u201cambush predator\u201d that chooses prey up to 100% their own weight, they can survive for prolonged periods of time between meals, Aust said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese animals are extremely good converters of food and particularly protein,\u201d he said. \u201cLiterally, they are specialists and making the most of very little.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pythons were fed on a weekly basis a variety of locally sourced proteins, such as wild-caught rodents and fishmeal, and were regularly measured and weighed over a 12-month period, according to the paper. The authors found that both species of python grew rapidly \u2014 by up to 46 grams per day \u2014 with females seeing higher growth rates than males.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pythons are also able to survive extreme events, Aust said. When supply chains get disrupted \u2014 as displayed during the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 it can have a \u201ccatastrophic impact\u201d on global livestock systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring COVID-19, there were a large number of chickens and pigs that had to be culled because there were minor disruptions in supply chains,\u201d Aust said. \u201cFarmers couldn\u2019t handle even that disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pythons, however, were shown during the study period to survive prolonged periods of disruptions, or extreme weather events, without suffering any ill effect,\u201d Aust said, adding that they were at the \u201cwhims of the seasons\u201d in southern Vietnam and Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey can pick up at the end of those periods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world is in need of high-quality protein with much less of a carbon footprint \u2014 especially as the effects of climate change continue to worsen, the researchers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe really are running out resources, whilst at the same time, the demand for high quality nutrients is going up,\u201d Aust said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Aust and his family regularly eat python meat \u2014 often fried with a \u201cnice crispy crunch\u201d \u2014 he added that it will take a long time for the Western world to culturally adapt to the thought of eating snakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t going to be a cure-all for our protein needs, but perhaps will play an important role in the future in terms of acceptability palatability in the Western palate,\u201d Aust said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPythons can feel pain and fear, and they don\u2019t want to be slaughtered any more than a cow, pig, chicken, or dog does,\u201d Danielle Katz, PETA senior director of campaigns, told ABC News in a statement. \u201cExperts agree that vegan eating is crucial for stopping the climate catastrophe in its tracks, so adding more animals to the already billions who suffer and die for food every year would be as misguided as it is cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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