But if you are, why would you want to take the chance?
"kangaroo is extremely lean and must be cooked with a delicate touch or it becomes tough and rubbery.... [with] a richer, gamier taste"
Gonna need a lot of A1.
"Environmentalists: Put a kangaroo on the 'barbie'; Switch would cut emissions by Aussie livestock" by Meraiah Foley, International Herald Tribune | December 28, 2008
SYDNEY - How many kangaroo steaks will Australians eat this holiday season? Not enough, according to a growing body of academics who say that giving up beef and lamb for kangaroo would reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions and ease pressure on a drought-stricken land....
Kangaroos... emit negligible amounts of methane, thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs that aid in the digestion of grass. One team of scientists in the northeastern state of Queensland is trying to find a way to harvest these bacteria and transfer them to the stomachs of beef and sheep. But others say the answer is more straightforward: Eat less beef and lamb, more kangaroo.
Environmentalists have long touted kangaroo as an ecologically sound alternative to hard-hoofed livestock, which erode Australia's drought-parched soils and damage its delicate waterways. But the push to address climate change has given new impetus to an old idea.
Not for the kangaroos!!!!
Under a global emissions-trading scheme - in which a price is placed on the production of carbon, methane, and other greenhouse gases - the abundance of available kangaroo meat "could be a source of international comparative advantage for Australia in livestock production," the report said.
You see, people?
This GLOBAL-WARMING/CLIMATE-CHANGE SHIT LITERALLY KILLS!!!!!
But replacing cows and sheep with kangaroo is not an easy proposition.
First, there is the question of how many kangaroos would have to be killed to get the same amount of meat produced by larger livestock, such as cattle. According to Meat and Livestock Australia, which represents producers, it would take 80 million kangaroos - or more than three times the current population - to make as much meat as is now produced with the slaughter of about 8 million cattle a year....
One might expect a furry, hopping marsupial to taste something like rabbit. In both flavor and texture, however, kangaroo is closer to beef, though it has a richer, gamier taste. With less than 3 percent fat, kangaroo is extremely lean and must be cooked with a delicate touch or it becomes tough and rubbery....
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Here is my solution: YOU CATCH Him, and you can eat 'em!
A kangaroo interrupted play on the 17th green of the Australian PGA Championship earlier this month in Coolum Beach, Australia. Kangaroos are protected but not endangered in Australia. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Myself, I'd rather EAT the RICH!!!!!
