A croc eats 2-5 pounds of meat a DAY. That‘s 1302-3255 calories a DAY that a croc eats. So according to Bill, humans MUST (he said must) eat 39,060-97,650 calories a day. Either he‘s got his science wrong here, he‘s got his science wrong about the dieting, or he‘s got his science wrong all the way around. I want to see some sources.
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GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ this is even worse. I don‘t think this is right. I think this would kill the average human. 1y
ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics You're going to want to read that quote again. It doesn't say what you think it says. 1y
CBee He just means that a human should eat in a day what a crocodile eats in a whole month 😊 1y
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GingerAntics @CBee which is 2-5 pounds of meat. 1y
GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ what do you think it says? It says that each day we need to eat as much as a crocodile eats in 30 days. That‘s what it says. Clear as day. 1y
ImperfectCJ @GingerAntics This means that a crocodile eats only one day a month. It doesn't eat the other 29 (or 27 or 30, depending on how you count a month). Humans eat every day of the month the same amount that a crocodile eats on that one day out of the month. 1y
ImperfectCJ The calorie intake you've calculated for a crocodile is per month, not per day. Reptiles eat much less frequently than mammals. 1y
GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ that is incorrect. Crocs eat every 3-5 days. However, a different source stated that a 100kg croc eats 700g of food each WEEK, and that a 100kg/220lb human needs to eat that amount DAILY. If you consider that crocs eat only meat, that‘s going to factor to about 2016 calories a day for a 220 pound human. 1y
GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ That IS actually closer to the amount a grown adult needs to eat, and it washes when you consider this is the minimum for the human body to function healthily. Once you add activity, climate, etc, you‘re going to have to add more. 1y
GingerAntics @ImperfectCJ I am fully aware of this. I took the fact I found “A crocodile eats on average 2-5 pounds of meat per day, or roughly 5% of its body weight per week.” I figured out how many calories that would be. 1302-3255 calories. Since that is the average a croc eats “per day” I multiplied by 30 since Bryson is claiming we need to eat in a day what a croc eats in a month. 39,060-97,650. According to Bryson, this is what we should eat a day. 1y
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