Quote Originally Posted by bobh View Post
Methinks someone is being facetious.
The point is that every stage in the food chain is less efficient than the next.
A single plant provides very little energy.
Plant-eaters need to eat a LOT of plants, and much of the plant cannot be broken down easily - hence cows having multiple stomachs and farting a lot, rabbits creating rabbit pellets, etc,
Eating meat is MUCH more efficient.
Where does the meat get its protein?