[Crocodile Dundee voice]That ain't a cat.

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Now THAT'S a CAT.[/Crocodile Dundee voice]

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Meat loaves do not have furry handles.

[QUOTE=chalsall;489583]It might be worth pointing out that coveted meat (to humans) are crab and lobster, which are carrion eaters. They also will eat shit; that's what makes them so tasty![/QUOTE]
And, of course, many fish prized as food eat flesh; bottom-feeders eat darn near anything. That's one reason I specified "mammals."

Crabs eat just about anything they can grab with their claws and bring to their mouths -- often, as you point out, carrion. I had a great-aunt who absolutely would not eat crabmeat. During WWII, she had seen a lot of crab-eaten human corpses...

Cats, on the other hand, seldom scavenge carrion (though big cats will feed off the dead flesh of one of their own kills, which they cache).

Cats are notably lacking in mechanisms to detoxify what they ingest. As a result, they are susceptible to fatal poisoning by many chemicals that wouldn't cause us humans, or even dogs, any trouble. Sticking to live prey helps cats avoid being poisoned. If a cat is scavenging carrion, it's probably starving.