If you're planning a visit down under anytime soon, be careful what you eat. Australians are all kinds of annoyed about eating animals this week. First, an Aussie company came out with chips flavored like emu and kangaroo. I have no idea what emu and kangaroo taste like; I do know that majestic versions of these two animals adorn the national coat-of-arms. That could partially explain why an Australian scientist's proposal that people curb global warming by eating kangaroo (which don't produce the methane that cows do through burping) hasn't really taken hold. Devouring your national symbol just rubs some people the wrong way. From Reuters:
Complaints to Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau said the "BBQ Coat of Arms" chips were degrading for native wildlife and sent the wrong message to Australian children, reported the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
"It implies that it is perfectly OK to kill kangaroos and emus ...
