Let's take an average African bush elephant that weighs in at 12,000 lbs.
The typical dressed weight of an animal after butchering is 50%-70% of its live weight.
If we use an average of 60%, 12,000 lbs would come down to 7,200 lbs.
Taking a quarter-pound, 4 oz. as a serving, the elephant would provide 28,800 servings. Eating three portions per day, that's 9,600 days or 26 years and 4 months worth of meals.
Let's also assume you've a big freezer to prevent spoilage.
BTW: Elephant is edible. Not particularly tasty perhaps, but edible.
Assuming that the average elephant weighs in at about 10,000 lbs and that the average mammal's body composition is 42% muscle, there is approximately 4,200 lbs. I am using muscle specifically to handle "worst-case scenario;" you're usually going to get more than just muscle from a butcher. Males have more muscle and females have less muscle. This includes intermuscular fat (marbelization). You ask how long it would take for an average human to eat that and assuming that they're going to give a good effort to eat the animal quickly; I assume you will eat 10 oz of "elephant steak" at each s
Assuming that the average elephant weighs in at about 10,000 lbs and that the average mammal's body composition is 42% muscle, there is approximately 4,200 lbs. I am using muscle specifically to handle "worst-case scenario;" you're usually going to get more than just muscle from a butcher. Males have more muscle and females have less muscle. This includes intermuscular fat (marbelization). You ask how long it would take for an average human to eat that and assuming that they're going to give a good effort to eat the animal quickly; I assume you will eat 10 oz of "elephant steak" at each serving and three servings per day. If so, you would consume 30 oz a day. It would take approximately 6 years and 2 mos to eat.
You would need to account for good storage techniques and most likely you would also need to cure the meat. And that would be a big problem if your freezer broke in the first year!
You would also need an estimated 16 deep freezers.
Once upon a time there were two men in Vienna who wanted to open a restaurant. One was a dentist who was tired of fixing teeth and always wanted to own a restaurant, and the other a famous cook by the name of Souphans.
The dentist was, however, a little afraid. "There are," he said, "already too many restaurants in Vienna, restaurants of every kind, Viennese, French, Italian, Chinese, American, American-Chinese, Portuguese, Armenian, dietary, vegetarian, Jewish, wine and beer restaurants in short, all sorts of restaurants."
But the chef had a idea. "There is one kind of restaurant that Vienna
Once upon a time there were two men in Vienna who wanted to open a restaurant. One was a dentist who was tired of fixing teeth and always wanted to own a restaurant, and the other a famous cook by the name of Souphans.
The dentist was, however, a little afraid. "There are," he said, "already too many restaurants in Vienna, restaurants of every kind, Viennese, French, Italian, Chinese, American, American-Chinese, Portuguese, Armenian, dietary, vegetarian, Jewish, wine and beer restaurants in short, all sorts of restaurants."
But the chef had a idea. "There is one kind of restaurant that Vienna has not," he said.
"What kind?" said the dentist.
"A restaurant such as has never existed before, a restaurant for cutlets from every animal in the world."
The dentist was afraid, but finally he agreed, and the famous chef went out to buy a house, tables and chairs, and engaged help, pots and pans and had a sign painted with big red letters ten feet high saying: "Cutlets from Every Animal in the World"
The first customer that entered the door was a distinguished lady, a countess. She sat down and asked for an elephant cutlet.
"How would madame like this elephant cutlet cooked?" said the waiter.
"Oh, Milanaise, saute in butter, with a little spaghetti over it, on that a filet of anchovy, and an olive on top," she said.
"That is very nice," said the waiter and went out to order it.
"Jessas Maria and Joseph!" said the dentist when he heard the order, and he turned to the chef and cried, "What did I tell you? Now what are we going to do?"
The chef said nothing; he put on a clean apron and walked into the dining room to the table of the lady. There he bowed, bent down to her and said, "Madame has ordered an elephant cutlet?"
"Yes," said the countess.
"With spaghetti and a filet of anchovy and an olive?"
"Yes."
"Madame is all alone?"
"Yes, yes."
"Madame expects no one else?"
"No."
"And Madame wants only one cutlet?"
"Yes," said the lady, "but why all these questions?"
"Because," said the chef, "because, madame, I am very sorry, but for one cutlet we cannot cut up our elephant."
The Elephant Cutlet by Ludwig Bemelmans
Eating a whole elephant is a highly impractical scenario, but we can make a rough estimation based on some assumptions.
- Average Weight of an Elephant: An adult elephant can weigh between 5,000 to 14,000 pounds, depending on the species. For this example, let's use an average weight of 10,000 pounds.
- Edible Meat: Not all of the elephant's weight is edible meat. Typically, about 40% of an animal's weight can be considered usable meat. So, for a 10,000-pound elephant, that would be around 4,000 pounds of meat.
- Daily Meat Consumption: The average human consumes about 1 to 2 pounds of meat per day. Fo
Eating a whole elephant is a highly impractical scenario, but we can make a rough estimation based on some assumptions.
- Average Weight of an Elephant: An adult elephant can weigh between 5,000 to 14,000 pounds, depending on the species. For this example, let's use an average weight of 10,000 pounds.
- Edible Meat: Not all of the elephant's weight is edible meat. Typically, about 40% of an animal's weight can be considered usable meat. So, for a 10,000-pound elephant, that would be around 4,000 pounds of meat.
- Daily Meat Consumption: The average human consumes about 1 to 2 pounds of meat per day. For this calculation, let’s assume the average person eats 1.5 pounds of meat daily.
- Total Days to Eat:
[math]\text{Total days} = \frac{\text{Total edible meat}}{\text{Daily consumption}} = \frac{4,000 \text{ pounds}}{1.5 \text{ pounds/day}} \approx 2,667 \text{ days}[/math] - Conversion to Years:
[math]\text{Years} = \frac{2,667 \text{ days}}{365 \text{ days/year}} \approx 7.3 \text{ years}[/math]
So, it would take an average human about 7.3 years to eat a whole elephant at a daily meat consumption of 1.5 pounds, assuming they eat only elephant meat during that time. This is, of course, a purely hypothetical scenario and not feasible in reality!