#BB!Cats will also eat the meat of badgers and foxes if they HAVE to kill them

[bonefall]

are there any superstition around eating cuckoos? ex: kill them, but do not eat them, lest their mwyrgna transfers to you.

Nope! It's open season on those wretched creatures! Warriors revel in eating cuckoo meat. A cuckoo is a wasteful beast who kills without reason, but Clan cats are not.

A very experienced mentor will even teach their apprentice about how to recognize the sound of a cuckoo, how to approach a bird nest without scaring the parents, and how to pluck a parasite out. The egg is then eaten as a reward.

Their concept of "Sin" is more fixed on the soul of the animal, as opposed to its meat. Evil does not typically taint flesh. They also eat adders when killed, knowing that their venom is not a poison if consumed.

NOT eating animals has more to do with respect, as Clan cats believe that food poisoning is a punishment from STARCLAN for killing something dishonorable or undercooking your food. An example of this is bats. Bats are not to be killed, ever. They are a type of "songbird" on the same level as the song wren and linnet.