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or, going the other way, it reminds me of a Stephen Baxter novel where humans were exclusively fed by "mummy cows", which were genetically-engineered cows who could provide meat while staying alive and actually enjoyed having meat taken from their bodies

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Wait, wasn't this a joke in Douglas Adams's Restaurant at the End of the Universe?

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I'm probably conflating the two