Forty percent of kids in a U.S. study thought bacon was a plant

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11. I wonder how the question was posed to the children.

The way it's presented I could imagine the kids might have been confused by the questions. When I clicked on your link, this was a bullet point listed:

• Most 6- and 7-year-olds classified chicken, cows, and pigs as not OK to eat.

I can see how depending on how the question was asked how a kid might say that chicken, cows, and pigs are not OK to eat. The kids might be imagining the question as if the animals can be eaten as presented. You can't eat an olive straight from the tree.

Similarly, if I was talking to a farmer and I casually say, "I'm hungry." If the farmer replies jokingly, "There's a cow right there." I might respond with, "I can't eat a cow. . ."

I have no idea the wording of the survey questions, but I could imagine that a 4 - 7 year old might take the question literally. ----But maybe they did ask clear questions.