You may not eat rotten food

The resulting food web is so connected that almost every species is no more than two degrees from detritus, even us humans.You probably don't eat rotting things,
poop, or pond scum directly,but your food sources probably do.Many animals we eat either feed directly on detritus themselves,like pork, poultry, mushrooms, shellfish, or catfish and other bottom feeders,or they are fed animal by-products.So, if you're thinking nature is full of waste,you're right.But one organism's garbage is another's gold,and all that rotting dead stuff ultimately provides the energy that nourishes usand most of life on Earth, as it passes through the food web. Now that's some food for thought.