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Zuckerberg: I Only Eat What I Kill

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Facebook CEO slaughters pigs, goats, chickens.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sure loves a challenge. A few years ago, he founded a billion-dollar social network; last year he learned Chinese; and this year, he is only eating meat if he killed the animal with his bare hands. He told Fortune magazine that this year he wanted to be "thankful for the food I have to eat," and so put one of many skills to the test—his knowledge of how to properly kill goats, chickens, and lobsters to prepare them for consumption. He learned the trade from his neighbor and notorious San Francisco Bay Area foodie, Jesse Ziff Cool. "So far, this has been a good experience," Zuckerberg said. "I'm eating a lot healthier foods.”

Read it at San Jose Mercury News