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For example, the sacred cows of India are well known. Cows can go wherever they want to in the streets of India, and they can eat anything they want from the supplies of the foodsellers on the street. As a result, the cows are a problem. However, no one in India will kill them or eat them. It is taboo to do so. This custom seems strange to other people, but anthropologists believe that there are reasons for it. First, cows are valuable because the farmers need them to help plow their fields. Second, cow manure is used as a fertilizer on the fields. In India, many farmers cannot afford to spend money on fertilizer. Third, the cow manure can be dried and burned to make cooking fires. Therefore, farmers that kill their cows for meat soon find that they cannot plow or fertilize their fields or make a cooking fire.
例如，印度“圣牛”為人們所熟知。?？梢栽谟《鹊拇蠼稚系教幾?，它們可以吃街上食品攤主所供應的食物中任何它們想吃的東西。結(jié)果，牛就成了問題?？墒牵谟《葲]人會去殺?；虺耘Ｈ狻⑴；虺耘Ｈ馐墙?。這種習俗在其他人看起來似乎很奇怪，但人類學家相信這自有其原因。首先，牛是很寶貴的，因為農(nóng)民需要它們幫助犁地。其次，牛糞可作地里的肥料。在印度，許多農(nóng)民買不起肥料。還有，牛糞弄干后可用來燒火做飯。因此，殺牛食肉的農(nóng)民很快發(fā)現(xiàn)他們無法犁地，無法給莊稼施肥，或者無燃料做飯。