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Whether you're carving up a turkey, ham, tofurkey or all of the above, you won't be able to match the grubbing habits of some of the characters in your favorite video games. How about a juicy, medium rare mole rat steak or a few slices of a nuclear mutated ant? Could you live with yourself if you chow-downed on a cute and feathery chocobo? All of those edibles and more are up for grabs in this 10 Video Game Animals That You Can Kill For Food gallery. Bon Apetit!
10. Snakes
Game: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Nutritional Value: High in stamina
Edible Part: Whole body
Try the Tsuchinoko. The taste is outstanding
9. Bloat Fly
Game: Fallout 3
Nutritional Value: Health
Edible Part: Torso
Who would've thought such an ugly creature would be so nutritious?
8. Talbuk
Game: World of Warcraft
Nutritional Value: $69 silver
Edible Part: Venison (steak)
Twenty of these venison steaks can be carried at a time. Become the Costco of Azeroth.
7. Mutant Ant
Game: Fallout 3
Nutritional Value: Health and radiation poisoning
Edible Part: Abdomen
Awards five points of health and six points if you have a food sanitizer. However, the sanitizer won't remove the three points of radiation you'll get from it.
6. Bantha
Game: Star Wars The Old Republic
Nutritional Value: $50
Edible Part: Peppered Bantha Steak
You'll need to be at least level 40 to be able to acquire and sell this item.
5. Malboro
Game: Final Fantasy 9
Nutritional Value: Learning of the "Bad Breath" spell
Edible Part: Whole body
Using Quina, you can learn the deadly "Bad Breath" spell to poison your enemies.
4. Shield Wyrm
Game: Final Fantasy 12
Nutritional Value: Unknown
Edible Part: Ring Wyrm Liver
It's a delicacy of the Iron Stomach guild. You'll need to kill a Shield Wyrm to get some as a requirement to join the guild.
3. Mole Rat
Game: Fallout 3
Nutritional Value: Health and radiation poisoning.
Edible Part: Steak
Not too hard to find but if you're not too heavily radiated, it's a great pick-me-up.
2. Chocobo
Game: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2
Nutritional Value: Unknown
Edible Part: Skin
You won't eat it but you'll be taking on a mission to bring a Chocobo skin sandwich to a woman's husband.
1. Crunchy Chicks
Game: Fable
Nutritional Value: Protein, immorality, money, strength
Edible Part: Whole body
The quickest way to lose cool points with the rest of the characters in the game is to eat these cuties alive.