This is certainly a wild creation, and it probably raises more questions than it answers with regards to whether we should be eating meat and where that meat comes from. Basically, this meat is ‘cultivated’ and has been pitched by food technology start-up Primeval Foods. According to ladbible, it’s not just lion meat, but tiger, elephant, giraffe, and even sushi made from zebra that could end up in restaurants if the products manage to pass food regulatory checks.

The argument is that the lab-grown meat is more climate-friendly than plant-based meat alternatives.

However, even telling a vegan that no animal was technically killed to make their tea might be a hard sell when you’re trying to get them into a dripping safari burger.

The stuff about no animal death happening is true, though.

Cultivated meat is a method of production that allows companies to make food without slaughtering animals.

They just grow the necessary animal cells directly, allowing them the chance to replicate all the nutritional profiles and sensory experiences of eating meat.

The overarching idea is that it removes farm animals and therefore saves on land, water, and greenhouse emissions, while protecting habitats that could be otherwise destroyed for farming and grazing animals. For more on this story, click here.