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In defense of the tarsk, however, it is a major Gorean food animal, and a disease amongst tarsks, or a driving off of such herds, has ruined many Gorean economies. - (Renegades of Gor, Chapter 24, Sentence #731)

One supposes, as well, if it had not occurred to them hitherto, that in addition to the low denomination of the coin, so meaningful in itself, the image of the tarsk on the coin, as least as applied in such matters, was doubtless intended to be exquisitely informative to them, or to any slave. It was not merely a domestic animal, but it was perhaps the least prepossessing and least valuable of such beasts, commonly being thought of as ugly, stupid, and dirty. To be likened to such a beast, or to be gambled for with such a device, low denomination or not, one bearing its image, is not to be construed as a compliment. In defense of the tarsk, however, it is a major Gorean food animal, and a disease amongst tarsks, or a driving off of such herds, has ruined many Gorean economies. Too, it might be noted that the meat, in most cuts, is tender and savory, and it can be prepared in dozens of ways. Tarsk is found upon the golden plates of Ubars, amongst the triumphs of their chefs, as well as on the simple wooden trenchers of peasants. Too, dried tarsk strips in a warrior's kit have sustained armies for days. - (Renegades of Gor)