> this same duality can also be seen in other languages like French
This is incorrect. We eat and ride du cheval (horse), cajole and eat agneaux (lambs), chase and eat poulets (chicken), smile at, and eat, lapins (rabbits), to say nothing of escargots (snails) or grenouilles (frogs), and all kinds of fish, and sea food.
In "farmers' markets" everywhere in France (we just call them "markets") whole animals can be found, with just the skin removed but with the head still attached. It would be weird to call a dead animal that is still very much recognizable, a different name than the live one.
This is incorrect. We eat and ride du cheval (horse), cajole and eat agneaux (lambs), chase and eat poulets (chicken), smile at, and eat, lapins (rabbits), to say nothing of escargots (snails) or grenouilles (frogs), and all kinds of fish, and sea food.
In "farmers' markets" everywhere in France (we just call them "markets") whole animals can be found, with just the skin removed but with the head still attached. It would be weird to call a dead animal that is still very much recognizable, a different name than the live one.