They claim red meat is bad for you. But I never saw a sick-looking tiger.

Framed as a punchline, the remark uses a humorous comparison between human dietary advice and a predator’s natural diet. By pointing to a tiger—an animal that thrives on meat—Rodriguez mocks simplistic or absolutist claims that “red meat is bad,” suggesting that health depends on context (species, lifestyle, overall diet) rather than a single ingredient. The joke also plays on the appeal-to-nature instinct (“if it’s natural, it must be healthy”), while implicitly ignoring that wild-animal health and human longevity are not directly comparable. Its significance lies less in nutritional argument than in comic skepticism toward changing health fashions.