Alright, upon reading the Strategy Guide again I offer you this information.
Elums are not used for food by glukkons because their skin is insanely tough. The Magog Cartel gave a rusty nail to a mudokon slave and told him to make a dent in an Elum's skin. After four years, the Mudokon made a slightly visible red mark that the Elum did not notice. This was a medical breakthrough. The mudokon was shipped to the Soulstorm Brewery for tear extraction and the Elum was taken to Vykkers Labs for further inspection. The Vykkers probed the Elum and revealed that an Elum is all bone and no meat. All Necrumian Elums were recently moved to a hunting preserve.
Once again, I added some creative license to it, but...
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