▲ 194 ▼ Is jellyfish vegan? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by Cortell@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 268 comments fedilink hide all child comments They don’t have a brain really and kinda just float there. Do they even feel pain?
[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Tobacco and tomato plants do something similar. They produce more nicotine to poison the insects eating them and also warn their neighbours. (Yes, tomatoes also produce nicotine, and it is technically possible to become slightly addicted to tomatoes if you have a very tomato-heavy diet) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mininux@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago moral of the story: if you have an addiction, replace it with tomatoes permalink fedilink source parent [–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) nicotine in the tomato too (which the plant produces for the animals to eat and spread its grains) or rather in the leaves, flowers and stem? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 1 point 3 years ago As far as I know it's in the fruit as well to some snall degree, but I'm no expert permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mininux@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago moral of the story: if you have an addiction, replace it with tomatoes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) nicotine in the tomato too (which the plant produces for the animals to eat and spread its grains) or rather in the leaves, flowers and stem? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 1 point 3 years ago As far as I know it's in the fruit as well to some snall degree, but I'm no expert permalink fedilink source parent
[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 1 point 3 years ago As far as I know it's in the fruit as well to some snall degree, but I'm no expert permalink fedilink source parent