this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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Oddly Terrifying

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I bet there's a vegan somewhere breeding these en masse.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually vegans meme about this a fair bit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I had no idea, that's really funny lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

en masse which means "in great number".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I had to meet my quota of at least one dumb thing a day. Fixed!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tick born diseases can be the weirdest and scariest shit. I

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ticks in general are weird, interesting, and also terrifying

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Yup and the microorganisms that call them home are all kinds of weird too. Babeiosis is a lot like malaria in that its a microscopic eukaryote with really wacky parasite genetics because a long time ago its ancestors were probably just free-living little fellas, so their genomes are tiny and very silly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Totes, I got babiosis, lyme, and alpha gal allergies from ticks and now I'm paranoid about them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems like this is not only an issue for humans. The dog of our friends got an allergy against meat. Which, for a dog, is a serious problem. He can handle fish without issues, though, so he is the only piscitarian dog I know.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dogs are omnivores, for anyone who thought differently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indeed they are. Which also implies that they need both kinds of food.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you believe so, fine. I won't waste energy to teach you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

First thing I always think of when I read these stories. And really, every medical professional who responded to Amy's story with skepticism should be ashamed of themselves

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I wonder if this is why I developed an allergy to beef in my 40s (fully tested, yes it's an allergy). I grew up on a cattle ranch!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

they should turn their lights on

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mother Earth has her ways.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Is that why beef is the most nutritious food on the planet?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

As does the US govt, need I remind of the Tuskegee experiments…