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[-] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Actually vegans meme about this a fair bit.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I had no idea, that's really funny lol

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

en masse which means "in great number".

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Ticks in general are weird, interesting, and also terrifying

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

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 2 years ago

Dogs are omnivores, for anyone who thought differently.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

they should turn their lights on

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Mother Earth has her ways.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

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

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