if you care about morality of biosphere, think about it this way. do you have a cat? do you think your cat would condone and directly support industrialized farming of food animals without any regard to the cruelty of it? if you want to answer "no", have you ever seen a cat play?
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ok fine, look up what parasitoid wasps or Cordyceps do. most of biosphere is far worse than cats; i was trying to give you a mild example to keep your fragile human psyche from melting down https://twitter.com/acoye/status/1074740320074637312 …
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i mean "keep from melting down" literally, Darwin was pretty down to earth and learning about parasitoid wasps cost him his faith. more people should learn about parasitoid waspspic.twitter.com/wCWOLAjuqe
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hey, DO NOT diss the botflies! botflies are really really nice to their hosts and use a number of strategies to optimize your welfare while they merely take a little bit of nutrients from you.https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1074742248326148096 …
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botfly larvae exude painkillers so you don't feel them there, and antibiotics so the wound doesn't get infected. botfly larvae typically exit without you feeling them and the wound closes in under 24h. more good botfly read:https://thesmallermajority.com/2015/01/09/puppy-killing-scientist-smuggles-rainforest-babies-in-body-cavity/ …
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do you know why this happens? because to botflies, you are not prey. to botflies, you are something far more valuable: an easy to consume, renewable resource! botflies care a lot about conserving you and generally keeping you happy. people should be more like botflies.
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Hm. Ok new appreciation for bot flies unlocked I have to admit I was not expecting this outcome
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