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‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think that is what they are saying. People would rather eat insects, which are animals, rather than just go vegan

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    You'd rather eat a bean with 6 pairs of legs instead of a bean with no legs?

    the "insect farming" idea is mostly hype to get subsidies, as the demand is absent, the subsidized insect farming will just end up as concentrated feed for the usual vertebrate animal farming operations.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I wasn't commenting my opinion at all, actually

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