stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · edit-21 month ago"but they sting/bite/are toxic/are icky" blah blah. nature does not owe you safetyslrpnk.netimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1741arrow-down171
arrow-up1670arrow-down1image"but they sting/bite/are toxic/are icky" blah blah. nature does not owe you safetyslrpnk.netstabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · edit-21 month agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoNo, wasps are fine and help deal with invasive species, you just have to not bother them. Ticks on the other hand are bad for everyone involved and deserve to be dropped into a tornado of bleach. If that seems weirdly specific, it’s because some scientists did that, then wrote a paper encouraging others to drop ticks into bleach tornadoes.
minus-squareEtherWhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThat was just so they could study the microbiome in the tick’s gut without the bacteria on it’s surface contaminating the sample.
No, wasps are fine and help deal with invasive species, you just have to not bother them. Ticks on the other hand are bad for everyone involved and deserve to be dropped into a tornado of bleach. If that seems weirdly specific, it’s because some scientists did that, then wrote a paper encouraging others to drop ticks into bleach tornadoes.
That was just so they could study the microbiome in the tick’s gut without the bacteria on it’s surface contaminating the sample.