stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.net · edit-23 months ago"but they sting/bite/are toxic/are icky" blah blah. nature does not owe you safetyslrpnk.netimagemessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down171
arrow-up1674arrow-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-23 months agomessage-square153fedilink
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months 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-up3·3 months 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.