Well?

  • VeganVanguard [any,comrade/them]
    1·
    4 years ago

    :vegan-edge: VEGAN VANGUARD IS ON THE SCENE :vegan-edge:

    🚨 LIBERAL CARNISM DETECTED 🚨

    FREE THE PRAWN

  • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]
    2·
    4 years ago

    These things remind me of water insects or something. Water roaches? That said I'll probably still consume it.

    • lvysaur [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      there's a hidden bug (arthropod) spectrum that nobody is aware of.
      we don't get creeped out by bugs as much as we get creeped out by skittering.

      indoor/cave bugs skitter. Roaches, house centipedes, camel crickets. Fast sudden jarring movements. anxiety inducing.

      ground bugs move slowly. Beetles, fireflies, june bugs. People are less afraid of these.

      crustaceans move slowest of all. People literally eat these.

      The bug only develops the musculature that is required by its environment. Caves and modern houses require zero, so no musculature + fast movement. Ground/dirt requires some, so more strength + slower movement. Water requires the MOST strenuous effort as swimming requires way more energy than simply moving dirt, and crustaceans are so muscled and slow that they literally have large quantities of edible muscle protein.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Can confirm. My stick insects literally spend entire days still and if you hurt them I'm killing everyone in this sub and then myself.

      • WittyProfileName [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        But lots of people are creeped out by spiders, and web spinning spiders just spend all their day vibing.

        • lvysaur [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          eh, I feel like spiders are a more socially constructed fear, based on people having been bitten by them.

          I'm not scared of spiders. Super disgusted of roaches and house centipedes tho.

          Also, spiders do move really fast when they drop unexpectedly from the ceiling at the speed of gravity. It has a similar effect to the skittering maybe.

      • Wmill [they/them, fae/faer]
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        4 years ago

        Cool write up, I was mostly memeing about people used to call crab and these types of fish but I learned something so thanks.

  • AliceBToklas [she/her]
    1·
    4 years ago

    hot take: cooked shrimp with pesto and pasta are very tasty.

    had some the other night. v delicious.

  • MerryChristmas [any]
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    4 years ago

    Every time I've tried to raise shrimp, they've quickly died out in their own tank or been eaten by my fish in the main tank. I'm going to try to set up a breeding colony but I'm not feeling too optimistic after my last three attempts.

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      The trick to raising shrimp is to introduce them to a tank that has had the filter well established for a long time and make sure it stays a constant temperature. It's best to not have fish with them because they're too tasty for the fish to resist.

      When you add the shrimp remember to acclimatise them slowly so they don't get a shock.

      • MerryChristmas [any]
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        4 years ago

        Thanks for the advice! Both tanks I tried were well-established and moderately planted. My community tank is a 29 gallon with mostly red phantom tetras and two small schools of cory cats, but I do have a bolivian ram. She's not aggressive at all, but she definitely picks off the smaller inverts. After my betta passed, I tried again with some neocardina in the empty 10 gallon but they were all dead within a day or two after drip acclimation. Snails did fine in both tanks and I don't think I've ever uses ferts or meds with copper, so I wonder if my water is simply too hard for shrimp?

        Edit: Can we get a c/fishkeeping?