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submitted 1 week ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/science@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1116242

Woke ticks are out to turn the US South into soyboys > > (did I do that right?)

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[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago

I'm no vegan but isn't this technically a good thing? Red meat has negative environmental impacts right?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago

My first thought reading the headline was 'the Earth is healing,' LOL

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

I can just imagine the coming conspiracy theories.

[-] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

isn't this technically a good thing?

Far from it. There shouldn't be anywhere near this many ticks as there are now. It's a sign that the climate is changing and that is getting warmer overall.

Where I live is considered to be the tick hotspot in all of Canada. 15 years ago it would be wildly rare to hear that someone had a tick on them. Now it's rare to hear the opposite. Go for a hike in the trails nearby and you can easily walk out with at least a few dozen on you.

And it's not just the temperature itself. It's that the climate is affecting everything in the ecosystem.

We're going to see crazy tropical infections and parasites migrating a bit more north every year, and we're not ready for it.

[-] CPMSP@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Don't worry, I'm sure the current administration will totally save us all from the inevitable screwworm plague about to rain on us.

[-] TheSaddestMan@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Don't worry, suicide is an easy way out!

[-] jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Except you can die if you accidentally eat a trace amount in something.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

Even better for the environment!

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 9 points 1 week ago

Probably. In some situations where there are no predators and you have semi-wild herbivores roam (usually goats, they are the least picky eaters) to eat forest fuel to prevent forest fires, it might be an ecological solution. But otherwise, yeah, red meat is something to reduce, not sure if this will be enough.

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