• Fixbeat@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Bears should just enslave some other animals to produce milk for them. Simple.

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        11 months ago

        They do! Well, at least certain species do. They groom the aphids to harvest a sweet excretion.

        It’s a really neat relationship.

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          11 months ago

          I mean, it’s not just any excretion. It’s a byproduct of sorts of the aphids digestive system.

          From wikipedia on “Honeydew (secretion)”:

          When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the anus of the aphid.

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            11 months ago

            Well, there’s at least video of ants getting the honeydew, so I guess if one’s kinky enough, it’s porn for ants.

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    11 months ago

    Supermarkets aren’t selling human milk, though. It’s milk from an entirely different animal.

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    11 months ago

    I’m not a big fan of animal agriculture, but I don’t get why milk is singled out, as if we don’t consume the dead bodies of animals, bodies that weren’t “meant for” anything other than sustaining itself.

    And we’ve been doing it for thousands of years, selectively breeding and domesticating cows for the purpose. Humans drinking cow’s milk is more natural than carrots being orange.

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      11 months ago

      I think that meat and dairy are both unethical, but other animals do eat meat. AFAIK, humans are the only animal that drinks milk outside of their species. (Or drinks milk as an adult, for that matter!)