Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to LGBTQ+@beehaw.org · 2 months agoTrans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conferencetranskidsdeservebetter.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkTrans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conferencetranskidsdeservebetter.orgGaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM to LGBTQ+@beehaw.org · 2 months agomessage-square25fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI agree with you, but crickets are not animals, literally. Abusing insects isnt good activism*
minus-squareWhom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoDomain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Orthoptera Suborder: Ensifera Infraorder: Gryllidea Superfamily: Grylloidea
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months agoPerhaps colloquially (or even culinarilly) speaking, in your part of the world, insects are not considered animals. But biologically, they are, as are all arthropods.
I agree with you, but crickets are not animals, literally. Abusing insects isnt good activism*
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Infraorder: Gryllidea
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Perhaps colloquially (or even culinarilly) speaking, in your part of the world, insects are not considered animals. But biologically, they are, as are all arthropods.