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minus-squareMinarblelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 months agoIt’s heavily regulated now as someone sold one of the male drumsticks that still had the venomous spur attached at a Saturday farmers market. Fortunately most of the venom was deactivated by frying it but they still had to be hospitalised for a week.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoI wonder how they’d be for pets. I realize I shouldn’t. but. I kinda want one. They’re cute. (again, I realize I shouldn’t!)
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoThe human urge to domesticate anything that is slightly cute
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoHell, we’ll even try to domesticate things that are anything but cute, like crocodiles, fish and spiders
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThey’re all cute to someone. (Not me, I have crippling arachnophobia)
It’s heavily regulated now as someone sold one of the male drumsticks that still had the venomous spur attached at a Saturday farmers market.
Fortunately most of the venom was deactivated by frying it but they still had to be hospitalised for a week.
I wonder how they’d be for pets.
I realize I shouldn’t.
but. I kinda want one. They’re cute.
(again, I realize I shouldn’t!)
The human urge to domesticate anything that is slightly cute
Hell, we’ll even try to domesticate things that are anything but cute, like crocodiles, fish and spiders
They’re all cute to someone.
(Not me, I have crippling arachnophobia)