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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

How many others have we tried? 🀨

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Two words: Ant milk. Imagine the marketing campaign.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"We need child labor because only a child's hands are small and delicate enough to squeeze the ant teat."

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I have nipples, Greg. Can you milk me?

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

What about spider milk? Apparently it’s actually a thing.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 7 points 8 months ago

Thank you so much for volunteering, for the sake of science! :-P

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

No way, we haven't even found all of them yet! Based on estimations, about 50~95% of all species have not been identified. (I looked that up.) You can go out there right now and find the new tastiest vomit yourself!

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

All we could get our hands on then

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Makes it sound like they were desperate to eat insect puke.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I think it was more just desperate to eat.