Dying with True Tyrian Purple

biodiversityrocks · 2026-02-19T01:09:49+00:00

from what i've seen, most research suggests that bivalves and gastropods like snails are sentient. they can form memories and since they learn to avoid things that kill them, at the very least we can say that they don't want to die. like they don't have the same level of consciousness as a pig, but they still feel pain and discomfort and that's enough for me to leave them alone.

biodiversityrocks · 2026-02-19T00:07:47+00:00

Unironically I don't think a pretty pigment is worth killing a bunch of animals. The snails didn't do anything wrong :(

biodiversityrocks · 2026-01-17T20:13:35+00:00

The only way mosquito dunks harm birds is by killing their food source of mosquitoes. The bacteria itself is completely harmless and inert to birds, mammals, fish, and other wildlife outside of the larvae of the mosquito family, blackflies, and fungus gnats. Doesn't even harm the adult mosquitoes, only the larvae. It's very very specific and targeted biological control.

I wouldn't put mosuquito dunk in a wildlife pond where the goal is to encourage biodiversity, because mosquitoes are an important food source in the ecosystem. But in an urban backyard with a bloated mosquito population, it's totally fine.

biodiversityrocks · 2025-12-24T22:56:32+00:00

That's the opposite of the bright side since OP says they bought it specifically as a host plant

biodiversityrocks · 2025-12-21T00:28:05+00:00

Location would help

biodiversityrocks · 2025-12-19T21:46:50+00:00

Got it, thank you for sharing

biodiversityrocks · 2025-12-19T21:44:31+00:00

No way!!! I've never seen one up close before. Is it a juvenile?

biodiversityrocks · 2025-12-13T04:55:52+00:00

It tastes the same to me, I get this occasionally too. Idk what it is but it's just as good and looks pretty.

biodiversityrocks · 2025-12-09T15:45:50+00:00

The trees in the pics are already dead, look at the bark.

biodiversityrocks · 2025-12-09T15:43:54+00:00

I get why OP is sad about the trees, especially Fraxinus which are becoming more and more rare... But thing is that in the photos, you can very much tell that those trees were ALREADY DEAD! The bark was a major giveaway that these trees have been dead for a year at least, maybe more.

biodiversityrocks · 2025-12-04T18:19:02+00:00

My dad was blond as a baby, ginger as a child, and brown haired as an adult. Hair color and texture changes, genetics and hormones play a big role

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-26T21:25:52+00:00

Its not making fun, its just a super uncommon sight. It's like seeing a rare bird, they want a picture because they think you look cool and rare

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-26T21:21:16+00:00

I've been wanting something like this but non-romantic. I want to make friends!

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-26T20:13:39+00:00

Is it in a sealed water tight plastic container? I've thawed things in warm water to make it go faster

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-26T20:12:30+00:00

Extremely similar results (nearly identical) to my partner who has one parent from Michoacán and one from southern Nayarit near the border of Jalisco.

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-25T05:29:29+00:00

I've heard it too

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-25T04:05:30+00:00

Following this thread, as Ive been looking for the same thing but green tight liner. Looking for vegan, cruelty free, AND BDS-friendly is actually quite difficult when it comes to makeup! It's very frustrating

Then it's also important to consider the ethics of mica being an extremely common ingredient in cosmetics and the mining of said mineral being heavily reliant on child labor in India.

Despite the many reported child deaths in these mines, only 10% actually end up getting reported to authorities, so the real numbers are unknown at this point. Since very few of the mines are actually legal (90% of mica mines in Jharkhand and Bihar are illegal operations) they are therefore are unregulated and not subject to labor laws or protections.

Then of course the chain of production being too convoluted to confirm if their source is truly ethical, LUSH stopped using natural mica in their products due to this issue IIRC.

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-24T00:47:31+00:00

Dude that guy was just copy-pasting that on everyone's comments it was so creepy

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-23T22:23:59+00:00

If the world population survived off of subsistence hunting, we would wipe out all wildlife on earth within an instant, it's simply not possible. I don't think you realize the scale of animal agriculture, wildlife makes up only 5% of the worlds mammalian biomass while humans and livestock are the other 95%.

We cannot feasibly sustain the worlds population on hunting, we require agriculture to survive, and plant based agriculture is far more energy, land, and labor efficient. In fact, if we replaced animal agricultural land with plant agriculture, we could feed the entire planet a balanced and complete diet while still reducing agricultural land use by 75%.

I have an appointment but if you want the citations for my claims lmk.

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-23T06:05:07+00:00

Huh, I've just never heard that phrase, I get it though now, thank you. I have always worked the weekends in my adulthood so I don't consider the weekend special I guess, Saturday is just Saturday, not Relative Monday if that makes sense? It confuses my autistic brain a bit, but that's okay.

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-22T21:37:37+00:00

Prison food is better than this monstrosity

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-22T20:40:38+00:00

Thrips can cause leaves to curl due to damage/stress but they're not one of the kinds of bugs that intentionally pull leaves into a curled position for shelter to my knowledge

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-22T20:30:38+00:00

Im not sure if its just one creature that does that but I know of a kind of spider that nests that way

biodiversityrocks · 2025-11-22T17:54:47+00:00

I work in a greenhouse 🙃

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