silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisiswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up1683arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.mlclimate@slrpnk.netcanada@lemmy.ca
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Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-21 day ago Also there are a lot more types of meat than beef. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome The alpha-gal molecule is found in all mammals except catarrhines (apes and Old World monkeys), the taxonomic branch that includes humans. Sounds like you could still eat fish, human and chicken (and other bird) meat as usual.
minus-squarenickiwest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoYou jest, but I can assure you that alligator is delicious.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoOnly half-jest; I’ve never tried reptile, but I wouldn’t mind
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoThat why nature gave us birdflu. So take chicken off the menu as well. That just leaves apes and ourselves.
minus-squarebumblefumble@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s like nature is telling us to switch to a seafood and the rich only diet.
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoOh sweer summer child. There won’t be any of that either. Not with over fishing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome
Sounds like you could still eat fish, human and chicken (and other bird) meat as usual.
Bring on the lizard meat
You jest, but I can assure you that alligator is delicious.
Only half-jest; I’ve never tried reptile, but I wouldn’t mind
That why nature gave us birdflu. So take chicken off the menu as well. That just leaves apes and ourselves.
It’s like nature is telling us to switch to a seafood and the rich only diet.
Oh sweer summer child. There won’t be any of that either. Not with over fishing.