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minus-squarenotabot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·9 days agoI’m curious about the assertion that this is ‘to protect themselves from malaria carrying mosquitoes’. How do the scientists know this is the motivation, rather than a helpful side-effect?
minus-squareKorval@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 days agoNot too mention the implication that lemurs know what malaria is. What else have these scientists been hiding from us???
minus-square5715@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoThey don’t have to know it, they just have to lick it
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoikr I was starting to feel pretty stupid for not coming up with my own vaccines
minus-squarenotabot@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoHave you tried licking random millipedes to see what happens?
I’m curious about the assertion that this is ‘to protect themselves from malaria carrying mosquitoes’. How do the scientists know this is the motivation, rather than a helpful side-effect?
Not too mention the implication that lemurs know what malaria is. What else have these scientists been hiding from us???
They don’t have to know it, they just have to lick it
ikr I was starting to feel pretty stupid for not coming up with my own vaccines
Have you tried licking random millipedes to see what happens?