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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Abusing animals isn't good activism.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They're transphobes, they barely qualify ^/s^

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I agree with you, but crickets are not animals, literally. Abusing insects isnt good activism*

[–] Whom@beehaw.org 16 points 1 month ago

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Orthoptera

Suborder: Ensifera

Infraorder: Gryllidea

Superfamily: Grylloidea

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Perhaps colloquially (or even culinarilly) speaking, in your part of the world, insects are not considered animals. But biologically, they are, as are all arthropods.