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minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 month ago don’t eat anything that casts a shadow Anyone who doesn’t exclusively survive on naturally dried up lichen ain’t no real vegan in my book!
minus-squareSalamander@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoHmm… Some lichen make use of orobatid mite labour in order to disperse the cells of their photobionts. Are those still ok?
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThat’s why I specified naturally dried up. The mites will have moved to greener pastures, I mean lichens.
Anyone who doesn’t exclusively survive on naturally dried up lichen ain’t no real vegan in my book!
Hmm… Some lichen make use of orobatid mite labour in order to disperse the cells of their photobionts. Are those still ok?
That’s why I specified naturally dried up. The mites will have moved to greener pastures, I mean lichens.