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Humans, apparently, throw like gods (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by can to c/curatedtumblr

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Also, we can and do eat some mild poisons because they’re tasty somehow.

I have a love of chocolate, but smaller animals can’t eat as much without severe metabolic issues that might kill them.

And capsaicin is straight-up an anti-mammal deterrent. Birds might be able to eat it with no reaction at all. Meanwhile humans just deal with their temperature receptors being freaking hacked for seemingly no other reason than fun.

[–] ryathal 22 points 1 year ago

The poison thing is relative, there are animals that can eat things toxic to us and vice versa.

[–] can 13 points 1 year ago

And we eat some because we enjoy altered mental states.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Deadly systemic insecticide? Roll me one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly if chocolate killed me I'd probably still eat it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

mild poisons

Hyped to see HFY being rederived from First Principles