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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/5141a1ed-d598-46ec-8e41-ccee1f0486ac

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[–] glitch1985 15 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Is this acquired similar to how cow milk is or more like almond milk?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Popped open the article to find out, and the answer is neither. The 'milk' is crystals collected by cutting open a particular kind of roach and extracting them from its brood sack.

There's a phrase I didn't know I'd be using today.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

I wonder what kind of research goes in a lab where someone goes "what if we cut the grub from the pregnant cockroach and test to see it's nutrition content?"

[–] glitch1985 15 points 9 hours ago

What a terrible day to be able to read.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I wondered the same, but do we really want to know?

[–] glitch1985 3 points 9 hours ago

Just read the other reply and I can now say no I wish I didn't know.