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[–] Shiki -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because they aren't meaty at all lol

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

"Meat is muscle, and insects must have muscles to move - its just that their muscles are inside their external skeleton rather than outside their internal skeleton. In fact i have seen insect muscle, when i watched a preying mantis eat a large blow-fly."

"https://www.interestinganswers.com/are-insects-considered-meat/"

No longer must you suffer looking like a fucking idiot, making claims unsubstantiated simply because you "feel" they're correct.

Behold! Google!

[–] Shiki -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I don't care for propaganda sites. I know "eat the bugs" is currently pretty high up.

But again, using the term "meaty" to describe a tarantula where the most you will eat is the exoskeleton is just bad faith

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You do understand that the stuff inside the exoskeleton doesn't just evaporate, right?