• jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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      10 hours ago

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

      • jerkface@lemmy.ca
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        1 hour ago

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

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        Domain: Eukaryota

        Kingdom: Animalia

        Phylum: Arthropoda

        Class: Insecta

        Order: Orthoptera

        Suborder: Ensifera

        Infraorder: Gryllidea

        Superfamily: Grylloidea