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drengr84 t1_iwlio5s wrote

Reply to comment by Neighthirst in Van Wert Co. Sheriff: 25 to 40 thousand minks with a diet consisting of 'fresh kills' released from farm by FancyFrostFire

Homo sapiens are an invasive species, worse than any parasite. Parasites don't usually try to kill their host, because that would be self detrimental. We have powerful brains with self awareness, yet we choose destruction over sustainability.

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Cultural_Wallaby_703 t1_iwlj7tt wrote

Many parasites do. It depends on the parasite and the host

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drengr84 t1_iwlkt97 wrote

Parasites that are able to move to another host may kill their host. Parasites that rely 100% on one host for survival tend to avoid killing it.

In my bad analogy, humans don't have a secondary host to jump to.

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