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DrManhattan_DDM t1_jch1w2g wrote

Reply to comment by goatholomew in TIL that USPS ships day old baby chicks in the mail by shelovesbackshots

It’s not a new thing, and it’s hardly the cruelest part of the poultry industry. Have you tried marking your book deliveries with “Caution: Live Animals”?

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Maanee t1_jcixzam wrote

Books do get beat up but that is mostly because shippers send them as media mail, our cheapest and slowest option, while not properly packaging them (little green plastic bags are the norm). If they shipped them as live animals, they'd have to pay way more than they currently do.

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Ahelex t1_jclkfy5 wrote

Maybe tell them to label it as "Caution: Live Tree"?

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Maanee t1_jclwen9 wrote

We do mail trees actually. They're mailed even worse, in open ended plastic bags.

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