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Work stuff.
Silkworms?
~~Emperor~~ Monarch butterflies I think?
Are these ready to be deep-fried?
So naturally had to check, can you deep fry a butterfly?.. the results were.. conflicting.
They do it with crickets. Why discriminate?
Not much meat on a butterfly
They do move a bit…
Wanderers!
That looks way more interesting than my job - are they hiring?
I’ll get back to you.
It’s only one facet of the job, you’ll be dealing with munchkins most of the time.
Ah! I was thinking I’d love to work with insects / animals (but am not a zoologist, sadly)