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From what I remember, the original study was indeed about cockroach “milk”, from a species that births live babies and feeds them a slurry of crystals and proteins. That slurry is the stuff that is technically more “nutritious”
I don’t think anyone is actually trying to get humans to consume the stuff. There are a lot of mammals that produce milk that is more nutrient dense than cow milk, it’s just not as easy to collect it + theres little reason to do so
I don’t like almond milk, but I’d prefer almond milk. But I also don’t drink cow milk, only soy milk.
tachinid flies, like tstete fly produces something equivalent to “milk” for its giant baby.
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Does this mean we’re going to start breeding cockroaches for breast size?
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They have to kill the mothers. It’s nowhere near a practical food. One estimate suggested you’d need around a thousand roaches to get about 100 grams of crystals. The more realistic idea scientists floated was sequencing the genes behind the protein and producing it with yeast. 😬
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Many people just support the killing without the science, but the thought of having to do that instead of milking the teets kills my roach dairy dreams.
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“Regrettably, it’s true, standards have fallen…” - Jackie Treehorn
Roaches have nipples? Greg, I’m talking to you.
How do you milk them?
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Mandatory for all public school meals if they want funding. RFK Jr milks the roaches himself to ensure the highest nutritional content.
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“RFK Jr milks
the roaches himselfKid Rock to ensure the highest nutritional content.”
Just drink evaporated milk.
I’ve tried, but it’s gone by the time I get a glass!
The scientists that tested it can have it all for themselves, I’ll even give them a free pass to lord it over us cow milk drinking peons.
Iced roach cream made into a roach milkshake using even more roach milk, topped with whipped roach cream.
Okay so… One species of cockroach DOES produce “milk” but its the Pacific beetle cockroach (Diploptera punctata)
They secrete the “milk” into the brood sack (uterus-like pouch housing embryos).
