Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming
by ctack on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @07:00AM
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With biomagnification, if you're eating the plant you'll get some exposure to said toxin - and it's unlikely you're eating just that plant, but if you eat a herbivore that eats that plant - and a herbivore can eat a lot of a specific kind of plant, you'll be exposed to a higher concentration and then if you eat the predator of the herbivore you'll get an even more concentrated dose.
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Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming
by hannasanarion on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:09AM
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Do herbivores not have livers and kidneys?
Sounds like woo-woo to me.
Re:The Case Against Octopus Farming
by marcosdumay on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:11PM
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Heavy metals and some toxins are practically not eliminated by livers and kidneys. That's why they bio-accumulate.