Sericulture

>>1423585
What is this

Don't think I could ever just unroll all those cocoons and fuck over all the little animals that are sleeping inside. I'm not even vegetarian but that's just cruel.

>>1423731

I'm doing peace silk. Partly unrolling the cocoon doesn't kill them, which is what peace silk is. Most silk is made by boiling them alive in their cocoons, which I'm not doing.

>>1423737
Ah that's pretty cool then, didn't know that was possible. So in a few months you'll have a fuckton of moths flying around?

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>>1423740

Basically, yes. Good news is I can store and possibly resell their eggs. Bad news is these little bastards everywhere.

>>1423731
Right? Imagine if someone did that to you

>Nocturnal
>Covered in hairs
>Just wants to be left alone in its cocoon

They're just me

>>1423741
Well they're pretty cute, it's better than wasps or crocodiles or something.

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>>1423858

A bit. For some reason they look angry all the time though.

>>1423585
Saved'd