"OK, I am kind of messing with you. When I asked Sabs what they would want to try to do for the podcast, they told me they were interested in learning to catch and pin bugs, also known as "collecting" bugs. Does it still count as hunting if the life you're taking is a bug's? This might be my favorite conversation I've had for Try Hard so far. We touch on the biases behind why we consider the lives of charismatic megafauna somehow more valid,"
"When I asked Sabs what they would want to try to do for the podcast, they told me they were interested in learning to catch and pin bugs, also known as "collecting" bugs. Does it still count as hunting if the life you're taking is a bug's? This might be my favorite conversation I've had for Try Hard so far."
Sabs expresses interest in learning to catch and pin bugs, a practice often called collecting. The conversation questions whether taking insect lives qualifies as hunting. The speakers examine societal biases that grant greater moral value to charismatic megafauna than to smaller or less attractive species. The dialogue confronts the ethical quandary of killing insects to study and ultimately appreciate them. A recorded moment captures Sabs catching a feisty dragonfly. The exchange mixes curiosity about practical collecting techniques with reflective consideration of conservation and moral priorities.
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