The solstice takes us on a journey through darkness and light.
Fish skin is being sterilized and used for skin grafts on burn victims in #Brazil and #Colombia (on both human and non-human animals). It’s superior to gauze and ointment. IIRC, pig skin was used at one point. Apparently fish skin is better at sealing moisture in?
Anyone taking bets on whether folks in the Goth scene will start grafting fish scales on for fashion?
This BBC episode covers it (among other unrelated topics):
^ ⚠warning: that shitty website plays videos automatically, thus drains bandwidth for those on limited connections. (And wtf… why isn’t there a conventional way to tag such URLs to spare us from verbosity?)
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Discussing ways to reduce waste and build community!
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