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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

When inconvenient truths arrive about people's preferred habits, they often become instant field experts.

As an aside, mice are opportunistic omnivores - this information can be found with ease. They will eat whatever the fuck they can find and will gladly feed on a cow's carcass. This added context makes the instant field expert comments claiming they're herbivores and that 'this study is obviously bad' even more embarrassing.