Agreed, Bob! As some evidence for interest in bugs not being weird, the number of posts on Instagram tagged as #bugs and #chickens is roughly the same.
I hope Iām not taking this too seriously, but the examples Bob gave are of looking with concern for the bugsā welfare. Entomologists presumably do that more than your average Instagram user because they actually study and handle the bugs. Others might just look at photos of bugs the same way they look at photos of plants or landscapes.
Thanks, Tristan. I have now replaced āevidence for bugs not being weirdā with āevidence for interest in bugs not being weirdā, which is what I meant (in agreement with my subsequent comment about Google Trends).
Agreed, Bob! As some evidence for interest in bugs not being weird, the number of posts on Instagram tagged as #bugs and #chickens is roughly the same.
I hope Iām not taking this too seriously, but the examples Bob gave are of looking with concern for the bugsā welfare. Entomologists presumably do that more than your average Instagram user because they actually study and handle the bugs. Others might just look at photos of bugs the same way they look at photos of plants or landscapes.
Thanks, Tristan. I have now replaced āevidence for bugs not being weirdā with āevidence for interest in bugs not being weirdā, which is what I meant (in agreement with my subsequent comment about Google Trends).
Google Trends also reports more interest in bugs than chickens over the last 5 years.