mrjvi
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Post by mrjvi on Jun 16, 2020 6:44:50 GMT -8
I apologize if this has been discussed but I was wondering if anybody has had a problem with their livestock-specifically eggs-being killed from irradiation in the mail. I've had trouble getting anything recently that I know was fertile to it's destination intact and not shriveled up. I understand stuff coming from other countries but I'm surprised if it's the case within the USA. Thank you for any insight.
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Post by kevinkk on Jun 19, 2020 12:41:55 GMT -8
I don't think the postal service uses radiation on the mail, otherwise people couldn't send marijuana through the mail. I've had issues with seemingly fertile ova not hatching, I think it's simply the stress of transit, a variety of things can be happening, non-pressurized cargo bays, heat, extreme cold, live animals aren't designed to be put into the mail system. It usually happens with overseas ova I receive, I always purchase twice what I normally would as opposed to a USA seller. Humidity and drying out might be a factor. For all anyone knows, they may spray different post offices with pesticides now and then. It might be the eggs themselves, I've had witnessed pairings, the females lay, and the hatch rate is just above zero, those eggs don't shrivel up, I've got some Periphoba ova right now that are not shriveled up, caterpillars hatch now and then, but after talking to the person who gave them to me, said he was having a low hatch rate. Don't irradiated insects turn into giants, or maybe that was just the 50's.
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