But is there any reason to think they released foreign ladybugs? Importing live insects isn't that easy because they could cause problems, much easier to just get domestic ones. Domestic ladybugs exists everywhere.
I don't know, maybe in your country this correct, but the video spread out across whole world. even in same country, it is probably that there are different species in different regions. the only way can escape this is maybe ladybugs will die soon in urban/city, but is this a good behaviour we hope kids learning? bringing so many creatures and let them died for fun are bad.
And the species of ladybug released is .....? Can you identify and name it?
One problem is that it could happen, and if it goes trendy It will happen.
Even if this is a hoax, is encouraging a massive audience of children to do the same. For tiktokers there is not difference. After all, If is a ladybug is a fire class pokemon predator of pests. Right?
False.
Other is that could provide logistic support to people trying to spread it purposely.
Another is the message:
1) Environmental laws are something that we shouldn't obey, because we know better than adults... and ice cream, and sparkling unicorns
2) Releasing thousands of cute animals in nature is fine.
Even if you are clueless about the risks or can't even identify the animal that you are releasing among the 6000 species of ladybugs.
They may not be aware that some ladybug relatives are herbivorous and eat crops (Surprise!). And if you found a zillion of ladybugs in a local area ready to be packed and sent by mail to your cousin, they most probably will fall in this category.
They may not be aware that some alien ladybugs are in turn predators of native ladybugs
Some even may don't care at all as long as use this virtue signaling videos to win popularity and became the bee-queen in their group of friends
Biologist performed so many crazy experiment on fruit fly, development biology is very interesting for reading: what happen in each stage and all of mechanism we can understand.
yes, biology education in schools are terrible. remembering so many things actually is important, students keep reminding new thing even they in master degree...but the fun of science do not show in text book.
how can they do? everyone give their kid cellphone or iPad now, even they try to control this in early stages, if kids are different to other kids in school, they will bad and try to change themselves. finally, if someone upload videos that design to murder kids, it just will happen.
can we just offer free text book for everyone? maybe also some online lecture. everything is there, I trust will need incorporate it into school, library and local community.
