Disposable Protein

From Wikipedia: A silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) without its silvery scales, which are only developed after its third moult.

When I opened the shower door this morning, I saw a Lepisma saccharina grazing on the carbohydrate remnants of past showers.

As I turned on the shower and aimed the nozzle in its direction, my first thought was of Ahimsa. My second was of wanton waste of protein.

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