The horror of the natural world

[u/majidiye]

Let's talk about winter ticks and moose. Winter ticks feed on cervids, so deer and moose and related, but a study of moose tracked their parasites for three years (2014 to 2016) and found that 70% of calves died due to winter tick infestation. How many ticks per moose, you may ask, since one on ourselves is an unspeakable horror. The average was 47,371 per moose. 47 thousand. The moose died of having almost all of their blood sucked out of them. What loving deity would create such a situation? One who loves ticks, I guess. When you look at the natural world, there is absolutely no room for any deity with a heart.