• Jolteon@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    I do find it weird that in a species where some of them have stingers, the ones in charge of defense are not in that group.

  • Mostly_Harmless_Variant@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    As we go into battle, may you have the courage of a 1,000 male carpenter bees! But oh! For all we stand for: please have more than their intelligence.

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    1 month ago

    I mean if I did not know it was stingless I would still be scared shitless if a handful of them headbutted me. I might even psychologically convince myself that I was feeling stinging pain.

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    1 month ago

    Hah, I have one that likes to just float in front of my shed for some bizarre reason, I always try to avoid it for concern that it could sting but knowing this I may just ignore it now lol, ty