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[-] cadekat@pawb.social 70 points 3 months ago

Netscape Navigator coming in with the real facts.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Good God, what's next? Metacrawler spitting mad riz?

[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Ask Jeeves bout to get into your panties

[-] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Possibly a Hotbot!

[-] Retrograde@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Bring back Netscape navigator

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

yeah right, next thing you are going to tell me is 'there is a firefox-official account on the same platform making similar posts'

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 52 points 3 months ago

Himbees

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 4 points 3 months ago

Harambees

[-] booty@hexbear.net 41 points 3 months ago

tbf it probably works on most humans, they're probably pretty intimidated

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 38 points 3 months 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.

[-] bam13302@ttrpg.network 56 points 3 months ago

I think its more the first line of defense, they are not there to kill, they are there to basically state I don't want you here without provoking a lethal response from whoever is encroaching on them. It causes a lot less death of their males since they are known that they are not a threat, reducing the overall attrition of them over time and making life easier on the hive. The females with the stingers come out if something is a real threat, ie something messes with the hive or queen.

Honestly, kinda reminds me of British (and other non-militarized) police. Don't send guns to every problem as most can be solved without it and some are made worse by their presence.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

Carpenter bees are mostly solitary.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

That would explain their reluctance to do suicide attacks when protecting themselves.

[-] Mostly_Harmless_Variant@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months 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.

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago

They’re my favorite, watching two carpenter bees battle over my flowers is hilarious and epic

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

No wonder they are bald, headbutting everything everyday.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months 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.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

What's the problem of just hamming into you at full speed?

When this one does it, nobody laughs.

[-] scarilog@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Well that's not a bee, you see

[-] finkrat@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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