A stinger is a modified ovipositor, and we know the Easter Bunny hides eggs somehow.
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Yes. That, and sometimes Bloody Marys.
BTW: Unless this has already been posted elsewhere⌠Happy Pollinator Week.
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Rocket without his gear.
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Oh, we call these bees Mamangava. I always thought it hadnât stings, but people say it is very painful to have a messy encounter with them.
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In Venezuela we call them CigarrĂłn 
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Those are the blue carpenter bees; beautiful!
Iâve read that the males lack stingers.
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Itâs true. As said stingers are modified ovipositors, so are lacking in all male bees, wasps, and ants. Even ones like Dawsonâs burrowing bees where the males exist entirely to fight to the death before mating are missing that weapon.
I guess stinging is expensive though, so a lot of bees wonât do it unless they really donât see any other option. Even bumblebees will generally let you touch them without stinging, and they can do it more than once. Itâs just honeybees where the workers are expendable suicide attackers.
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HONEYbees. Suicide attackers. Thatâs gaslighting for ya!
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littlefeatherr
Unrestrained summer fun
weaselle
this must be such a delicate experience for a creature that can dive two stories deep and has been seen cliff diving into the ocean
fleshdyke
artisticlicense-personal
Such a quiet and gentle experience for a megafauna cryptid that can headbutt a speeding truck and walk away
Itâs like seeing Godzilla in a kiddie pool
thistlewhistler
During a summer heat wave in Alaska growing up (yes itâs a thing), my dad had several sprinklers and a tractor sprinkler going in the yard. From the woods behind the house suddenly came two young babies and a very large mother.
They came directly towards the tractor sprinkler and sat right down.
My dad verrrrry slowly pulled the hose of the other sprinklers, and repositioned them in the backyard so they would spray grass under the shade of several trees.
Lo and behold, the mother moose got up, walked over to the water now pooling beside these trees, and plomped down. The two babies followed after and just fell over in the cool water.
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Bullwinkle enjoying a sprinkle.
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What a fabulous photo! Really made me smile.
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ObligatoryâŚ
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â⌠if you count the antlers⌠but why wouldnât you.â
âThe Moosiah, if you will.â
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And his sisterâs companion tattoo says âand my brother just laughedâ.
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Worse things happen at sea, yâknow.
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