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A stinger is a modified ovipositor, and we know the Easter Bunny hides eggs somehow.

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Bee edition?

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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 hadn’t 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 :grin:

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Not one, but two:

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Those are the blue carpenter bees; beautiful!

I’ve read that the males lack stingers.

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It’s true. As said stingers are modified ovipositors, so are lacking in all male bees, wasps, and ants. Even ones like Dawson’s 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 won’t do it unless they really don’t see any other option. Even bumblebees will generally let you touch them without stinging, and they can do it more than once. It’s just honeybees where the workers are expendable suicide attackers.

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HONEYbees. Suicide attackers. That’s gaslighting for ya!

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monamoni

littlefeatherr
Unrestrained summer fun :grin:

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

It’s like seeing Godzilla in a kiddie pool

thistlewhistler
During a summer heat wave in Alaska growing up (yes it’s 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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There are contenders in addition to @hecep 's example.

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Obligatory…

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“… if you count the antlers… but why wouldn’t you.”

“The Moosiah, if you will.”

:laughing:

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And his sister’s companion tattoo says “and my brother just laughed”.

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Worse things happen at sea, y’know.

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