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Nature put a barbed stinger on bees, but didn't intend for the stinger to leave the bee. On the other hand, the risk of ripping your entrails out while using a
by qbrass 4y ago
Nature put a barbed stinger on bees, but didn't intend for the stinger to leave the bee.
On the other hand, the risk of ripping your entrails out while using a sewing needle is quite low.
- bobsmooth 4y ago> but didn't intend for the stinger to leave the bee. Nature didn't anticipate the hairless apes to get so numerous and infiltrate every environment where bees exist.
- crawfordcomeaux 4y agoI'm guessing the stinger evolved in response to most insects, not humans. Here's a video explaining how they don't necessarily always lose their stinger, even when they sting humans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-C77ujnLZo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-C77ujnLZo
- thaumasiotes 4y ago> Nature put a barbed stinger on bees, but didn't intend for the stinger to leave the bee. In the sense that any natural development is intended, it's intended for the stinger to leave the bee. Compare wasps, which have reusable stingers.
- usrbinbash 4y agoThe stinger of bees evolved as a defense/attack mechanism against other insects, covered by a chitineous exoskeleton. Sticking it into the elastic material that covers mammals is not it's intended use case.
- imhoguy 4y ago> but didn't intend for the stinger to leave the bee On swarm level it doesn't matter. But psychological effect on an attacker or even group of such is achieved after one event, sometimes even inherited.
- leobabauta 4y agoI love the idea that nature has intentions, and that if it did, we could know what they are. Deliciously magical!