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But when bees swarm—and African bees swarm aggressively—hundreds of bees might sting an elephant in its most sensitive areas, like the trunk, the mouth, and eye
by ourmandave 3y ago
But when bees swarm—and African bees swarm aggressively—hundreds of bees might sting an elephant in its most sensitive areas, like the trunk, the mouth, and eyes.
It would be nice if they could form a mutual relationship with honey badgers that don't care how many times they're stung.
Except therein lies the problem, honey badgers don't care about anything.
- felipemnoa 3y agoExcept honey?
- bitwize 3y agoAnd larvae. A honey badger will go right into a house of bees to get some larvae. How disgusting is that?! It eats larvae!
- shultays 3y agoIt beats flower sperm
- codr7 3y agoThank you
- nicolas_t 3y agomy grandfather who happily let his cheese age on the countertop until larvae appeared because it improved the taste would not be shocked at all by that.
- aziaziazi 3y agoIs it a personal habit or a local speciality? If the later, any name/recipe will be appreciated.
- phonon 3y agoMimolette?
- nicolas_t 3y agoThe cheese itself was a camembert. It doesn't seem to be strictly a personal habit since others from my grandfather's generation (born in 1920s) in the village (small village in Picardie) did the same according to my mother. I've also seen it as a child when I came to visit. The larvae (asticots) look similar to photos of Casgiu merzu from Corsica I never tried it though. Even though I'm typically open to trying new things and really liked Escamoles in mexico, this was beyond what I could stand to try.
- icedistilled 3y agoas in a name of a version other than the well known casu martzu?
- NikkiA 3y agoA lot of non-factory honey includes larvae bits anyway, so shrug
- SEJeff 3y agoEveryone thinks bears like honey, but in reality it is the protein from the larvae they are after. The honey is simply a nice side benefit.
- plonk 3y agoDo they not feel the sting or are they immune to the venom?
- m463 3y agoI think this video (102M views) answers all questions honey badger: https://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg https://youtu.be/4r7wHMg5Yjg