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Am I the only one who grew up with bees dying after stinging carrying a sort of unspoken significance or meaning? I don't think I ever heard someone actually s
by harimau777 2y ago
Am I the only one who grew up with bees dying after stinging carrying a sort of unspoken significance or meaning?
I don't think I ever heard someone actually state it, but growing up I had the feeling that bees dying when they sting you was in some sense "significant" because it meant that bees had to be selective in when they chose to resort to violence.
It was almost like an unspoken fable or illustration about the importance of controlling aggression.
- ianbicking 2y agoIt points to another evolutionary pressure that isn't mentioned as often: if an animal is too aggressive humans will exterminate it.
- harimau777 2y agoI had this experience with a wasp nest near my house. I figured "live and let live" until one day I walked out my door and a wasp flew directly over and stung me without provocation. So I got some insecticide and got rid of the nest.