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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·1 month agoAre horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·1 month agoWithout a lie they’d just be horsefs
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoCame up with that yoursef, did you? …Jousef
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoNo it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoBut they do? Along with any other animal that happens to be nearby. That is the one insect I will go out of my way to kill.
minus-squarePSoul•Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoOk let me introduce you to the barn owl
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPolar bears are responsible for the ice caps disappearing.
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYou’re right. They only drink horse (and cattle) blood. Horse or cow vampire fly is a little long winded for a name.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBut it does sound kind of cool!
Are horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
Without a lie they’d just be horsefs
Daaaaad
Came up with that yoursef, did you?
…Jousef
No it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
But they do? Along with any other animal that happens to be nearby.
That is the one insect I will go out of my way to kill.
Don’t.
Ok let me introduce you to the barn owl
Do they eat barns?
Polar bears are responsible for the ice caps disappearing.
You’re right. They only drink horse (and cattle) blood.
Horse or cow vampire fly is a little long winded for a name.
But it does sound kind of cool!