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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·2 years agoAre horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 years agoWithout a lie they’d just be horsefs
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoCame up with that yoursef, did you? …Jousef
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 years agoNo it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years 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-squareFackCurs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoOk let me introduce you to the barn owl
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoPolar bears are responsible for the ice caps disappearing.
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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-up2·2 years 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
Came up with that yoursef, did you?
…Jousef
Daaaaad
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
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!