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[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

AND, when beetles battle beetles in a puddle paddle battle and the beetle battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle they call it a tweetle beetle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle.

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Are insects really that complicated?

Either they have mouth, stinger, or skin, and one or more of them is doing the damage.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

Well some ant spew acid, some millipede puke cyanide, and some will smack you with a nail. Don't go near that one.

[–] redsparks2025@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

YouTube Channel = Ze Frank True Facts About Everything. Science. And Science. .... with humor .... and puns .... and dad jokes

[–] marker2002@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

I is Entomologist now?

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, in fact beetles have complicated mandibles. Flies generally have simpler fused mouthparts. I studied entomology and have no clue what this comic is even saying. Maybe a joke about stingers?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's focusing on only mandibles as weapons

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago

The problem is that they clearly think the outgrown mandibles are equivalent to that.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 10 points 2 months ago

As someone who knows nothing about entomology, it reminded me of this one beetle with a comically large pointy bit. I think it's called a hercules beetle.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

First thing that came to mind is the bombardier beetle, which shoot chemicals from their butts.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Big Bad Beetle Borg.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

why has no one remade battle bugs

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 2 months ago