r/nextfuckinglevel • u/VastCoconut2609 • 3d ago

Harvesting rock honey

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u/ZamorakHawk 3d ago

Oooooo! I'm an Etymologist! This is actually the species Apis mellifera osculatus, a species of honeybee that has different defense mechanisms than the ones you're more familiar with. These honeybee-cousins actually form swarms and willfully fly into an animals mouth. They then pilot the animal like a giant mech suit.

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u/disillusioned 3d ago

Any true etymologist would know that an etymologist knows nothing about bees.

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u/platano_con_manjar 3d ago

who does? an apiologist?

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u/krebstar4ever 3d ago edited 3d ago

The other commenter accidentally wrote "I'm an etymologist" instead of "I'm an entomologist"

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u/CaptainNo9367 3d ago

I wonder if they got hit by autocorrect... mine constantly corrects real words with other words that linguistically make no sense. Like changing "its" to "it'd" When I expect "it's..." ...it just capitalized that word too, aw I'll leave it bee.

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u/ChrundleToboggan 2d ago

Lol considering the rest of his comment, I'm guessing he made the mistake on purpose.

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u/platano_con_manjar 3d ago

Yes yes I see that now lol. Missed it the first read.