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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down1·26 days agoAre horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·26 days agoWithout a lie they’d just be horsefs
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-226 days agoCame up with that yoursef, did you? …Jousef
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·26 days agoNo it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·26 days 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•Memes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·26 days agoOk let me introduce you to the barn owl
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoPolar bears are responsible for the ice caps disappearing.
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days 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-up2·26 days 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!