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[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] CreatingMachines@fedia.io 20 points 1 month ago

Ya, it's also giving me "cat on insect hardware" vibes, too.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 30 points 1 month ago

Not just that chafer beetle. Bumblebee can be pet! I saw it done and I will not stop telling what I saw! You can pet Bumblebee!

[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who knew that if you had fur to insects it makes them cute.

[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Bumble bee: “Hi.”

[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Bee butt covered in pollen 🥺

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago

bumble beetle

[–] geomela@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Okay, that is fucking adorable.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've never not been an atheist, but making bees so friggin' cute would probably the best proof of intelligent design I've ever seen. Screw the "banana's fit your hand perfectly" crap, nah, look at those pollinators fat furry bodies dude!

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mosquitos are also pollinators.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago
[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Same, and the only proof of a loving god I've ever seen is that we have been given a world of cute, pettable animals who love being petted. Some ~~garden~~ Petting Zoo of Eden type shit.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So like is this fur, hair, or like some weird chitin filament?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where would one find these guys?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Southern Africa, natively.