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woolly little chafer (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love him

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 29 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!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

bumble beetle

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Okay, that is fucking adorable.

[–] [email protected] 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!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mosquitos are also pollinators.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Touché

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It's setae.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where would one find these guys?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Southern Africa, natively.