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[+] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago* (12 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago* (5 children) If there was a pet bumblebee industry there would also likely be a bumblebee cosmetic surgery industry like we see with other popular pets. I'm sure stinger removal would be a standard procedure for an indoor bee. Or they'd be bred out after so many years. Probably designer bee coats as well. I bet they'd bee pretty cute and cuddly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 34 points 6 months ago (1 child) Just put a cork over the stinger permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cravl@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 months ago Clown nose. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 6 months ago (2 children) Bumblebees are not aggressive, and even though they can sting without dying (unlike honeybees), they generally don't. It would be like getting bitten by a Labrador. It's possible, but something went wrong somewhere for things to end that way... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) I'm by no means accusing any bees of violence beyond what is warranted, or any hypothetical pet bees of aggression, but as it is humanity clips dogs' tails and ears and breeds them into monstrosities for no reason other than aesthetics, so why wouldn't we do the same to any other hypothetical pet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 5 points 6 months ago There are actually legitimate reasons to crop tails and ears in certain breeds. For instance, a lot of dogs with very floppy ears get ear infections so frequently and severely that they end up going deaf, and cropping them is a last-ditch effort to prevent that from continuing. I've also heard of at least one dog that broke his very skinny tail so many times from wagging it against furniture in happiness that he had to have it cropped. permalink fedilink source parent [–] daannii@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Okay but assuming all body parts would scale up the same. The stinger would be incredibly blunt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) okay but that’s also cats with claws permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) My balls or just any balls permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago* (5 children) If there was a pet bumblebee industry there would also likely be a bumblebee cosmetic surgery industry like we see with other popular pets. I'm sure stinger removal would be a standard procedure for an indoor bee. Or they'd be bred out after so many years. Probably designer bee coats as well. I bet they'd bee pretty cute and cuddly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 34 points 6 months ago (1 child) Just put a cork over the stinger permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cravl@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 months ago Clown nose. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 6 months ago (2 children) Bumblebees are not aggressive, and even though they can sting without dying (unlike honeybees), they generally don't. It would be like getting bitten by a Labrador. It's possible, but something went wrong somewhere for things to end that way... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) I'm by no means accusing any bees of violence beyond what is warranted, or any hypothetical pet bees of aggression, but as it is humanity clips dogs' tails and ears and breeds them into monstrosities for no reason other than aesthetics, so why wouldn't we do the same to any other hypothetical pet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 5 points 6 months ago There are actually legitimate reasons to crop tails and ears in certain breeds. For instance, a lot of dogs with very floppy ears get ear infections so frequently and severely that they end up going deaf, and cropping them is a last-ditch effort to prevent that from continuing. I've also heard of at least one dog that broke his very skinny tail so many times from wagging it against furniture in happiness that he had to have it cropped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 34 points 6 months ago (1 child) Just put a cork over the stinger permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cravl@slrpnk.net 9 points 6 months ago Clown nose. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 6 months ago (2 children) Bumblebees are not aggressive, and even though they can sting without dying (unlike honeybees), they generally don't. It would be like getting bitten by a Labrador. It's possible, but something went wrong somewhere for things to end that way... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) I'm by no means accusing any bees of violence beyond what is warranted, or any hypothetical pet bees of aggression, but as it is humanity clips dogs' tails and ears and breeds them into monstrosities for no reason other than aesthetics, so why wouldn't we do the same to any other hypothetical pet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 5 points 6 months ago There are actually legitimate reasons to crop tails and ears in certain breeds. For instance, a lot of dogs with very floppy ears get ear infections so frequently and severely that they end up going deaf, and cropping them is a last-ditch effort to prevent that from continuing. I've also heard of at least one dog that broke his very skinny tail so many times from wagging it against furniture in happiness that he had to have it cropped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) I'm by no means accusing any bees of violence beyond what is warranted, or any hypothetical pet bees of aggression, but as it is humanity clips dogs' tails and ears and breeds them into monstrosities for no reason other than aesthetics, so why wouldn't we do the same to any other hypothetical pet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 5 points 6 months ago There are actually legitimate reasons to crop tails and ears in certain breeds. For instance, a lot of dogs with very floppy ears get ear infections so frequently and severely that they end up going deaf, and cropping them is a last-ditch effort to prevent that from continuing. I've also heard of at least one dog that broke his very skinny tail so many times from wagging it against furniture in happiness that he had to have it cropped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 5 points 6 months ago There are actually legitimate reasons to crop tails and ears in certain breeds. For instance, a lot of dogs with very floppy ears get ear infections so frequently and severely that they end up going deaf, and cropping them is a last-ditch effort to prevent that from continuing. I've also heard of at least one dog that broke his very skinny tail so many times from wagging it against furniture in happiness that he had to have it cropped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daannii@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Okay but assuming all body parts would scale up the same. The stinger would be incredibly blunt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) okay but that’s also cats with claws permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) My balls or just any balls permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
