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Fruit Flies (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Are horseflies a lie because they don't eat horses?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Without a lie they'd just be horsefs

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Daaaaad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Came up with that yoursef, did you?

...Jousef

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

No it's because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

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

Don't.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ok let me introduce you to the barn owl

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

Do they eat barns?

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

Polar bears are responsible for the ice caps disappearing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're right. They only drink horse (and cattle) blood.

Horse or cow vampire fly is a little long winded for a name.

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

But it does sound kind of cool!