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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·16 hours agoAre horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 hours 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-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·15 hours agoWithout a lie they’d just be horsefs
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 hours agoCame up with that yoursef, did you? …Jousef
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·16 hours agoNo it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
minus-squarePSoul•Memes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 hours agoOk let me introduce you to the barn owl
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours 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-up1·10 minutes agoBut it does sound kind of cool!
Are horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
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.
Without a lie they’d just be horsefs
Came up with that yoursef, did you?
…Jousef
Daaaaad
No it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
Ok let me introduce you to the barn owl
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!