Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhich is which?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down13
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageWhich is which?sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·4 months agoI seriously don’t know what the hell the “Birds and the bees” even refers to beyond an olde movie cliche.
minus-squareSugarSnack@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoOne has a stinger and one incubates eggs I guess?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoBees carry pollen to the flower Birds devote time to their eggs
minus-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoBoth can be pollinators. Both can tend to their eggs/young. As a non-native speaker, the phrase never made sense to me.
minus-squarezarathustrad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s an old traditionalist saying to reinforce their norms, based on a limited understanding of both biology and society.
I seriously don’t know what the hell the “Birds and the bees” even refers to beyond an olde movie cliche.
One has a stinger and one incubates eggs I guess?
Bees… Do both?
Bees carry pollen to the flower
Birds devote time to their eggs
Both can be pollinators. Both can tend to their eggs/young. As a non-native speaker, the phrase never made sense to me.
It’s an old traditionalist saying to reinforce their norms, based on a limited understanding of both biology and society.