this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
1005 points (98.6% liked)

Science Memes

10671 readers
3219 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.


Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Ok let me introduce you to the barn owl

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago

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] 2 points 2 hours ago

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] 30 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Without a lie they'd just be horsefs

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

Came up with that yoursef, did you?

...Jousef

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 hours ago

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