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zagreus

raphmike

I HAVE WAITED ALL YEAR TO POST THIS

alwaysscreechingbasement

teashoesandhair

This doesn’t include the best bit of the whole thing - she found the Twitter thread!

Disrespect!

Disguise

vegans make peace with honey

no shut up do it

calder

vegans will pretend not to hear when natives tell them their agave products are unsustainable because they have whimsical feelings about, and i cannot stress this enough, the freedom of hive insects

blackwashedmax

Honey is literally murder but go off

kasaron

Prove it.

blackwashedmax

They literally puke their guts up to make your honey

kasaron

I have not seen any evidence tonsugges they are harmed or die in the process of production. They do regurgitate the nectar as part of the process to concentrate it into honey (an interesting process) but they do not suffer any injury during this process. If they did, the cost to produce honey, which is done naturally as a measure to survive over winter and through times of lower availability, would outweigh the benefits. If you kill several bees to produce enough honey to make one more bee, It makes no sense. Any animal that did that would die, even with human intervention.

Do you have any sources which suggest otherwise? I’d be interested to hear of this (relatively publicly available) information was false or misunderstood.

blackwashedmax

Bee farmers use whats called a honey maker. It’s a crude devices. It similar to a meat grinder. They force the bees in and grind them up. What comes out is a paste. That paste is later filtered into what we know as honey

hematite2

This is the funniest thing I’ve ever read

leonardo-nierman

@zoologicallyobsessed please show us pics of your bee grinder

gemstone-gynoid

they might be falsely thinking about a honey extractor machine. but all these do is you place the beehive frames inside and a motor rotates it at a speed that removes the honey, which is then tapped through a tap at the bottom.

darkenedyeastextract

…do they think they put bees in that and spin them around until they vomit…?

demonius-darkblade

bee carnival

yeah-yeah-beebiss-1

bad and naughty bees get put into the b e e c e n t r i f u g e to extract their honey

bastlynn

Vegans coming after beekeepers is one of my major teeth grinding annoyances. For many reasons, because there’s so many lies. And to go one step further because it’s such a waste. You see, the strongest vegan argument is that they don’t want to exploit animals or take from them without their consent.

… but… Bees consent. NO. I’M NOT KIDDING.

How? Bee hives aren’t kept on leashes. They’re outside, the bees can travel miles every day. They follow their queen. Who is also outside, not on a leash, and can travel miles every day. If she doesn’t like the hive for any reason - for example: it got too hot, too cold, too messy, too filled with sugary stuff and they need more space… then the queen leaves. And with her the hive.

The queen stays in the hive because the hive is the best place to live. Period. Done. End of. If the hive is staying with the beekeeper it’s because the keeper is doing their job correctly and keeping them happy because the bees can, and do, leave bad beekeepers.

Of all the animals we have domesticated as livestock, bees are the ones you can most easily argue are consenting participants in their keeping.

night-dragon937

bees will straight up leave if the conditions with the beekeeper are worse than conditions in the wild

nevercure

Always reblog because someone people are stupid and need to be reminded they’re stupid

jerryterry

Visit Original Link

adulthoodisokay

i think about this all the time

omghotmemes

Sign posted outside a fencing academy!

seymour-butz-stuff

lessermores

The best writing I’ve ever seen about the monarchy. The rest is here.

trustthechef

To note, the Irish Times is the primary, most respected newspaper in the country

barbeauxbot

And it is well-deserved.

tiktokstowatch

simonalkenmayer

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No...

I thought I could figure out the referent, but no. I can’t. Which murdered British boys? Someone go back and ask that elderly neighbor or I’ll never be able to sleep again.

starkie-md

King Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York! They were murdered by their uncle!

knightsintodreams

She... she does

goalofthecentury

this is the actual funniest image ive ever seen

hickeywiththegoodhair

no idea who these twinks are but i support them

theweirdwideweb

leonardodespacito

I SCREAMED THIS WAS SO FUNNY

xxtc-96xx

“mmyrm…”

“AA-”

theabigailthorn

coming out as trans on other platforms: carefully worded statement, thoughtful reflection on my responsibilities as a public figure

coming out as trans on tumblr: SKIDDLE SKIDADDIDALE MY NAME IS ABIGAIL

wonderwomemes

And we love to see it!

sixpenceee

This incredibly colorful fluffy bird is called a white-browed tit-warbler (by Hiuying Tse).

justcatposts

Trying to impress cats and failing is universal

(via)

anomalousdata

It’s extremely important that I tell you all that this seal is doing the ‘banana pose,’ something seals do when they are feeling particularly happy and relaxed. This seal, looking directly at the cat, is absolutely overwhelmed with Good Vibes, something we can all related to.

petermorwood

If I haven’t reblogged this before, I should have done.

If I have reblogged this before, then I’m doing it again.

And quite right too.

soothifying-sounds-asmr

The Rain (Cover) by Haburu

gollumunchkin

i’m crying

bluejay73ffs

There are cats, and there are cats that belong to pianists

wildlifewednesdays

A porcupine’s Halloween present (+ original sound effects)

docwithtardisfez

I had no idea giant porcupines made fucking precious sounds

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nightonblogmountain

THAT’S THE SOUND IT MAKES!?!?!?

UN-BE-FUCKING-LIEVABLE

why-animals-do-the-thing

We got asked if this is cute and okay. I can very happily say yes, this is stupid cute and those are happy porcupine noises.

One of my favorite things about doing zoo work was all the noises you never realize the animals make when they’re excited or interested in a new thing. Coatimundis squeak and snuffle, and giant porcupines make that sound.