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minus-squareUltraviolet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·18 hours agoAre horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
minus-squarePSoul•Memes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours agoOk let me introduce you to the barn owl
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 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-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 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-up1·2 hours agoBut it does sound kind of cool!
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·17 hours agoWithout a lie they’d just be horsefs
minus-squareEarthShipTechIntern@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoCame up with that yoursef, did you? …Jousef
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoNo it’s because they take a horse sized chunk out of you when they bite you
Are horseflies a lie because they don’t eat horses?
Ok let me introduce you to the barn owl
Do they eat barns?
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.
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!
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