
Fun entomology-related fact of the day: The term cuckoo bee is used for a variety of different bee lineages which have evolved the kleptoparasitic (no, not like Winona Ryder) behavior of laying their eggs in the nests of other bees, reminiscent of cuckoo birds. Female cuckoo bees can be easily recognized, as they lack pollen-collecting structures and do not construct their own nests (you mean the males do chores?). They often have reduced body hair, an abnormally thick or heavily-sculptured exoskeleton, and saber-like mandibles (wikipedia).
Try using that in a sentence today: saber-like mandibles.
Yes, Kerbey, this is Thomas Volby’s homeroom teacher.
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OH, now–Thomas Dolby wouldn’t even be born until 16 years later!
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I meant to say … er … mother!
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LOL
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it’s poetry in motion
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I have to say that there’s no way that I could work ‘saber-like mandibles’, even assuming I knew how to spell saber-like mandibles, into any sentence I could construct.
Sorry.
…wait….
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You did it!
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She’s 42 years old in this photo.
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Let’s hope not.
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