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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by johndhi on Saturday January 18, 2025 @02:11PM (#42750601)
Love this comment. It highlights a major misunderstanding of biology that many people who didn't study it in depth have: that every, or most features of living beings do not have an "evolutionary explanation." T-rex arms aren't short so they can open flowers - they just happen to be small because that's the type of creature that happened to survive after a lot of changes.
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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by bornfreddy on Saturday January 18, 2025 @03:02PM (#42750991)
Maybe this explains why humans are snoring? It just wasn't / isn't evolutionary important.
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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by prerok on Saturday January 18, 2025 @03:18PM (#42751104)
Well, the explanation I heard is that snoring provided protection during sleeping to scare away predators. I don't know the source for this theory, so take it with a grain of salt :)
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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by bornfreddy on Saturday January 18, 2025 @03:21PM (#42751122)
I heard that too, but it doesn't sound likely. If I was sleeping and there was a predator passing by, I would prefer it didn't notice me... :)
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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by pandemic_region on Saturday January 18, 2025 @04:50PM (#42751694)
The fact that heavier (and thus more attractive as prey) people are more likely to snore could give credibility to your explanation.
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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by newsuser on Saturday January 18, 2025 @05:17PM (#42751854)
Most likely, yes, like the loudness of baby crying. Humans are pack animals so any predator attracted by snoring or baby cry, and deciding to check it out would be in a very very big trouble.
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Re:Why do bees die when they sting you? by dennis_jeeves2 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @05:22AM (#42755755)
>many people who didn't study it in depth have

Or are incapable of studying/reflecting in depth.

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