१९ जून, २०१४

"No, that’s not a video of a bee rescuing its friend from a spider."

"So, sorry, this is not a noble, brave act, much as I might like it to be. This is just two clumsy bees trying to find their way home."

Via Metafilter, where somebody says "I choose to bee-lieve," and somebody else says "Americans subliminally overestimated the authority of the guy who posted the video, since nature documentaries tend to have British narrators."

(I blogged the viral hero bee video back here.)

८ टिप्पण्या:

gerry म्हणाले...

And this is amazing, too.

Jon Burack म्हणाले...

This says the bees were inside the house. I thought they were in a web just outside the house. I think we need to get to the bottom of this, or turn the entire story upside down and shake it to see what falls out. I am still for the bees as heroic defenders of one another against rapacious spiders. But at this point, I am bemused.

TosaGuy म्हणाले...

People do love to anthropomorphize things that are not people. Yesterday while stumbling around the internet, I found an article warning vegans to not transpose their diet onto their cat because cats are not little furry people with human digestive system.

mtrobertsattorney म्हणाले...

This is an example of the old "I'm unable to explain it,therefore it didn't happen" argument.

David म्हणाले...

So much bullshit, so little time.

Alex म्हणाले...

Stop trying to assign human characteristics to non-humans. Honor their animal natures. Of course even that is a human endeavour.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

There's always someone who has to go spoil a good story.

FWIW that second bee did attack the spider.

William म्हणाले...

Why are we so quick to believe the best of bees and the worst of spiders?..... Just because a creature is fuzzy and industrious doesn't mean he's virtuous. And just because a creature has eight legs and weaves webs doesn't mean that he's some kind of Bond villain. Perhaps that second bee was some kind of psycho spider killer......,I think every year more people die from bee stings than spider bites. Bees get an absurdly favorable press.