Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhich is which?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1784arrow-down18
arrow-up1776arrow-down1imageWhich is which?sh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·7 months agoI seriously don’t know what the hell the “Birds and the bees” even refers to beyond an olde movie cliche.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoBees carry pollen to the flower Birds devote time to their eggs
minus-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoBoth can be pollinators. Both can tend to their eggs/young. As a non-native speaker, the phrase never made sense to me.
minus-squarezarathustrad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s an old traditionalist saying to reinforce their norms, based on a limited understanding of both biology and society.
minus-squareSugarSnack@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 months agoOne has a stinger and one incubates eggs I guess?
I seriously don’t know what the hell the “Birds and the bees” even refers to beyond an olde movie cliche.
Bees carry pollen to the flower
Birds devote time to their eggs
Both can be pollinators. Both can tend to their eggs/young. As a non-native speaker, the phrase never made sense to me.
It’s an old traditionalist saying to reinforce their norms, based on a limited understanding of both biology and society.
One has a stinger and one incubates eggs I guess?
Bees… Do both?
Sex. It refers to sex.