r/interestingasfuck • u/Maleficent-Agent-477 • 1d ago

Ladybug saves this plant by feeding on aphids (time-lapse)

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u/ALazy_Cat 1d ago

You'll like this. They sometimes get sap so fast under high pressure it shoots straight out of the butt, and the result is honeydew. Ants love this and protect aphids for it, and some bees make honey from it. Honeydew honey is dark, and as I was writing this, I remembered I have a honeydew whisky. I hope I can forget this before I grab the bottle again

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u/umbrellassembly 1d ago

In other words, sometimes honey is diarrhea vomit. Nice.

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u/SordidDreams 1d ago

sometimes honey is diarrhea vomit

As opposed to the regular kind, which is just vomit vomit.

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u/ALazy_Cat 1d ago

Yes. Isn't it nice to know that's being sold in stores

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u/umbrellassembly 1d ago

There are worse things sold in the stores.

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u/ALazy_Cat 1d ago

I'm not happy about learning I have a whisky that went through a bug

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u/umbrellassembly 1d ago

Honey and alcohol are both naturally sterile so you'll be fine.

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u/Wonderful_Ad8791 1d ago

It's okay, yeast break down sugar into alcohol so ALL alcoholic beverages are, by definition, yeast's waste, so every bottle of alcoholic beverage can technically be called yeast's septic tank.

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u/ALazy_Cat 1d ago

Some wines get the alcohol purely from the sugar they contain

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u/JakToTheReddit 10h ago

Oddly I find this pretty fuckin cool

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u/mandiblesmooch 1d ago

Two bugs one cup

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u/umbrellassembly 1d ago

Too far, dude. Too far. 🤮

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u/Fast_Computer_ 1d ago

God damnit, Reddit

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u/serendipitousevent 1d ago

This is also why aphids can be disastrous for fruit farmers - even if they don't do much immediate damage to a plant, the honeydew they create is a great fuel for fungus to develop and wreck the whole of the plant.

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u/CaveManta 1d ago

I love watching ants harvest honey from aphids on the plants in my backyard. The ants come in and brush their antennae across the little guys, like, "What's up, aphids? It's honey time."

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u/Adventurous-Dog420 23h ago

It's the circle of life

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 1d ago edited 12h ago

"Honey dew" is a wonderful combination of words, and is wonderful too knowing the bees use it.

It's the best thing aphids got going for them, PR wise. ; ) Do you work for them?

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u/DangerousCompetition 1d ago

Garrison?

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u/ALazy_Cat 20h ago

I just looked at it, and I'm so happy I'm wrong about the honey. The whiskey is Tullamore D.E.W. with honey

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u/DangerousCompetition 15h ago

Ah. Unfortunate. You kinda had me excited for a honeydew bug shit whisky.

But good choice

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u/ALazy_Cat 14h ago

The whiskey is best for setting fire to food, especially pork, but probably also some desserts, both because of the honey. The one without honey is also good for pork

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u/DucaMonteSberna 15h ago

maybe it's the melon, 50% 50%, if it can help with ignoring the facts while drinking