Carpenter Bee petting zoo..

I was out taking a smoke break away from the building when I noticed a Carpenter Bee. It was Chilling since the drop in temperture made it very inactive and it was acting slow. So I petted it. I just touched its back and ran my finger down its furry back.. It was kinda cool.. So I figured it was my random thought
worth mentioning. Ive been seeing this type of bee around this spot so I talked to it like Ive seen him before. "its cold out here isnt it little dude?" Ok Im a strange person. BEE cause... Im strange..

 

lol

 

When I was in Puerto Rico, I got a bee to land on my finger at will. It was so cool. I miss that bee.... (after hangin out with it for like 6 hours, I accidently came close to stepping on it and it stung me. I killed him, I regret it so much.)

 

Is it true that you can keep a fly or a bee on a string???

 

i think so
I've been wrong before though

 

I bet you could get a leash on the bee... and keep it as a pet..

 

The kids in a little village I visited in Laos had flying beetles on strings and used to run around trailing them behind them.

Unfortunately, some of them also had little birds.

 

:O

Kewl, I want to go to Laos. My cousin married a Laotian, and he used to have a pet chicken that was tied around to his foot when he was a kid, so that they could bond. Interesting culture. I wonder if the kids were bonding with beetles.

 

That'd be a great band name:

"Bonding with Beetles"

 

It's a strange country as far as wildlife goes. They think it's ok to trap and sell/eat anything. So between that and the extensive American bombing in the late 70's, there's very little left, considering the country is about 80% covered in natural forest.

 

Yes, I know. But the villages and people must be absolutely beautifully rural and preserved.

Some day, I am going to really travel the world.

 

It's one of the most laidback places I've been to and extremely undeveloped outside of the two main cities. I love it there.

The mountains and waterfalls are spectacular.

 

It sounds like a nice moment. I like bees

 

Far Be It For Me To Embarass You On A Public Forum........But Don't You Think "Now" Would Be A Prudent Time To "Up Your Medication".....



Cheers Glen.

 

i remember a few years ago was stringing ethernet cable to my cabin and i hit my head on a roof beam just outside my parents house...then i felt an intense burning sensation on my upper back...i was stung by three bees because i smashed my head right next to thier nest...goodtimes

 

he he... thanks for reminding me.. :hysterica

 

Ouch,
one of my fears of being a electrician was being under a house or a crawl space and getting attacked by insects. But I have to say that Ive always had a good relationship with the Bug'in world so far, so good.
But have had my share of LadyBugs down the shirt freak outs, pull off shirt and have a tiny bug look at you and say "GOT YOU" and laugh... You know their laughing too..

 

well, to me that sounds like the vast bulk of humanity. its just different groups or people have different standards...

it kind of raises a slightly interesting question: are the lives of some animals worth more than others? if so, why?

personally i have a problem with slavery. if kept in unfit conditions (most zoos, cages for birds, etc.) than i generally have a problem with many animals being kept. in the abstract i think eating animals is wrong on a moral level, yet i still think its natural to an extent and i do eat meat.

i can't say i have good reasons for any of this other than what seems fitting for me.

i dont eat things with exoskeletons personally, but its due to me thinking of them as gross rather than any moral reasoning. its entirely irrational, but i shun the likes of grasshoppers, lobsters, and prawns.....

i also will never, ever eat deer so long as i live. this is loosely based on morals, but with no grounds for backing it up, and as such it is also highly irrational.

i despise sport hunting and sport hunters disgust me. to a very severe degree. yet i view hunting for food as far more natural, honorable, and generally decent than consuming farm-raised meats, although as a non-hunter i am guilty of eating what i consider more "dishonorable" meat...

i infer from your post that you find some things are not suitable to trap, sell, kill or eat. simply out of curiosity i would be interested more in knowing about what your thoughts on the matter are

 

Well. I think it's pretty OK to hunt/trap most animals, with the exception of endangered species, if you're gonna eat it. but I don't understand keeping wild birds in tiny cages cos they sing really beautifully, or killing animals to sell their teeth/tusks, or keeping monkeys on leashes cos it's fun.

Really in Laos, this was acceptable until very recently and still goes on a lot. A large part of the problem resulted from the extensive bombing of the country in the 70s. A lot of the population lived in caves, some for up to 7 years. Even the government and central bank operated from caves in the north of the country. With the huge drop in rice production/farming at that time and the increase in hunger, people took to hunting more intensively than ever. This and the carpet bombing of their habitat seems to have wiped out a generation of wildlife and accustomed the population to eating species that were not eaten before.

Together with the Chinese medicinal uses for all sorts of animal parts and the money to be made from selling these, this has more or less wiped out 90% of wildlife in less than 30 years.

It's strange, in a lot of developed countries we have very little wildlife but we do have a lot of bird species. In Laos, it's amazing how few birds you see or even hear, even in huge forested areas that are relatively unspoilt.

 

^I found it the same in South Korea. And for a moment it seemed like I was in a simular area in the woods near my home not all the way around the globe. I would at least like to see South America before they kill everthing in it too..