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misk to Offbeat@lemmy.ca · 8 months ago

These hornets break down alcohol so fast that they can’t get drunk

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These hornets break down alcohol so fast that they can’t get drunk

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misk to Offbeat@lemmy.ca · 8 months ago
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“No signs of intoxication or illness, even after chronically consuming huge amounts of alcohol.”…
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  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.world
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    Sure, when hornets do it it’s “amazing” and “fascinating,” but when I do it I “have a problem” and “am the worst teacher in this school.”

  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev
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    Poor guys, no wonder they’re always angry.

  • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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    Sucks for them.

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    Hmm, interesting that ethanol has a similar effect in insects to begin with, given that their circulatory system is quite different.

    I guess, at the end of the day, their circulatory system does still do the same job of transporting nutrients to cells, so it makes sense that it would also transport alcohol to nerve cells.

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    Is this is how synthehol is invented?

  • eighty@aussie.zone
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    Steve Rogers would feel comforted he’s not alone

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      And Barry Allen

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