• ILikeBoobies
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    6 months ago

    Bees carry pollen to the flower

    Birds devote time to their eggs

    • xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      Both can be pollinators. Both can tend to their eggs/young. As a non-native speaker, the phrase never made sense to me.

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        5 months ago

        It’s an old traditionalist saying to reinforce their norms, based on a limited understanding of both biology and society.