Bees get caffeinated at coffee flowers? But of course they do.
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F [nucular nyandrothol]
18 March 2013 at 8:25 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Caffeinated nectar sounds rather good.
Ichthyic
18 March 2013 at 9:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
actually… yeah, it does.
sounds like a great idea for the next energy drink:
Buzz Nectar
Ichthyic
18 March 2013 at 9:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
…I watched a pigeon get high on caffeine once.
not pretty.
poor thing was just shaking. Was really addicted to the stuff… would often try to steal gulps when you weren’t looking.
no kidding.
Ichthyic
18 March 2013 at 9:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
..and by “stuff” I mean coffee.
cyberCMDR
18 March 2013 at 11:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Now we know where bees get their buzz…
mobius
19 March 2013 at 4:11 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
ZOMG! A picture of plant sex! Flower porn!
Antiochus Epiphanes
19 March 2013 at 6:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
What metazoan? Oh.