Can you tell the difference?
Can you tell the difference?
Are you afraid of bees? What do you do if one starts buzzing around your head or your picnic lunch? Well, if you are like most people, you want to get as far away from them as possible, because it is no fun to get stung! The beetle in the picture above is really hoping that you and lots of other animals that might eat it think it is a bee and will leave it alone. It looks just like a bee, and it even buzzes too!
Do You Think You Would BEE Fooled?
Can you tell the difference between these two? Look closely--would you know which one was a bee if it came buzzzzzzzing up to YOU?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well-your time is up! The one on the left is just a FLY and not a bee at all! It is just a mimic and it is hoping that it tricked you. Because after all, you probably wouldn't be scared of a little old fly!
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