A Dead Mouse with a honey comb on it’s leg.

    by RoughCheap5633

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    1. The mouse died screaming, and the bees just said, ‘Cool, new infrastructure.’ Nature’s version of a death mask and a storage facility, all in one.

    2. If I was stranded alone and starving… I so would.

      Also I think this is when the rat tries to eat some honey, but the bees were able to paralyze it and now it’s part of the honeycomb.

      It’s interesting yet terrifying.

      Edit – added Gemini input:

      Yes, bees can mummify intruders like mice or beetles, but they don’t paralyze them with a sting in the traditional sense. Instead, they kill large intruders by swarming and suffocating them, or by stinging them repeatedly until dead. Once the intruder is dead but too large to remove from the hive, the bees use a resin called [propolis](https://www.google.com/search?q=propolis&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS941US941&oq=can+bees+paralyze+and+mummify+intruders+who+wants+their+honey&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTE5NTQ3ajBqNKgCALACAfEFtj37MtiAq3_xBbY9-zLYgKt_&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfBb365_j7-nlJ1Ps4ZZlW-i19oqLibmuEqCwoVETkKfF0FnMSNDg0FdfNdVHRD59CzRUewLDcDLTA5197EYbNb3Ee89paNavwsthdL-px_iGFnknFXhXBIoKiRIUhuPObTC5NoJLaBeQJ-JWGy4Gk-NQ0aNmiO19NTh9OR8pXAQPWg&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwiVtuzzxNmQAxU-HDQIHf1DNUIQgK4QegQIARAB) to seal the body, preventing decay and odor, which is the mummification process. 

    3. The way he is curled up and his expression kinda makes me think he was yankin one out on his way to the afterlife

    4. This is a -mummified- rat. Bees mummify things that break into their hives and are too large for them to remove; this is to prevent the rot infecting the hive with disease.

    5. Ok-Fondant2536 on

      This rodent got way too greedy for honey. Don’t mess with the comb!

      ![gif](giphy|s5ksn4H6XJmmc)

    6. It’s a rat that was found in a honeycomb, if you didn’t steal the picture for Internet points you would know this. It was posted three days ago.

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