catwithbenefits:

duxwontobey:

hyperconformist:

hyperconformist:

All I want is a bumble bee big enough to hug.
Is that really to much to ask for, science?
Is it?

ETA: Jeeping fuck - 7000 notes? Will this crappy sketch really be my internet legacy?
I get a lot of comments about how this is impossible. 
Well, duh - that’s why I want science to get creative and solve the problems.

I hear the “blah blah exoskeleton blah blah giant insects would need more a oxygen-rich environment” thing a lot. But if science was to engineer a giant bee why not re-engineer it’s circulatory system? Rather than having the fluids just sloshing around in there insect-style why not build it around a small dog chassis? Or make a bionic bee and give it a mechanical heart, lungs and circulatory system? Just think outside the hive here, people!

And of course the wings are residual aesthetic feature - much like a chicken or a dog in a bee costume. I don’t want a dog-sized bee crapping on me from above - no one wants that.

And as for the stinger…Well this is a bumble bee, not a honey bee. Bumble bees can sting and sting again without dying - but guess what, they generally don’t (and they wave their legs at you before they do). I’ve been handling them for as long as I can remember and I’ve never been stung. I’m not saying go grab the next bee you see (bee careful), just that I wouldn’t be too worried about a giant bee I could see coming accidentally stinging me.  Also, I’d like the bee scaled up but not it’s bristles - I want a fluffy bee not an echidna. 

See, I’ve really given this a lot of thought!

ITS HIP TO HUG BEESQ

I think this is a drawing of @eternallytardy not sure