• Fixbeat@lemmy.ml
    1·
    11 months ago

    Bears should just enslave some other animals to produce milk for them. Simple.

      • Rose Thorne@lemm.ee
        1·
        11 months ago

        They do! Well, at least certain species do. They groom the aphids to harvest a sweet excretion.

        It’s a really neat relationship.

        • pjhenry1216@kbin.social
          1·
          11 months ago

          I mean, it’s not just any excretion. It’s a byproduct of sorts of the aphids digestive system.

          From wikipedia on “Honeydew (secretion)”:

          When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the anus of the aphid.