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[-] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

Earthlings don't eat earth because "earth" isn't something to be eaten. Sperm whales don't eat sperm because sperm is (usually) not something to be eaten.

Fruit, however, is supposed to be eaten, and by many, many animals. By calling something a fruit fly, the expectation for most people would be that its diet consists mainly of fruit

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Or ya know, that they're usually found hanging around near fruit.

[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

Like Fruit Bats.

[-] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I'm going to be very upset if fruit bats don't eat fruit

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