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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

...Why did they pour it into a contact lens though?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Better adhesion

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Honey is great, but probably my favorite most interesting bug byproduct is shellac.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellac

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

chitin&chitosan
research
TLDR: "Chitosan and derivatives have been explored in the development of nanomaterials, bioadhesives, wound dressing materials, improved drug delivery systems, enteric coatings, and in medical devices."

[–] [email protected] 62 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Honey is not vomit as it does not reach the stomach. They store it in a special chamber in their esophagus.

Honey is the result of bees deepthroating nectar then spitting it out.

https://busybeekeeping.com/is-honey-bee-poop-or-bee-vomit-heres-the-truth/

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So like when a bird regurgitates for their young.

I have a parrot and sometimes he attempts to feed me from his crop storage, it's gross.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I have a parrot and sometimes he attempts to feed me from his crop storage, it's gross.

I imagine it's like a grandma that doesn't cook well.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

We're pretty sure that humans chewed food for their children before blenders and packaged baby food

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Or lactated

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

After that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Whole foods

During the breast feeding time alternatives would be a porridge, or animal milk. I assume you could grind food with a pestle and mortar but the baby would most likely die of malnourishment without it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Humans have only been farming grain for about 10 thousand years, and there's not many other foods you can grind. Ancient humans ate a lot of meat, and babies after weaning ate meat, much of it pre-chewed by mum. Things like brain wouldn't need to be chewed

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Some even assume children were born before there were hospitals and doctors around, crazy take, I know.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Most mothers have no qualms about eating the goey half eaten leftovers from their baby.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Second strong contender is a particular ~~termite's~~ ant's poop which lives in the jungle and is also mostly sugar.

EDIT: I misremembered, it's an ant. Here's a neat article about it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Link?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, so far... Hehehe

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