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Darryl Pereira
@pereiradarryl.bsky.social
When I’m not busy doing math, I speak about tech, food, consumer insights and media.
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November 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Only female bees have stingers, which they use for defense. Male bees, or drones, are built purely for reproduction.
November 16, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Bees can calculate the most efficient route between flowers, a problem known as the “traveling salesman problem" in mathematics. They do this faster than computers in some cases!
November 16, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Worker bees beat their wings 200 times per second while foraging.
November 16, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Bees fly about 55,000 miles collectively to produce just one pound of honey.
November 16, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Some fungi can even "walk" by stretching toward food sources.
November 15, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Fungi have a compound called chitin in their cell walls, which is also found in the shells of insects and crustaceans.
November 15, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Mushrooms breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, just like us.
November 15, 2024 at 9:28 PM