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Old 11-21-20, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy
It's worth noting that the honey hunters in the first video have evolved to be immune to bee toxins. This would be a very old evolutionary development. Thus those who were the most successful honey hunters had a greater rate of reproduction, either because they were more favored by females or because they and their females were more likely to survive or both, and this immunity slowly evolved.
Citation required. That's not how actual immunity generally works.

Or evolution, now you mention it.
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