cm0002@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBillionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo matchpeople.comexternal-linkmessage-square328linkfedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down113
arrow-up1989arrow-down1external-linkBillionaire Sunjay Kapur has died after swallowing a bee at a polo matchpeople.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square328linkfedilink
minus-squareOwl@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agothats not true. they die when they lose their stinger, which does not happen with every sting. stingers easily get stuck in human skin though which causes them to lose their stinger so easily.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd in this particular case, the soft lining of the esophagus wouldn’t necessarily get the stinger stuck. One of the my childhood friend’s dad swallowed a bee once. He nearly died, and frequently said it was the worst summer of his life.
thats not true. they die when they lose their stinger, which does not happen with every sting. stingers easily get stuck in human skin though which causes them to lose their stinger so easily.
And in this particular case, the soft lining of the esophagus wouldn’t necessarily get the stinger stuck.
One of the my childhood friend’s dad swallowed a bee once. He nearly died, and frequently said it was the worst summer of his life.