Californian Supreme Court Confirms That Bumblebees Are Fish

[WB Staff]

Yes, we know this happened last year, but it came up again today in the media, so....

What is a bumblebee? For most people, they are just round and fuzzy insects — besides being among Optimus Prime’s “most trusted” lieutenants in the Transformers universe, of course. However, as of May 2022, they’re also designated fish — but only in California.

You probably find that bizarre; as have experts. “That’s insane… Biologically, a bee is clearly not a fish,” Luiz Rocha, curator of ichthyology (the study of fish) at the California Academy of Sciences, told The Wall Street Journal.

At this point, you may have begun attempting to rationalize this news — wondering whether the insects somehow evolved to transform (pun intended) their wings into fins and migrated into the aquatic universe. None of that has actually transpired, though.

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