No; he's on the outside...
looking in.
Posted on 06/01/2022 1:20:30 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Judges ruled on Tuesday that bumble bees can be classed as fish under California environmental laws.
This unlocks protections for the state's four endangered bumble bee species.
The ruling clarifies the state's confusing classification in its environmental protections.
A trio of judges in California said on Tuesday that bees can be legally classed as a type of fish as part of a ruling that brings added conservation protections for the endangered species.
"The issue presented here is whether the bumble bee, a terrestrial invertebrate, falls within the definition of fish," the judges wrote in their ruling. And, they concluded, it does.
Formerly, the problem for bee-lovers — and lovers of all Californian terrestrial invertebrates — was down to the way protected animals have been classified in the state's laws.
Although four different bee species were classified as endangered in 2018, land invertebrates are not explicitly protected under the state's Endangered Species Act (CESA), which protects endangered "native species or subspecies of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, or plant."....
They also argued that land-based invertebrates have been protected under the category of "fish" under the statute in the past, such as in 1980 when the Trinity bristle snail was protected.
The judges described how California's legislature has wavered for years over whether or not to explicitly include invertebrates in the Act, presumably saving them the trouble of having to expand the definition of fish.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
All fun aside, this could be disastrous for agriculture.
Some believe the new hybrids are detrimental to honey bees, hence hive collapse. This ruling could lead to rulings of all hybrids that potentially kill bees will be forbidden to planted until proven safe.
Commies just make up whatever they need.
Apparently these justices are not biologists either.
I’m not a biologist, but I think they aren’t a fish... 🤓
I’m not a biologist, but I think they aren’t a fish... 🤓
Next they will state that there are 57 genders.
Shouldn’t that be beegy paddle?
The fish tank i had one time was kitty diversion.
NewsMax had Nancy’s primary challenger on last night. Interesting guy...He sounds sane, but he sounds like a nut job at times. (Calling the squad great people).
Great post...Are we sure Babylon Bee didn't write it?
...and Long Island is a peninsula...
I’m a fish and I demand protection.
No; he's on the outside...
looking in.
I prefer Weemsco Tuna with the flavor of dolphin.
Or maybe the 'BuzzStroke' ?
Every day it gets harder to tell with this administration and with the left coast.
California is loaded with fish no bait required all that is needed is a hook they bite every time.
That’s “use the correct pronouns for zzzzzzz”!
They don't know what a woman is, and don't know what a fish is. So I'm thinking that you are correct. Can't even tell vertebrates from invertebrates.
It’s what all the cool kids are doing these days to show their virtue.
I am not woke enough for the bees to adequately express themselves to me.
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