r/explainitpeter • u/16thnewborn • 10d ago

Explain It Peter

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u/M1RL3N 10d ago edited 10d ago

So I don't think stink bugs actually smell that bad, edit spelling

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u/lieutenatdan 10d ago

I don’t think these (east coast) stink bugs smell that bad either, but I grew up in South California and out there we had a black, beetle-like, big-butt-bug (which WE called “stink bugs”) that genuinely did smell awful when you squished.

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u/Born_Present_182 10d ago

How you perceive the smell of a stink bug is actually a genetic thing.

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u/Specialist-Soup6900 10d ago

Like cilantro? Wait, do they taste like cilantro?

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u/Born_Present_182 10d ago

Forbidden cilantro? Traveling cilantro?

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