Posted on 05/05/2020 2:05:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Just in case you thought giant Asian hornets that can kill people weren’t terrifying enough, a graphic video shows one of the flying terrors stinging a helpless mouse to death. The skin-crawling clip was first posted in 2018, but has since resurfaced amid the murder hornet scourge expected to sweep the US.
The nightmarish minute-and-a-half video, which currently boasts almost 500,000 views on YouTube, shows the orange-and-black brawler locked in a deadly embrace with a mouse on the road in an unknown country. The behemoth hornet, which is the world’s largest at over 2 inches long, eventually emerges the victor and flies away, leaving the poor rodent twitching on the pavement from its multiple stings.
Giant hornets, which reside in the forests of East Asia, have killed up to 50 people a year in Japan using a potent quarter-inch-long stinger that can dissolve human flesh.
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oh come on. don’t try to stem the panic...it’s so easily induced
Well played :D
And I for one, welcome our new Hornet Overlords!
That’s both perfect, and awful. Well done! :-)
these don't look so tough.
No. I bothered to actually read the non-breathless news about them.
https://news.wsu.edu/2020/04/06/wsu-scientists-enlist-citizens-hunt-giant-bee-killing-hornet/?fbclid=IwAR39GmKdWFIUl3V-YL8_lwJiHQxxayN90FptJcVfZzMGkiyZrggy6v7uDbo
They’ve been around for a long time, and just aren’t that dangerous.
As always if you are allergic it can kill you. It does have a nasty venom, made worse by the large quantity of venom they inject. The “seek medical help” line is 10 or more stings, which is much lower than for most hornets, but again BIG bug.
Also they’re in a very small range. If you don’t live in British Columbia or Washington, don’t worry about it.
Really people, stop being addicted to panic. It’s bad for you. Stresses the heart, and impedes thinking. Last thing this country needs is people making themselves stupid on panic addiction.
Attack of the Wuhan Hornets..
On earthquake debris.
Or possibly in ornamental plants.
Great. The next damn panic. Will they shut down the country over it?
The country has gotten dumb enough. Time for everybody to lower their pulse, take some breaths, and chill.
They are big enough to carry a GPS tracking device. Follow them back to the nest and ignite.
I haven’t seen many people being ‘panicked’ over the hornets. Most responses have been humorous.
Guess I will add "Murder Hornets" to the list.
A mouse once bit my sister! ;)
The only concern is what it could do to the bee population.
On top of the locusts in East Africa and Asia, and everything else, we could be in for a rough ride.
“Seems that Asia has very few positives to offer anyone these days...”
Asia has jumped up my ladder on places to loathe. After surviving a few Army training courses in the swamp lands of Louisiana, I though I’d NEVER dislike a place more, but Asia? You’re totally gaining ground! ;)
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