![]() ![]() That’s right, it’s a two-for-one special! hurray, time for bees! The Asian Giant Hornet has exactly one counter, but it’s a fucking good one. This is the saddest picture I’ve ever put in a Weird Biology article. the poor bees have absolutely zero defenses against them. the honeybees fall trying to defend their queen and then the hornets steal their larva. an entire bee hive can be destroyed in hours by as few as 30 Hornets. the scout then retreats to its own hive and returns with a Giant Hornet invasion force. When an Asian Giant Hornet scout finds a honeybee hive, they leave a scent marking outside. No joke, Wikipedia describes them as “intensely predatory”.Īsian Giant Hornets will eat any insect they can get the drop on, including praying mantises and smaller wasps. they’re like a pack of hungry and extremely toxic wolves.Īnd one of their favorite foods is… honeybees! (in case you didn’t think these things were awful enough, they especially love baby honeybees.) they use them to kill the living fuck out of other insects, which they then eat. right off.īut normally, Asian Giant Hornets aren’t using their stings to kill humans. which really sucks, because a hive of these things is more than enough Hornet to kill your face right off. a single sting can really fuck up a human, and multiple stings can be lethal. The sting of the Asian Giant Hornet is considered to be one of the worst insect stings in the world. in this case, what they do with it is inject a large amount of corrosive venom into your helpless flesh. Their stingers are only 6 mm long, which might not seem that bad! but like a lot of things in life, it’s what they do with it that counts. and if that weren’t enough, they make underground hives that they share with 30+ of their brethren. (though basically anything over half an inch is Too Damn Big when we’re talking about the wasp family.)īut we’re shit out of luck in this case, because this hornet is almost 2 inches long. it’s upsetting to find a spider that large, never mind what’s basically an overpowered and permanently angry wasp. this unfortunately means the Hornet shares elbow space with hundreds of millions of humans, so if you live in East Asia you have my condolences.Īnd like the name suggests, the Asian Giant Hornet is, well. specifically, the lowlands and forests of East Asia. (‘Yak-Killer Hornet’ is not a set of words that I ever wanted to type, but I got myself into this.)Īs the name suggests, the Asian Giant Hornet is found, uh, in Asia. it’s the largest hornet on the planet, and is also known as the “Yak-Killer Hornet” because of its incredibly painful sting. The Asian Giant Hornet has a perfectly descriptive and terrifying name. I’m of the opinion that the words “giant” and “hornet” should never be combined, but maybe that’s just me. it’s that special bug buddy that I want to stay very far away from me forever, This week, we’ll be learning about a horrifically lethal insect whose very name makes you cringe. Although a real treat awaits after George’s second verse with a jazzy piano solo that would give Art Tatum a few runs for his money.Happy Friday everyone, you’ve made it through the week and now it’s time for an all-new episode of Weird Biology! At one point one wonders whether Beck is playing the producer, chiding Kurstin for misplaced enthusiasm. ![]() ![]() In probably the most radical turn of their album, The Bird and the Bee open this number out, enlisting Beck to do the narrating with their new and original script, which makes quite a tale of it, complete with literary references for devotees of Herman Meville. The spoken lines that punctuate the song sound as if we’re privy to some Trumpian jock-talk in a locker room. The song's theme of students leering at and lusting for the teacher is a dodgy subject today but these guys were out to shock. That’s the one with the gasp-inducing picture of a baby smoking a cigarette on its cover. Van Halen’s 1984 song ‘Hot for Teacher’ was one of the less-than-illustrious tracks from an album titled 1984. Whatever the motives, and whatever the results, Greg Kurstin and Inara George have immense fun with their new project.
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