You'll need a robust constitution for this

[Wilco]

My wife showed me this, not a honeybee but an Asian Giant Hornet (the next one up from the Asian Hornet).

Fascinating but I thought I used to not be disturbed by anything...

 

[Erichalfbee]

Horrible yet fascinating.

 

[blackcloud]

I didn't even start the video.
That's the stuff of nightmares.
I won't willingly kill anything but I'd make an exception for that.
Hopefully it wouldnt be able to get through a small entrance but unmodified polynucs would be easy meat.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I didn't even start the video.
That's the stuff of nightmares.
I won't willingly kill anything but I'd make an exception for that.
Hopefully it wouldnt be able to get through a small entrance but unmodified polynucs would be easy meat.

No watch it. I’ve seen it before. It’s not actually about the hornet and what it does.

 

[Wilco]

I didn't even start the video.
That's the stuff of nightmares.
I won't willingly kill anything but I'd make an exception for that.
Hopefully it wouldnt be able to get through a small entrance but unmodified polynucs would be easy meat.

You'll feel sorry for the hornet, watch it.

 

[blackcloud]

OK watched it .
Nope.
Gross
Ive had to deal with some disgusting things in the past but that ?
And I have to eat now before my shift.
Thanks you two.
I really would have just splatted the thing and given it to the toad whole.

European hornets I actually have a little respect for oddly enough.
No you can shove that.

 

[Frizzaldo]

My japanese is a bit rusty, what is it? A tapeworm or something like that?

 

[Wilco]

My japanese is a bit rusty, what is it? A tapeworm or something like that?

The female of a parasite of wasp species. Male has a fly stage which lives for five hours.

 

[Sutty]

Not sure why he is removing them though - is it an endangered species he is trying to save?
Even less sure why he's feeding them to a toad!

 

[BugsInABox]

I was bitten by a shark in Tioman (off Malaysia) 5 years ago. (True story, though it was small one). The guy stitching up my calf didn't inspire confidence when he told me, mid procedure, he normally only dealt with hornet attacks. I asked him to get his boss!

 

[Wilco]

Not sure why he is removing them though - is it an endangered species he is trying to save?
Even less sure why he's feeding them to a toad!

He's taken/cut the sting off the hornet so presumably keeping it in captivity.

 

[BBC]

Totally fascinating. Nature is wonderful.
However, where the hell did the cartoon toad come from….