World's Largest Hornet
The Asian giant hornet gained infamy for killing people in China in 2013. This bee is responsible for 30-40 deaths per year. In 2013 alone, it injured over 1,600 people. It's called the Asian giant hornet, and here's what you need to know if you're ever stung by one. What is it? The Asian giant hornet, or Vespa mandarinia, is known as the world's largest hornet. It's also referred to as the yak-killer or the giant sparrow bee. It extends to about 3.5 to 4 centimeters in length, or roughly the size of a human thumb. The hornet carries a 6 mm stinger that injects a large amount of potent venom. Its sting has been described by an entomologist as feeling "like a hot nail being driven into my leg."--Masato Ono, Entomologist, Tamagawa University Where are they located? These giant hornets are found throughout East and Southeast Asia, in countries such as China, Korea, India, and Nepal, although it's most common in rural Japan, where it's called the "giant sparrow bee." How will it kill you? A sting from an Asian giant hornet can be lethal even to people who aren't allergic to bees. The sting sends an influx of venom into your body containing a neurotoxin called mandaratoxin (MDTX). This causes kidney (renal) failure and eventually leads to death. In addition, those allergic to bees may suffer from anaphylaxis, which cause airway closure or cardiac arrest. Victims of stings are known to have deep, dark crater-scars the size and shape of bullets. How to survive: If you're stung by an Asian giant hornet, you must be rushed to a hospital immediately, especially if you're allergic to bees, as your time frame for seeking medical attention is even more limited. At the hospital, you will undergo dialysis in order to eradicate the hornet's poisons from your body. Stitches may also be necessary in order to close up the massive holes left by the hornet's stinger. If you see a hornet nest, stay far away from it. So which energy drink uses liquids secreted by the Asian giant hornet as a primary ingredient in its recipe? VAAM, which stands for Vespa Amino Acid Mixture, uses the same liquids secreted by the hornet larvae in its drinks to "boost human stamina and slow down lactic acid build up." So would you rather…be stung by an Asian giant hornet? Or suffer from mercury poisoning?
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Fuck Japan man fuck Japan
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So it's responsible for 30-40 deaths per year? Honeybees are responsible for 50 deathsper year on the U.S, let alone on the entire world.
They're huge and scary but really the chance of you dying to one is low as fuck, they're probably so overrated because they're from japan and weaboos think everything in japan is ten times more everything than anything else. -
no
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not me
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stung by the hornet
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I don't know if they are the same species but it was in India and they look very similar, they got a nest outside our balcony in our hostel and somehow the authority took so much time to removed them even though me and my roommate ask for help so many times.
I felt something was on my head, I touch my hair to see if anything was there and then suddenly my left fore finger on the bottom part suddenly felt like it was pinch through by some small hot nails with a fast pace, I immediately take my hand off my head look at my finger and search for the bee, didn't found it immediately but afterward found it below my laptop cooler, she was dead. The pain was initially extremely excruciating and hard to swallow but it subside rather quickly, then as quickly as it subside like a vengeful mad man it quickly rose and the pain was unbearable again, it goes on like this for quite sometime.
I was having high fever and my left hand was swelling like a drugs addict hand, it wasn't that painful anymore but the after effect like swelling was still hard to scrub off as deep inside my skin it was still throbbing and the swelling makes any movement painful, my skin was stretch to the limit. I think around 7 days the swelling calm down to the point that it was bearable to move my hand freely. to this day there's a bit of light dark patch where the bee stung me, the skin is a bit thicker, and often times it'd kinda shed like a heal wound. Quite amazing how potent such a small creatures venom can be. -
Either way I'd rather be right next to a hospital for both choises
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Also like that with the mercury
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I mean I could be right next to a hospital and survive it eisily
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But it depends on where I am
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Hornet
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I don't know why mercury poised is but I'm gonna say mercury poisen
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On the last question I choose...
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will Coyote Peterson take this challange
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who chose bookoo?😂
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at 35 seconds
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THAT THING LOOKS LIKE IT HAS EYES ON ITS FOR HEAD
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shit mic
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VAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM
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