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Hornets!

Filed under: — Andy @ 3:50 am


"The largest hornet in the world, the aggressive black-and-yellow giant hornet is both feared and revered in Japan. A small but highly efficient killing machine—a hornet two inches long and with a wingspan up to three inches—lurks in the mountains of Japan. The voracious predator has a quarter-inch stinger that pumps out a dose of venom with an enzyme so strong it can dissolve human tissue.” (src)

Based on a comment by Ken, I thought I should elaborate on this subject. There are not that many deadly creatures in Japan, but this one is just sooo cool.

Please view the following video… Japanese Giant Hornets - Windows Media

Comments

  1. oh. It was 30,000. I was off by a factor of 10. I always do this… always mess up some mundane detail.

    ~ Why should I change my name? He’s the one that sucks

    Comment by けん — 9/25/2004 @ 7:56 am

  2. ~ Office Space?

    Comment by Andy — 9/25/2004 @ 8:31 am

  3. Samir Nagha… Naghe… Naggannaworkhereanymore

    Comment by けん — 9/25/2004 @ 4:41 pm

  4. That was seriously the most sensational video clip, contrived or otherwise, I have ever viewed. I could hear the bee’s screams of agony as they fought valiantly against the overwhelming hornet menace. Many a brave bee was lost that day, but to the victor go the spoils as the towering hornet terrors clambered acrost the corpses of their fallen victims toward the delightful golden treasure hidden inside. (Sorry, this computer doesn’t have sound, so I had to embellish the tale for my own sake)

    Comment by Jeff — 9/26/2004 @ 5:00 am

  5. dude, i heard from jen that many a pic of cute japanese girls was taken at the tokyo game show…make with the posting already! :-P

    Comment by ジョシュワ — 9/29/2004 @ 1:57 pm

  6. That hornet is quite benign compared to the creatures here in AU. We caught a Red-Bellied Black Snake and spotted a Taipan on my field trip. Now that’s venomous.

    Comment by Emily — 10/4/2004 @ 7:46 am

  7. Those hornets remind me of saimyoushou, Inuyasha reference

    Comment by Jeremy — 10/9/2004 @ 3:37 pm

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