Holy shit, i read an article on those hornets about 2 hours ago. I'll fill everyone in as to what they are if someone above me hasn't already.
They are called asian giant hornets. They are the world's largest hornet and are predatory, feeding mostly on bees. They like to eat the bee larvae and like the title of this thread says, a group of 30 can exterminate a whole hive. They cut up the dead bees and steal their thoraxes, which contain the protein-rich flight muscles, and take the larvae. The honeybees can't even hurt the hornets. But the here's the amazing part. Japanese honeybees, who are the natural prey of the hornet, have developed a defense. They wait for a scout hornet to attack the hive, and then swarm on it. A mass of bees surrounds the hornet, and the bees vibrate their wings rapidly. This raises the collective body temperature of the mass of bees from 45 C to 47 C. The bees can survive this temp, but the hornet cannot. It is baked alive.
Supposedly, getting stung by one of these fuckers feels like getting shot with a nailgun. It can be deadly, 40 people die from them a year.
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I woke the same as any other day
Except a voice was in my head
It said seize the day, pull the trigger
Drop the blade, and watch the rolling heads.