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It's an Asian giant hornet. They can grow to 2 inches long and are more aggressive than killer bees. Their stinger is 1/4 inch long and their venom can dissolve human tissue. They kill a few people every year in Japan I think. A dozen of them can completely wipe out a hive of 30k honey bees in a few hours. Some bad-ass bugs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_giant_hornet<br />
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Ughhh! That was hard to read.
However, I did like the part about the bee ball. How the heck did that evolve?! Was there some engineer bee that said, "hey, I have been working the math and if we form a bee ball around the hornet we anticipate being able to raise the internal temperature to 117f. Now the latest intelligence says that out enemy cannot stand a temperature above 114f. So, we may be able to heat our enemy to death"
Bee 1 - "Your an idiot!"
Bee 2 - "Wait. Let's hear him out. It just may be crazy enough to work"
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I read that page when the picture first got posted, and I thought that was pretty amazing. Imagine if those bees decided to use the same tactic against other creatures. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]