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a wasp that upgraded to a flamethrower and never reads the room
means A large, aggressive social wasp known for its painful sting and tendency to defend its papery nest in numbers.
from From Old English 'hyrnet,' a name shared across the Germanic family (compare Dutch 'horzel' and German 'Hornisse'). It likely traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'horn' or 'head' — possibly a nod to the insect's horn-like antennae or simply its loud, droning buzz. Some scholars also see a cousin in Latin 'crabro,' another word for hornet, hinting at a very old shared ancestor for this very old nuisance.
- night vision
- hornets hunt after dark, unlike most stinging cousins
- sting math
- they sting repeatedly, no barb to lose
- murder squad
- giant hornets decapitate 40 bees per minute
- paper architects
- nests built from chewed wood pulp and spit
- venom alarm
- a crushed hornet signals the whole hive to attack
charlotte hornets — nba team that won 61 games in 1996-97, second-best record in franchise history
asian giant hornet — species in japan that kills 30-50 people annually, largest hornet species at 2 inches long