Hornets Bigger Than The Palm of Your Hand!
Well, it seems China is not just known for the size of its population; it is also known for its giant hornets. In the Shaanxi province of China, residents there had to deal with these giant hornets attacking them which resulted in 41 people being killed and over 1600 being injured.
Asian Giant Hornets they are called, and appropriately so, have the ability to grow at leas 5 cm long(about 2 inches) with a venomous stinger that is 1/4 inch long (look at the pic below). Now, here is what so interesting about this venom. It has 8 different chemicals which causes complications with breathing, skin degeneration, anaphylactic shock( life-threathing allergic reaction) and even renal failure. Hmmm...how nice!!!
So! You may be saying to yourself, "What does that got to do with me? I live int he U.S." Unfortunately,
we Americans are not longer safe from these types of hornets because they have been spotted in Arlington
Heights, Illinois of all places. Another thing, these insects increase dramatically in warmer temperatures; thus, causing high speculation that the invasion of these giant hornets are more prevalent in areas, inhabited by
humans, where climate temperature are on the rise and deforestation is high. In other words, they are
invading cities.
Nevertheless, humans are the the biggest and only predator to the Asian Giant Hornet. So don't go panicking. At the same time, it is good to know about these giant hornets and be very mindful and careful if and when one encounters them.
Source: http://theallegiant.com/
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