Thursday, October 20, 2016

TV Host Voluntarily Gets Stung By Giant Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Now obviously this guy is no stranger to getting stung...or bit, or, well you get the point. (He does literally) THIS sting, however, ranks second on the "Insect Sting Pain Index". The Tarantula Hawk is huge, as you can see, and it's sting can paralyze a human for nearly five minutes. He obviously didn't feel to great after this. BTW, when I lived out in Colorado, I was mountain biking in a desert area and came across one of these things DRAGGING a tarantula into the weeds. At the time, I didn't know what exactly this insect was, but it all makes sense now. After it stings the tarantula, the wasp then lays an egg on it, and the paralyzed tarantula is eaten alive by larva that hatch soon there after the egg is laid. WOW...that sucks.

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