Why Murder Hornets Are Only Dangerous to Americans

Recently, we’ve encountered a new invasive species in North America, the Giant Asian Hornet, or as they’ve been so alarmingly dubbed, Murder Hornets, but are they as dangerous as their name might suggest?

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[Invasive Cane Toads in Australia]

[Giant Asian Hornets - Vespa Mandarinia]

[Are Japanese Murder Hornets Harmful?]

[How to Stop A Hornet Invasion]

[Other Sources]

[Brew]

Oh. Goodness. We're almost at 600k already? Thank you! ☕️

[mehhhhh]

The risk to humans is literally the “the likelihood is low, but never zero” meme

[Yoshi-ikmb]

"actual size"
People watching on a TV
*fear intensifies*

[WE_OF_THE_NOV]

the scary thing about the hornets is that they exhibit a type of intelligence that we normally attribute to birds, making them capable of things we don't expect from insects.

[moo]

"These hornets aren't murderers, they're just hornets"
Bees: I beg to differ

[rockspoon]

I lived in Japan, never had an issue with these guys. They're freaking enormous, but they seem to largely mind their own business.

[wargriffin]

Plot twist: While the American Honeybees don't have a response to Asian Hornets, Asian Hornets don't have a response to Africanized Honeybees.

[otterwoods]

So no one's going to talk about how Japanese honey bees literally cook the wasps as a defense??

[mtoxinNet]

Everybody: *freaking out wanting an awnser*. Brew: “so you’ve been wondering where I’ve been”

[SSturges]

I live in Chiang Mai, Thailand and have been stung by a Asian giant hornet, whilst out riding my bike in the country, thing is they are huge, and I saw this one from a distance but seemed to veer into me and tagged me on me left thigh, sat there a moment then flew off. I can relate to the initial pain, it was a physical shock to the system. I stopped and got off the bike, and sat in the road as a wave of disorientation swept over me, and I was seeing waves of colours and I was nauseous . Meanwhile a large red welt had already developed with a small black spot in the centre. After a few minutes I felt like I could stand again and indeed, slowly rode the 10 km back home. by then my whole thigh had swollen up and was very hot to the touch. I got the wife to drive me to a local clinic and the doctor gave me a antihistamine injection and pain medication. That small black spot grew to around 3-4 mill across and eventually a fell off leaving a cone shaped divot from the dead skin.... I used to live in Australia and been stung by bull ants and they are a laugh compared to that bad boy...

[invidofinp]

"But why are you like this?"

Pure gold.

[slug]

Bruh, Japanese honeybees are so amazing. They *_LITERALLY_* set their enemies on fire.

[LegacyOfTheAncientsCc]

3:50 "Chewed up balls of flesh" also known as "meatballs"

[PinkManGuy]

4:30 that hornet straight up yeets a wasp out of his way

[americankid]

This is America, I’m getting the shotgun because it’s a big hornet.

[_deademuse_]

3:49
Chill- “but why are you like this-?”
😭😂🤣

[thefluff]

I really don’t like how their stingers pulsate, it’s so unnerving. Like it’s full of venom getting ready to inject all of it into your face.

[slug]

Like I said before:
Step 1: Move 100, 000 miles away from the Earth

[RedLogicYT]

Person: "Oh no! Get out of the pool! It's a giant hornet!"
Hornet: "Yeah.. back away. That's right."
Person: "Oh god! Someone help us!"
100 Japanese Bees: "Hold our soda cans."

[farmbear]

"There not murderers" meanwhile they just slaughtered 100s of bees... Yeah, super friendly lil guys