http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3775346/Jungle-warrior-wasp-with-massive-mandibles-discovered.html
Seriously! What the FUCK?
That is awesome.
The Sun first discovered the wasp after accidentally hacking it's phone, which has a very similar number to a UK-based C-list "celebrity".
Wow. That thing is a monster. Clearly a result of SCIENCE and too much cheap vodka.
Quote from: Luna on August 26, 2011, 03:53:21 AM
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3775346/Jungle-warrior-wasp-with-massive-mandibles-discovered.html
Seriously! What the FUCK?
This is all the rage of the bugblogosphere right now. Just another reason to conserve biodiversity, because the coolest shit /is yet to be found/. And we know so little, we don't even know what the fuck the mandibles are used for. Grappling with other males? Courtship? Clasping the female during sperm transfer?
Or maybe just for draining the blood of it's enemies. Your guess is as good as mine.
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on August 26, 2011, 05:23:06 AM
Quote from: Luna on August 26, 2011, 03:53:21 AM
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3775346/Jungle-warrior-wasp-with-massive-mandibles-discovered.html
Seriously! What the FUCK?
This is all the rage of the bugblogosphere right now. Just another reason to conserve biodiversity, because the coolest shit /is yet to be found/. And we know so little, we don't even know what the fuck the mandibles are used for. Grappling with other males? Courtship? Clasping the female during sperm transfer?
Or maybe just for draining the blood of it's enemies. Your guess is as good as mine.
Purely because the mandibles look like tiny antlers to me, I'm going to suggest fighting with other males. Face-jousting. They fly towards each other at high speeds and try to knock each other out of the sky. The wasp with the most mandibles still attached after three passes gets to fertilize the Queen's eggs.
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on August 26, 2011, 05:23:06 AM
Quote from: Luna on August 26, 2011, 03:53:21 AM
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3775346/Jungle-warrior-wasp-with-massive-mandibles-discovered.html
Seriously! What the FUCK?
This is all the rage of the bugblogosphere right now. Just another reason to conserve biodiversity, because the coolest shit /is yet to be found/. And we know so little, we don't even know what the fuck the mandibles are used for. Grappling with other males? Courtship? Clasping the female during sperm transfer?
Or maybe just for draining the blood of it's enemies. Your guess is as good as mine.
I vote all of the above. THAT WOULD BE BAD ASS!
I was amused by the article calling the mandibles "Ninja-Like"
Quote from: Cain on August 26, 2011, 04:16:59 AM
The Sun first discovered the wasp after accidentally hacking it's phone, which has a very similar number to a UK-based C-list "celebrity".
An understandable and common mistake.
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on August 26, 2011, 05:23:06 AM
Quote from: Luna on August 26, 2011, 03:53:21 AM
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3775346/Jungle-warrior-wasp-with-massive-mandibles-discovered.html
Seriously! What the FUCK?
This is all the rage of the bugblogosphere right now. Just another reason to conserve biodiversity, because the coolest shit /is yet to be found/. And we know so little, we don't even know what the fuck the mandibles are used for. Grappling with other males? Courtship? Clasping the female during sperm transfer?
Or maybe just for draining the blood of it's enemies. Your guess is as good as mine.
Attacking cities.
I'm usually okay with creepy-crawlies. I've had to play exterminator for Suu when a spider got into the tent, and if there are a bunch of 'em to deal with, or if the thing is bigger than a dime, I can call for help without screaming... one of these might drive me to hysterics.
I am for some reason, reminded of this...
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6631/thisisamfingwasp.jpg)
To be fair to wasps, everything is actually worse with bees (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle7lfbn5vy).
Quote from: Cain on August 26, 2011, 03:58:40 PM
To be fair to wasps, everything is actually worse with bees (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle7lfbn5vy).
Point.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 26, 2011, 02:24:40 PM
Quote from: ϗ, M.S. on August 26, 2011, 05:23:06 AM
Quote from: Luna on August 26, 2011, 03:53:21 AM
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3775346/Jungle-warrior-wasp-with-massive-mandibles-discovered.html
Seriously! What the FUCK?
This is all the rage of the bugblogosphere right now. Just another reason to conserve biodiversity, because the coolest shit /is yet to be found/. And we know so little, we don't even know what the fuck the mandibles are used for. Grappling with other males? Courtship? Clasping the female during sperm transfer?
Or maybe just for draining the blood of it's enemies. Your guess is as good as mine.
Attacking cities.
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on August 26, 2011, 07:52:40 AM
I was amused by the article calling the mandibles "Ninja-Like"
It is a little-known fact that ninjas have jaws exceeding the length of their own arms.
Well, if ones of these things came flying at me I doubt I would have enough science in me to go "Wow isn't that neat" as opposed to "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT FUCKING THING KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT NOW!!!"
I can't make out much of a stinger on it, Khara. I think it just pinches you like an old coot pinching a waitress.
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 26, 2011, 09:17:18 PM
I can't make out much of a stinger on it, Khara. I think it just pinches you like an old coot pinching a waitress.
I can't honestly say I would be willing to get close enough to know that Stella :lulz:
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 26, 2011, 09:17:18 PM
I can't make out much of a stinger on it, Khara. I think it just pinches you like an old coot pinching a waitress.
:lulz: STELLA!
And Phox, I yoinked and shared liberally that wasp pic! TY!
Quote from: Jenne on August 26, 2011, 09:56:09 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 26, 2011, 09:17:18 PM
I can't make out much of a stinger on it, Khara. I think it just pinches you like an old coot pinching a waitress.
:lulz: STELLA!
And Phox, I yoinked and shared liberally that wasp pic! TY!
No problem. :lulz:
Hey, Kai...
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/2011/09/30/ignobel-prize-winner-the-beetle-and-the-beer-bottle-a-tragic-love-story/