# "Hornets From Hell" - Neat National Geographic clip about gigantic, predatory hornets **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000 "2008-05-12T05:55:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/1 "2008-05-12T05:55:40Z")
[Hornets From Hell](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1012_051012_hornet_video.html) ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/2 "2008-05-12T11:48:43Z")
That was disappointing. They say they can dissolve human flesh with their sting, but they don’t show it. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/3 "2008-05-12T13:03:08Z")
I think that’s staged. I suspect that they took some (so to speak) domesticated bees and fed them to the lions (so to speak). There’s another clip out there somewhere that shows a Japanese hornet spraying down a _native_ bee hive to mark it for its buddies. Then, as it’s about to leave, the bees all gang up on it and basically cook it to death with the heat their buzzing bodies generates. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/4 "2008-05-12T13:04:13Z")
I first became aware of the horror that is the Japanese Giant Hornet when it was featured on [cracked.com](http://cracked.com). I will never, ever go to Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/5 "2008-05-12T14:38:36Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] I first became aware of the horror that is the Japanese Giant Hornet when it was featured on [cracked.com](http://cracked.com). I will never, ever go to Japan. [/QUOTE] Yeah, between Godzilla attacks, tentacle rape, and killer insects, it’s a pretty dangerous place. Oops, I forgot the giant robots! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/6 "2008-05-12T16:00:54Z")
I think any child should avoid Japan, but especially girls. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/7 "2008-05-12T16:11:41Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I think any child should avoid Japan, but especially girls. [/QUOTE] No, they have an advantage; their panties can be used as currency. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/8 "2008-05-12T16:16:59Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] No, they have an advantage; their panties can be used as currency. [/QUOTE] That’s precisely why I said that. Do you want your kid in a country that sells worn girls panties in a vending machine for the perverted Japanese man. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/9 "2008-05-12T18:19:40Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] I think that’s staged. I suspect that they took some (so to speak) domesticated bees and fed them to the lions (so to speak). There’s another clip out there somewhere that shows a Japanese hornet spraying down a _native_ bee hive to mark it for its buddies. Then, as it’s about to leave, the bees all gang up on it and basically cook it to death with the heat their buzzing bodies generates. [/QUOTE] That’s in the second half of the clip. [Here’s how big they are](http://neuromolecular.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/agh1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/10 "2008-05-12T19:51:28Z")
Ohshitohshitohshit I hate giant bugs, and I KNEW not to click on that link but I did anyway. Well, that’s that, Japan is out of book of Places To See. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/11 "2008-05-12T21:52:18Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Ohshitohshitohshit I hate giant bugs, and I KNEW not to click on that link but I did anyway. Well, that’s that, Japan is out of book of Places To See. [/QUOTE] [Just for you - The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World](http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/12 "2008-05-12T22:00:40Z")
[QUOTE=astro] [Just for you - The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World](http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html) [/QUOTE] What a good site! You have to admire any place that gives you such refreshingly direct advice as > [@Cracked](#): > > Here’s video of them removing one. DO NOT FUCKING WATCH THIS. Fuck, we don’t even know why we linked it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/13 "2008-05-12T22:06:10Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] I think that’s staged. [/QUOTE] That what I thought when they had the bees on Jerry Springer and they brought the giant hornets in. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/14 "2008-05-13T05:34:25Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Originally Posted by Cracked, talking about Human Bot Fly (don’t ask. Really.) Here’s video of them removing one. DO NOT FUCKING WATCH THIS. Fuck, we don’t even know why we linked it. [/QUOTE] Funny, I don’t remember _Cracked_, the magazine, using fuck at all. In fact it seemed like it was written by 12-year-olds for 10-year-olds, which is about what I was when I used to read it. Hijack over. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hornets-from-hell-neat-national-geographic-clip-about-gigantic-predatory-hornets/449000/15 "2008-05-13T18:33:00Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy] Ohshitohshitohshit I hate giant bugs, and I KNEW not to click on that link but I did anyway. Well, that’s that, Japan is out of book of Places To See. [/QUOTE] Seconded! Frick, that thing was huge!! ::shudder::