# Man saves murder hornet from parasite with his bare hands **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478 "2022-07-05T22:00:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/1 "2022-07-05T22:00:26Z")
one this guy has balls o steel two he’s crazy and 3 ewwww this is sorta gross you are warned > **[Man expertly pulls parasite from the stomach of a live murder hornet](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/man-expertly-pulls-parasite-from-the-stomach-of-a-live-murder-hornet/ar-AAZdkyR?ocid=hplocalnews&cvid=b0691260b44841768633700687a1f2e3)** > > Footage shows the DIY vet using tweezers to pull a gooey, white worm from the murder hornet's belly. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/2 "2022-07-05T22:19:33Z")
[![](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/PlumpAnnualDarklingbeetle-max-1mb.gif) ](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/PlumpAnnualDarklingbeetle-max-1mb.gif) ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/3 "2022-07-05T22:53:12Z")
that was my first thought …but i guess if you follow the “all creatures great and small” credo … ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/4 "2022-07-05T22:55:11Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > but i guess if you follow the “all creatures great and small” credo … …then he murdered an innocent worm… ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/5 "2022-07-05T22:56:51Z")
It sounds like he was complicit, but the frog may be the felon in this one. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/6 "2022-07-05T23:03:38Z")
Isn’t there some fable relevant to this situation? Ah, yes… > **[The Farmer and the Viper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farmer_and_the_Viper)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The Farmer and the Viper is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 176 in the Perry Index. It has the moral that kindness to evil will be met by betrayal and is the source of the idiom "to nourish a viper in one's bosom". The fable is not to be confused with The Snake and the Farmer, which looks back to a situation when friendship was possible between the two. > The story concerns a farmer who finds a viper freezing in the snow. Taking pity on it, he pick... ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/7 "2022-07-06T17:10:06Z")
Crap, that’s gross! ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/8 "2022-07-06T17:23:03Z")
The article says Ebira Mosura is an “insect enthusiast.” Is Mosura even his real family name? > **[Mothra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Mothra (Japanese: モスラ, Hepburn: Mosura) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that first appeared in the 1961 film Mothra, produced and distributed by Toho Studios. Mothra has appeared in several Toho tokusatsu films, most often as a recurring character in the Godzilla franchise. She is typically portrayed as a colossal sentient larva (caterpillar) or imago, accompanied by two miniature fairies speaking on her behalf. Unlike other Toho monsters, Mothr... ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/9 "2022-07-06T17:33:13Z")
Yeah, but what’s the murder hornet’s quality of life post-surgery? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/10 "2022-07-06T22:46:21Z")
Right to lifers gonna be upset ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/11 "2022-07-06T23:20:19Z")
The honey bees would like to lodge a complaint. I’m in awe anyone could hold a hornet and not get badly stung. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/12 "2022-07-07T01:58:05Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m in awe anyone could hold a hornet and not get badly stung. Or bitten. check out the jaws, those murder hornets can reportedly extract a good-sized chunk of flesh with each bite. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/13 "2022-07-12T16:48:50Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > The article says Ebira Mosura is an “insect enthusiast.” Is Mosura even his real family name? Not only that, but “Ebira” is the name of the giant kaiju shrimp (It’s not really a lobster) that Godzilla fought in **Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster** (though usually spelled “Ebirah”) Are we sure that the article has been properly vetted? Because having someone named “Ebira Mosura” doing something is a bit like finding someone with the name “Dracula Frankenstein” . > **[Ebirah](https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Ebirah)** > > Ebirah (エビラ,   Ebira) is a giant crustacean kaiju who first appeared in the 1966 Toho Godzilla film Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. Bonus Fun Fact – that movie not only has Godzilla and Ebirah, but also Mothra in it “Ebira Mosura” sounds like 2/3 of the kaiju cast. The guy doesn’t have a middle initial “G”, doe he? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/14 "2022-07-12T16:54:05Z")
Extra Bonus Fun Fact – The title of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster in the original Japanese is **Gojira, Ebira, Mosura: Nankai no daikettó** “Ebira Mosura is an insect enthusiast” – Yeah, I’ll bet. My Spider Sense is _definitely_ tingling. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/15 "2022-07-12T17:19:36Z")
I might be mis-remembering, but in Japan doesn’t insect enthusiast have connotations of an uncool, nerdy subculture? Similar to stamp collector in the US. Paging @TokyoBayer. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/16 "2022-07-12T17:31:25Z")
Being a “grass eater” is not supposed to be cool: > **[Herbivore men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbivore_men)** > > Herbivore men or grass-eater men (草食(系)男子, Sōshoku(-kei) danshi) is a term used in Japan to describe young men who express little interest in getting married or being assertive in relationships with women. The term was coined by the author Maki Fukasawa, who initially intended for it to describe a new form of masculinity that was not reliant on the proactivity and assertiveness typically associated with masculinity in Japan. Philosopher Masahiro Morioka defines herbivore men as "kind and gen Ac... ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/17 "2022-07-12T22:57:56Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > The article says Ebira Mosura is an “insect enthusiast.” Is Mosura even his real family name? It’s not. The video starts off with his giving his name, Kuro something. 黒 kuro means black, and is a common component of a last name, such as the film director Akira Kurosawa 黒澤. > [@CalMeacham](#): > > Are we sure that the article has been properly vetted? Because having someone named “Ebira Mosura” doing something is a bit like finding someone with the name “Dracula Frankenstein” . It looks like fake news to me. Checking online, there are other similar videos of removing parasites from Asian giant hornets スズメバチ suzumebachi. Here is another one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9njh6olmHk0/maxresdefault.jpg "スズメバチのお尻から寄生虫を引きずり出した結果...") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9njh6olmHk0) This guy keeps them in a glass cage and goes through the process a bit more, including showing how one of them was not moving very much. He said that the type of hornet he keeps is less aggressive than other varieties. I suspect that this video was from a similar hobbyist and then someone made up the story line from there. Sloppy journalism. > [@Pleonast](#): > > I might be mis-remembering, but in Japan doesn’t insect enthusiast have connotations of an uncool, nerdy subculture? Similar to stamp collector in the US. Mmmm. Not sure. Japanese kids love to collect [kabutomushi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rhinoceros_beetle) (カブトムシ) Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Japanese horned beetle. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Kabutomushi-JapaneseBeetle-July2004.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Kabutomushi-JapaneseBeetle-July2004.jpg) So it’s more common than stamp collecting. My kids had some for a while, but they do tend to die regularly. After the kids got older, they had better luck with a dwarf hamster. > [@DPRK](#): > > Being a “grass eater” is not supposed to be cool: I presume this is a whoosh that I’m not getting, but grass eaters are something entirely different, of course. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/18 "2022-07-12T23:12:04Z")
Not a whoosh, but a wild unsubstantiated guess this may have been the term @Pleonast heard about concerning nerds. On second thought, you are probably right, insects \<-\> grass, let alone eating grass, is not an obvious connection (except in the case of insects which do just that, which is why I even thought of it). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/19 "2022-07-13T03:41:59Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > The video starts off with his giving his name, Kuro something His Youtube 'nym is Kurosyamo. > **[黒軍鶏 Kurosyamo](https://www.youtube.com/c/%E9%BB%92%E8%BB%8D%E9%B6%8FKurosyamo/videos)** > > こんな事書きたくはないのですが…私のチャンネルは全動画無断転載”禁止”です > All videos on this channel may not be used without permission. > 相互登録は禁止されています。匂わすのも含めて持ちかけてこないでください > 新潟県に住む生き物好きのおっさん(^o^) > 他にも趣味が多くて困っちゃう／(^o^)＼ > チャンネル登録よろしくお願いします(•ө•)♡ > Please subscribe to my... I don’t have any indication of his real name, but I’m sure it isn’t Ebira Mosura. Someone was having some fun at the gullible press’ expense. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478/20 "2022-07-13T03:50:19Z")
Eating grass has some bad connotations in western culture too. > [@Daniel 4:33 (KJV)](#): > > The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-saves-murder-hornet-from-parasite-with-his-bare-hands/967478.md?page=2)