Killer Hornets ? 19 & Injure Nearly 600 In China
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Hong Kong (CNN) -- At least 19 people have been stung to death by hornets -- which may include the world's largest hornet species Vespa mandarinia -- in China's central Shaanxi province in the last three months, according to the city government of Ankang, the apparent epicenter of a recent spate of fatalities and injuries.
A total of 583 people in the area have been stung by hornets since July 1, say city officials. Seventy victims are still recovering in hospitals.
Chen Changlin was hospitalized after being attacked by hornets, while harvesting rice last week.
"I ran and shouted for help, but the hornets chased me about 200 meters, and stung me for more than 3 minutes," he recounted to the state-run China Youth Daily.
Chen said hornets had first swarmed a woman and child working nearby, who then ran towards him. Both later died from the hornets' toxins.
"The more you run, the more they want to chase you," said another victim, whose kidneys were ravaged by the venom. When he was admitted to the hospital, his ? was the color of soy sauce, according to local reports.
Earlier this month, 30 people -- including 23 primary school children aged between six and eight years -- were injured in a hornet attack in Guangxi province, south of Shaanxi. Their teacher, Li Zhiqiang, told his students to hide under tables as he tried to drive away the insects before he lost consciousness. The school's headmaster told local media that most of the injured suffered stings to their heads, necks, hands and feet.
Nearly 60 students and teachers were injured in a separate incident in the province at the start of the month, according to state media.
Experts say a number of reasons may have contributed to the apparent increase in hornet activity, including the region's recent hot, dry weather, land development and hornet sensitivity to the smell of people.
The Asian killer hornet, which is suspected in these incidents, are formidable, carnivorous killers, according to the non-profitHoneybee Conservancy. The species feed their young with the larvae of other insects and use their talons and mandibles to sever the limbs and heads of their prey. The hornet's venom sting is a neurotoxin so powerful that it dissolves human tissue, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
http://youtu.be/-6wxyaQqTiA
A total of 583 people in the area have been stung by hornets since July 1, say city officials. Seventy victims are still recovering in hospitals.
Chen Changlin was hospitalized after being attacked by hornets, while harvesting rice last week.
"I ran and shouted for help, but the hornets chased me about 200 meters, and stung me for more than 3 minutes," he recounted to the state-run China Youth Daily.
Chen said hornets had first swarmed a woman and child working nearby, who then ran towards him. Both later died from the hornets' toxins.
"The more you run, the more they want to chase you," said another victim, whose kidneys were ravaged by the venom. When he was admitted to the hospital, his ? was the color of soy sauce, according to local reports.
Earlier this month, 30 people -- including 23 primary school children aged between six and eight years -- were injured in a hornet attack in Guangxi province, south of Shaanxi. Their teacher, Li Zhiqiang, told his students to hide under tables as he tried to drive away the insects before he lost consciousness. The school's headmaster told local media that most of the injured suffered stings to their heads, necks, hands and feet.
Nearly 60 students and teachers were injured in a separate incident in the province at the start of the month, according to state media.
Experts say a number of reasons may have contributed to the apparent increase in hornet activity, including the region's recent hot, dry weather, land development and hornet sensitivity to the smell of people.
The Asian killer hornet, which is suspected in these incidents, are formidable, carnivorous killers, according to the non-profitHoneybee Conservancy. The species feed their young with the larvae of other insects and use their talons and mandibles to sever the limbs and heads of their prey. The hornet's venom sting is a neurotoxin so powerful that it dissolves human tissue, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
http://youtu.be/-6wxyaQqTiA
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they lit that ? up like he owed them drug money
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LOL @ Being afraid of hornets.
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Gold_Certificate wrote: »LOL @ Being afraid of hornets.
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I remember seeing a doc on national geographic about hornets in Japan. A handfull of hornets took out a beehive in less than ten minutes. These hornets are about that life. Through evolution some bees found a way to defend themselves. They huddled together creating heat like a real live microwave. Hornets that got stuck were fried live.
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Sounds like a scifi movie.
"Birds" was a good/funny movie. -
Damn them bees aint playing
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Look at this sh*t. These bees ain't no match for these hornets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSf3Kshq1M
This is the sh*t I was talking about. This hornet got roasted alive.
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Japanese honey bees defense is dope af.
Like they've been watching samurai 7. -
I bomb atomically..
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Wu Tang Killer Bees on the swarm... )
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why don't those ? bees just sting the hornets?
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hornets sting .. they dont injure... or were they actually flying around bopping people with small hammers
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I thought that was only if they stung humans (that the stinger would rip out their insides when they try to pull it out)
If they sting another insect, they're good right?????
Why have a stinger if you cant use it lol -
? , that must've been so scary
i was just at the grocery store earlier and this bee would not leave me alone while i put the food in the car. it tried to get in the car with me and everything
i ran away tho, so it left, then i went back and drove home lol
it was trying to make love to that dome of yours
thought it was a sunflower -
? , that must've been so scary
i was just at the grocery store earlier and this bee would not leave me alone while i put the food in the car. it tried to get in the car with me and everything
i ran away tho, so it left, then i went back and drove home lol
bees are cool.. its wasps i ? hate, i was driving a few days ago with the windows rolled down, i dont know why but i rolled my windows up and within 3 seconds like 7 wasps tried to get in the car wtf -
king mocha wrote: »When he was admitted to the hospital, his ? was the color of soy sauce, according to local reports.
smh
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? , I'll ? a hornet up (over here) but I'm not about to get in the vicinity of those.
? would have been in the nest talking about how they couldn't sting the black one. -
? , this makes me hate flying insects even more.
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I hate all those mufuckas
Flies too -
What's a hornet to a black mamba?
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Like the end of My girl
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These things will ? u up -
^japanese hornets
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GingerTea&WorkingOut wrote: »What's a hornet to a black mamba?