• Wasps just got scarier: New species discovered in 2014 has venom that turns roaches into 'zombies',
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[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;47831803] god fucking dammit. Nature's scary as SHIT.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Mekong_Subregion[/url] No wonder the Vietnamese are pretty much never conquered.
[QUOTE=spiritlol;47833376]They also found several other species in the same general area, like this bat with extra long fangs: [img_thumb]https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2015-05-27/Getty/Hkg10182692.jpg[/img_thumb] This is a cheeky fucking bat.[/QUOTE] [HAHAHA, ESTOY USANDO EL SANGRE]
[QUOTE=uitham;47832225]nope wikipedia says octopamine is used in insects to make stuff like jumping more efficient, the only function they found in mammals is basically releasing fat from fat cells. but there hasn't been a lot of research on that[/QUOTE] So does that mean if I rile up a nest of these things I can lose weight?
[QUOTE=spiritlol;47833376]They also found several other species in the same general area, like this bat with extra long fangs: [img_thumb]https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2015-05-27/Getty/Hkg10182692.jpg[/img_thumb] This is a cheeky fucking bat.[/QUOTE] It's literally making a trollface.
Oh fuck no
further proof that wasps were introduced by an alien race to slowly kill us all
[QUOTE=RayvenQ;47832191]Tarantula Hawk/Wasp is still scarier.[/QUOTE] Never heard of it, looked it up on wikipedia and HOLY SHIT [quote=Wikipedia]When the wasp larva hatches, it creates a small hole in the spider's abdomen, then enters and feeds voraciously, [B][U]avoiding vital organs for as long as possible to keep the spider alive.[/U][/B][/quote] Jesus fucking Christ, Nature you scary.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;47831957]Watch as someone decides to introduce the species to Australia.[/QUOTE] They'll feel right at home.
Bees are cool as long as you don't piss them off. Wasps are always pissed off penguins and they can just fuck right off for all I care.
Isn't this just begging the question that "mother nature" is taking back what is hers and leaving all of us human's to perish under death?
Wasps are no match for a badminton racket
[QUOTE=Galen;47835113]Never heard of it, looked it up on wikipedia and HOLY SHIT Jesus fucking Christ, Nature you scary.[/QUOTE] Tell me about it, they're plentiful where I live. [img]http://i.imgur.com/zaxLdfP.jpg[/img] These, combined with diamond-backs, camel spiders, and goat-heads makes our state kinda seem like Australia-lite.
[QUOTE=RayvenQ;47832191]Tarantula Hawk/Wasp is still scarier.[/QUOTE] Japanese Giant Hornets are also pretty terrifying. Unlike Tarantula Hawks, which are relatively solitary, these giant hornets work in tandem to destroy entire beehives (the only social wasps known to actively tagteam to hunt) and kill more people in Japan than bears do consistently each year with one of the most painful insect stings out there ( the tarantula hawk sting is more painful at the time of stinging, but those rarely sting humans unless injured by said human and the sting is harmless to people aside from the temporary pain reaction, whereas Japanese Giant Hornets can induce the need for medical attention). Also, as their name suggests . . . . . . [IMG]https://singlespeedslog.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/wasp.jpg[/IMG] They're also unusually aggressive.
People sure love to say "zombie", even if it doesn't really make sense
[QUOTE=Foogooman;47837661]People sure love to say "zombie", even if it doesn't really make sense[/QUOTE] Why don't you just go zombie yourself, then?
[QUOTE=Foogooman;47837661]People sure love to say "zombie", even if it doesn't really make sense[/QUOTE] IIRC a lot of rather old movies with zombies in them depict them as more or less slaves with no free will of their own or something like that. If you think of them like that, it kinda makes sense here.
If it means no wasps, I wish for every insect to stop existing.
[QUOTE=Zadrave;47839001]If it means no wasps, I wish for every insect to stop existing.[/QUOTE] that sort of wish would have a number of consequences, such as the basis of many food chains going south for the winter and causing a mass extinction. :v: The only wish I'd even consider is the removal of the mosquito, which has no purpose other than being a parasite.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;47839161]that sort of wish would have a number of consequences, such as the basis of many food chains going south for the winter and causing a mass extinction. :v: The only wish I'd even consider is the removal of the mosquito, which has no purpose other than being a parasite.[/QUOTE] Bats eat 'em and they're pollinators, believe it or not. They feed on nector for food, it's only the females who drink blood to obtain nutrients required for their eggs.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;47839205]Bats eat 'em and they're pollinators, believe it or not. They feed on nector for food, it's only the females who drink blood to obtain nutrients required for her eggs.[/QUOTE] How about this? Remove the ability for mosquitos to drink blood and make sure they get those nutrients from somewhere else?
[QUOTE=Foogooman;47837661]People sure love to say "zombie", even if it doesn't really make sense[/QUOTE] [quote]Zombie - a person who is or appears lifeless, apathetic, or completely unresponsive to their surroundings.[/quote] One of the definitions of zombie. It doesn't solely refer to the undead you know.
[QUOTE=RayvenQ;47832191]Tarantula Hawk/Wasp is still scarier.[/QUOTE] Funny thing, I [URL="http://imgur.com/eXL8elw"]caught[/URL] one the other day. Don't click if you're squeamish.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;47839205]Bats eat 'em and they're pollinators, believe it or not. They feed on nector for food, it's only the females who drink blood to obtain nutrients required for her eggs.[/QUOTE] Common misconception, mosquitoes do not make up a vital part of bat diets, nor do they actively hunt for them (though they won't refuse if a mosquito flies directly toward them, they're more interested in bigger game like beetles and moths and it is estimated that less than 1% of an insectivorous bat's diet consists of mosquito). In addition, most mosquito species don't use humans as vectors, so getting rid of the worst genus for people, Anopheles, would benefit us by ridding us of Malaria's main vectors at almost no expense to the rest of the world. (Many species of Ochlerotatus also bite people, as do a few species of Aedes, but these are not as severe or as dedicated to people as Anopheles is, nor do they carry volatile diseases as often). [QUOTE=Zonesylvania;47839161]The only wish I'd even consider is the removal of the mosquito, which has no purpose other than being a parasite.[/QUOTE] Funny enough, the genus of mosquito Anopheles is so useless other than being a parasite of man and a vector of disease that Anopheles literally means "useless" in Greek.
Guys please don't believe this clickbait article, the roach definitely does /not/ become a zombie. Octopamine is a phenethylamine neurotransmitter similar in its mechanism of action to dopamine and norepinephrine. Like how dopamine is related to motivation and reward in our brains, octopamine has a similar role in the roach's brain. So whenever this chemical's action is blocked by the wasp's venom, the roach literally becomes unmotivated to do anything other than vegetate. It just needs some external stimuli to tell it what to do. Oh and on the topic of scopolamine, VICE's article was literally retarded and you shouldn't believe any of it. It doesn't turn you into a zombie that does anything someone else says, it just puts you into a delirious state full of realistic hallucinations and schizophrenia-like symptoms. 700 miligrams of benadryl can produce very similar, if not the same, effects as scopolamine and pretty much any other acetylcholine receptor antagonist.
Aren't wasps basically just tiny bundles of pure hatred with wings?
Most people say that but I don't think of them that way.
[QUOTE=jimbobjoe1234;47840663]Aren't wasps basically just tiny bundles of pure hatred with wings?[/QUOTE] Pretty much this, [img]http://i.imgur.com/SIk05.png[/img]
Last summer; my best mate and I had a good time with a wasp. We grilled some hornet chicken legs and after we were done; a wasp came by and picked off bits of meat left on the bones and flew them back to its nest.
I'm pretty sure there was another wasp species already known about that does the same thing too, and that they were the inspiration behind headcrab zombies.
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