Still Waters Posted August 14, 2014 #1 Share Posted August 14, 2014 It might be an internet sting - but this bizarre picture appears to show a Japanese man who keeps a deadly giant hornet on a lead as a pet. The feared six centimetre (2.5 inches) long Asian insects - which can fly at up to 25 mph - have a powerful, poisonous sting that claims around 40 lives every summer. https://uk.news.yaho...55.html#AJ2Rz15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted August 14, 2014 #2 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Bees and wasps are drones in nature. They have a task at hand and reports back to the hive. Besides, how can one manage to tie a string around a wasp's waist and why would anybody wants to do that? LOL! It has to be some sort of hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted August 14, 2014 #3 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Better title: Idiot keeps giant hornet on lead as pet. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StRoostifer Posted August 14, 2014 #4 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Lol. An obviously slow day at yahoo news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarbinks Posted August 14, 2014 #5 Share Posted August 14, 2014 i read that article last year or 2 years ago i swear 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StRoostifer Posted August 14, 2014 #6 Share Posted August 14, 2014 ^ with yahoo, I would not be surprised one bit. There are probably people commenting about how the hornet is the latest military tech for spying on people . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magikgoddess Posted August 14, 2014 #7 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Where's my flay swatter, lol. Why would anyone want to keep one as a pet? Either a hoax or this guy is really lacking in friends. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted August 14, 2014 #8 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I would like him to meet my pet botulism culture. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted August 14, 2014 #9 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Where's my flay swatter, lol. Why would anyone want to keep one as a pet? Either a hoax or this guy is really lacking in friends. We are talking about Japan, which gave us the word *hikikomori* and associated series of 1st world problems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magikgoddess Posted August 14, 2014 #10 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Ahh, so it's a lack of friends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineffectiveArtist Posted August 14, 2014 #11 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Aren't the stingers attached to their internal organs? I thought stinging insects died once they stung something. (If the stinger was left behind.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Gummybuns Posted August 14, 2014 #12 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I can only imagine the guy keeping this huge hornet on a leash, and the two are walking down the street. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted August 14, 2014 #13 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Aren't the stingers attached to their internal organs? I thought stinging insects died once they stung something. (If the stinger was left behind.) I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that that is true for honeybees(which is why they are hesitant to sting...suicide), but not wasps. Anyone feel free to correct me on this, 'cause I'm not sure. Anyway, yeah, seems like a BS hoax, or the moron has lost his mind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted August 14, 2014 #14 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Aren't the stingers attached to their internal organs? I thought stinging insects died once they stung something. (If the stinger was left behind.) Only in the case of bees. Wasps can keep stinging until the victim dies or the wasp gets bored. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted August 14, 2014 #15 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Come on, it's Japan! It's really a little robot wasp! The leash plugs into the battery pack! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted August 14, 2014 #16 Share Posted August 14, 2014 We used to do this with flies in middle school. Stun them and tie a thread around the head. Pet fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted August 15, 2014 #17 Share Posted August 15, 2014 We used to do this with flies in middle school. Stun them and tie a thread around the head. Pet fly! Yeah, right. Never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted August 15, 2014 #18 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) I wonder if the hornet likes his head rubbed? * Edited August 15, 2014 by lightly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atuke Posted August 15, 2014 #19 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I'm a sucker for believing anything and I can't even subscribe to this. I didn't think Pavlogs dog worked with invertebrates?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted August 15, 2014 #20 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) I think I agree with the article that this appears to me to be a preserved dead hornet. In every photo its legs are in the same positions. Yeah, right. Never happened. I've done that too. Stun the fly and then tie a thread onto them, then tie them down on a stick. Edited August 15, 2014 by DieChecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbyssWalker Posted August 15, 2014 #21 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I think I agree with the article that this appears to me to be a preserved dead hornet. In every photo its legs are in the same positions. I've done that too. Stun the fly and then tie a thread onto them, then tie them down on a stick. Dude, I remember my cousin doing it with dragon flies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted August 15, 2014 #22 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashyne Posted August 15, 2014 #23 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I think it is a dead hornet and he just pose it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted August 15, 2014 #24 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StRoostifer Posted August 15, 2014 #25 Share Posted August 15, 2014 All I can say is that is one lonely lonely person. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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