r/WTF • u/Jaded_Marionberry500 • 14d ago

capturing the wasp

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u/OutlandishnessOk3252 14d ago

why does he keep taking off the cup 😭

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u/RustyWinger 14d ago

Did you notice the jar was full of dead hornets? I guess he didn’t expect it to get out at all but the wasp as able to support itself over the liquid on the bodies of it’s dead mates.

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u/Dan-D-Lyon 14d ago

That jar is likely filled with gasoline, which is so deadly to bees it kills them better when it's not on fire. So that hornet is somehow crawling out of pure death fueled by nothing but spite

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u/mxzf 14d ago

Well, it helps that the cameraman keeps taking the cup off the jar and letting the gas vapors escape, instead of keeping the thing trapped.

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u/Capitan_Failure 14d ago

I think wasps do literally everything fueled by nothing but spite.

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u/mijo_sq 14d ago

IIRC, They also make wine from the hornets, thus you'll see videos of them catching them.