supplementary notes

for my benefit

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

⇒ crazy bugs

the japanese giant hornet:
upto 2 inches in length;
venom strong enough to dissolve human flesh;
venom attracts more hornets;
can decimate 30,000 strong bee colony in hours with only about 30 troops;

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1025_021025_GiantHornets.html

for bug bites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index
for spicyness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

honeybee defense: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2001/Thawley/defense.htm

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