[quote]Jetric9 wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
One medium fart should clear them off.
So what kind of damage would a large fart do?[/quote]
Hiroshima
Here’s some fun facts about the sting of the Japanese Giant Hornet. I particularly like the last one.
* The venom contains at least eight distinct chemicals, some of which damage tissue, some of which cause pain, and at least one which has an odor that attracts more hornets to the victim.
* The venom contains 5% acetylcholine, a greater concentration than is present in bee or other wasp venoms. Acetylcholine stimulates the pain nerve fibres, intensifying the pain of the sting.
* Vespa mandarinia uses its large crushing mandibles, rather than its sting, to kill prey.
* The venom of the Asian giant hornet is more toxic than that of most other bees or wasps, giving this species one of the greatest lethal capacities per colony.
* The enzyme in the venom is so strong that it can dissolve human tissue. On some occasions, the sting may be compared to the effects of a spider bite.
[quote]Eddie_would_tow wrote:
anonym wrote:
…it takes about 1,500 bee stings to kill a healthy adult male…
I really wonder who they tested this on.
I bet a group of scientists wanted to find out how many bee
stings it would take to kill a person, and then advertised it.
"Hear ye Hear ye! Make some money and take a few bee stings! [/quote]
1,500 at least - while that’s what one person on the show said, it was also mentioned that a healthy adult can withstand up to 10 stings per pound of bodyweight.
That’s a lot of damn bee stings - and I have no idea how they figured this out, either, unless they based this estimate upon records of people who had died from bee stings without having an allergy.
When I was five years old I got around a hundred hornet stings. I disturbed the nest.
Probably only weighed 40lbs back then. So that’s equivalent to 500 stings on a 200lb guy.
Wasn’t fun.