Did I find a MURDER HORNET in the USA?!

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- Oh my gosh, look at this.
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It's a giant hornet, there's no question about that.
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But is this the invasive murder hornet that everybody's
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been talking about?
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You know where I am right now?
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West Virginia.
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This is crazy.
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Whoa.
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(jungle music)
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All right, guys, right now we are on location
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in West Virginia, and this big, glorious bush behind me
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is known as a lilac.
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It's not currently in bloom, but its bark and its sap
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are incredibly valuable to a number of different
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wasp species, including hornets.
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And we have seen a very large hornet this morning.
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Is it possible that there are giant hornets
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in West Virginia?
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I'm gonna catch one and we're gonna find out.
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So Mario, what is it that we know about hornets?
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- Well, we know that they're actually a type of wasp.
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In fact, all hornets are wasps,
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but not all wasps are hornets.
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- Ooh, there's one.
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There's one flyin' around up there.
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Impossible to see on this small camera,
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but boy are they big.
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What they're doing right now is actually stripping the bark
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so that they can take it, chew it up, and build the walls
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of their paper nests.
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Oh there's one, there's one, there's one.
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Man, they are all over these lilac bushes.
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They're higher up though.
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Oh man, here's one right here out in the sun on this branch.
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See it right here?
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Oh, I missed it.
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Now they're angry.
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Hold on, don't move. (buzzes)
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Oh, that really made 'em angry.
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Comin' right at ya, look out.
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There's one, there's one, here, take this, take this.
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Movin' up through the branches right now.
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(dramatic music)
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I got it, I got it, I got it, got it, I got it, I got it!
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Yes!
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Oh, I thought I missed it, I've got it.
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Check that out.
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Wow, that's a big hornet.
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Yes!
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Here, let me give you this.
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Okay, we have got
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what may be West Virginia's giant hornet,
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but is it an invader?
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Okay, let me see if I can get it
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inside the bug capsule here.
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Yes, look at that beast.
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That is a very, very intimidating insect right there.
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All right, let's get this bug up into a controlled setting,
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properly identify and determine
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is this an invasive murder hornet here in West Virginia?
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Here we are again.
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Coyote Peterson, sitting at a table, with an EpiPen,
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a pair of entomology forceps, and a stinging insect
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inside of a container.
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It's a big bug, there's no question about it.
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It's a hornet, but the question is,
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is that an invasive murder hornet?
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Now in 2020, the giant hornet was supposedly invading
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the United States.
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I've been very vocal in saying that this is
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not likely to happen.
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And recently we also showed you another large flying,
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stinging insect here in the United States,
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the cicada killer.
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That species is a sand wasp and they're famous
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for killing cicadas, not humans.
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This right here is not a cicada killer.
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In fact, it is a true hornet, a very large hornet.
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There are a number of different hornet species
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here in the United States, and like Mario said earlier,
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all hornets are technically wasps,
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but not all wasps are hornets.
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Now if you were to go out into your back yard and see
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one of these things flying around, it sounds like
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an Apache helicopter, and I guarantee you're probably gonna
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be thinking to yourself, oh my gosh, I saw the news stories,
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or I saw a Brave Wilderness that this is what
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a murder hornet is.
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It's gotta be a murder hornet.
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Guys, it's not a murder hornet.
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It is a big hornet, in fact, the largest hornet
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in the United States known as the European Hornet.
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Now what's unique about this hornet species specifically
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is that it's one of the species that builds
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its paper nest above ground.
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Oftentimes true hornets build their nests underground,
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but this one will collect the sticky sap
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from different trees, rip off pieces of bark, chew it up
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in its mandibles, and take it back to its paper nest
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to continue building that structure.
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Now if you come across one of these nests,
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you do not want to try and destroy it.
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Don't spray it with spray.
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Don't try to light it on fire, because if these insects
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recognize that their home is being disturbed,
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they will attack and they will attack with force.
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So what I wanna do now is get this insect out
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of the plastic container and take a look at some
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of its more unique features.
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To do that, I'm gonna have to get it in the net
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and pick it up with the forceps.
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I'm gonna give it a little space on the back side there.
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Perfect.
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Now it's down into the lower section and I can do this,
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which will cause it to walk up and into the net.
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Go up, go up, there we go.
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Plastic container comes down, boom, insect is secure.
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Look at that, worked like a charm.
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Get these forceps.
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Gonna be real careful to get the bug right on its thorax
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so that I don't injure its wings.
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That's a good hold right there.
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That is the European Hornet.
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Perfect hold, right on the thorax and boy you can see
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that stinger goin'.
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Definitely not an insect that you would want to be stung by.
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Well, let's take a look at some of the coolest
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anatomical features of this hornet.
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It has a very robust body structure and its exoskeleton
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is incredibly strong, so I'm not causing any injury
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to the bug as I hold it inside of these entomology forceps.
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The head is massive, big eyes.
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These creatures have great eyesight,
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especially during the day.
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You'll notice those mandibles up front
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are very intimidating, capable of grasping and holding onto
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the prey items that they bring back to their brood of larva.
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As you look at the legs, they almost appear as if they
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have grappling hooks on the ends of them.
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That allows them to pick up things like grasshoppers
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and cicadas to carry them back to their nest.
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Also allows them to easily grip onto the branches as they're
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crawling around in trees, eating up sap, and stripping bark.
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Look at that abdomen.
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If you look really closely, can see it's covered in a bunch
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of fine little hairs.
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And look at the way that it pulses.
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That's pretty intimidating.
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That black and yellow coloration basically is a warning
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that I am venomous.
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You don't wanna get stung by me.
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This is actually a female.
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Remember, it's only the females that have stingers.
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That is a modified ovipositor used for laying eggs.
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Now the sting of a hornet like this is definitely
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going to be painful.
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It ranks as a two on the insect sting pain index.
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And it would be a multitude of stings that you would
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really need to worry about.
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A single sting is not likely to do you much damage,
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but this is not necessarily an insect you need
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to be afraid of.
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Remember, they are not going to attack you and sting
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unless you intentionally disturb a nest.
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The nests are very obvious.
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They're very big, light gray in coloration,
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looks like a big paper mache art structure.
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So if you leave the nest be, your chances of interacting
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negatively with one of these hornets,
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or a bunch of these hornets, is very unlikely.
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Admire from a safe distance and it's actually
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a pretty cool sight.
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All right, I know you guys are all excited
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and you're thinking all right, Coyote's got the insect
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in the entomology forceps.
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He's gonna stretch his arm out on the table,
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place it down on his forearm, and induce a sting.
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I told you guys, after the cicada killer,
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I was done with stings.
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I came out of retirement for one and only,
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that was the cicada killer.
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The European Hornet, I am not going to be stung by.
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So I'm sorry to disappoint all of you that clicked
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on this video to see me stung by this hornet.
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The purpose in catching it was to show you just how big
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and how cool it was and to also prove that this is not
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an invasive giant hornet.
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This is not the murder hornet that you guys
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have been reading about in the media.
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You can't believe the hype.
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In fact, humans have been alongside stinging insects
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since the dawn of mankind.
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These creatures do not want to sting us unless we try
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to interact with them or destroy their homes.
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Now the last thing I'm gonna do to prove that this insect
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does not want to sting me is to actually place it
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into the palm of my hand and let it fly off back
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into the ecosystem.
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I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave.
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Stay wild.
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We'll see you on the next location.
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It often seems as if there are countless stinging
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insect species on the planet, and I know the Coyote pack
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would love another run at me finding something that packs
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a more painful punch than the executioner wasp.
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Nothing is impossible, but for now, as promised at the end
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of our recent cicada killer episode,
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I will remain in sting retirement.
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But as you may have noticed, I haven't taken beastly bites
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off the table for consideration.
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Stay tuned.
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Things are about to get crazy.
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(growls)
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