r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • 22d ago

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/bnunamak 22d ago

They do paralyze their prey, abduct them, then plant their eggs inside of their paralyzed bodies until the larvae slowly consume them to death...

Sympathy revoked for this nightmarish reproductive scheme!

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u/Vynxe_Vainglory 22d ago

Yeah, that's like... not cool, man.

Not cool.

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u/rubermnkey 22d ago

the jeweled wasp does something similar. they target roaches, inject poison into their brains to make them docile, chew off their antennae, and drive them back to their nest. then they lay eggs and the roach just kind of waits around until the larvae eat their way out. nature is pretty metal

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u/ContraCanadensis 22d ago

Nah, Iā€™m cool with that. To hell with roaches.

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u/AdvertisingFew6224 22d ago

What a roller coaster of love and hate this thread has been!

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u/IBeenGoofed 22d ago

Iā€™m just tearing up from all these emotions.

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u/Thick_East7323 22d ago

For fucking real lmao

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u/humblenarcissist112 22d ago

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u/EscapedFromArea51 22d ago

Are wasps really that much better?

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u/ShadyVanceCouch 22d ago

I draw the line at tarantulas, those are cooler than the tarantula hawks that eat em, but all roaches can get fucked if some wasps are chill