invasive species
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Snakes Invented an Incredibly Creepy Way to Climb Trees
Jaw-dropping footage taken in Guam shows a previously unknown climbing strategy employed by brown tree snakes.
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Honeybees Fend Off Asian Giant Hornets With Poop
Attacks by giant hornets, relatives of murder hornets, on honeybee hives are absolutely horrifying. Worker hornets identify bee hives and then bring in reinforcements of two to dozens of others, slaughtering bees at a rate of up to one per 14 seconds and sawing off their heads to gather protein-rich thoraxes and feast on pupae…
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Oh God, These Things Have a ‘Slaughter Phase’
Washington State officials are frantically searching for a colony of Asian giant hornets — also known as murder hornets — before the invasive species enters its “slaughter phase.” Because of course that’s a thing.
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One Murder Hornet Down (Don’t Ask How Many to Go)
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has successfully trapped its first Asian giant hornet, aka murder hornet aka 2-inch-long flying demon that rips off bees’ heads and haunts my nightmares.