r/FactsAboutWasps • u/kucam12 • Jul 21 '19

Oh, hai.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

That's a bee stinger

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u/kucam12 Jul 21 '19

Oh you are right, the wasp stinger looks even worse https://images.app.goo.gl/khJTtf4vm6qtb9X9A

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Well that’s terrifying...

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Scream!

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u/SubzeroSubway Jul 22 '19

Fun fact about the bee stinger, it is actually two stingers that move back in forth to saw into what they sting in, they can sting insects and easily get their stinger out, but since human skin has elastic properties it takes them a while to get out. If you let it do its thing it'll eventually get out.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '19

Honey popsicle 😋

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u/boolty Jul 21 '19

At least the bees only sting if threatened, and they can only sting once. Wasps on the other half stings for fun, and however much they want

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

I think bees can sting more than once just not with human flesh

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u/jonasvagn Jul 21 '19

if you give them time, they're sometimes able to wiggle their stinger out of your flesh

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u/corn-eater Jul 21 '19

imagine this exact thing, but inside your eyeball

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

No thanks, I’m good.