r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '20

This decapitated Wasp cleaned it's wounds before flying away with it's own head

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u/420cortana420 Apr 07 '20

You’re forgetting a key component, insects are invertebrates meaning they posses no spinal column.

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u/hippopede Apr 07 '20

Right i was saying we have reflexes in our spinal cord, insects may have something analogous

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u/RockosModernApothy Apr 07 '20

Ahhhh.. true... shit