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>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.html

‘Murder Hornets’ in the U.S.: The Rush to Stop the Asian Giant Hornet

Anon posted this in the same bread as Q's epic Twitter-verse shout-out tour, so it understandably didn't have many eyes on it.

With the light at the end of the Coronavirus tunnel getting brighter, it's obvious how much [they] are attempting to shift the narrative to the next emerging threat to stoke fear and demand a Federal Government response.

The lengthy, descriptive, non-paywalled article reeks of clowntown. It even has a Mr Looney.

With queens that can grow to two inches long, Asian giant hornets can use mandibles shaped like spiked shark fins to wipe out a honeybee hive in a matter of hours, decapitating the bees and flying away with the thoraxes to feed their young. For larger targets, the hornet’s potent venom and stinger — long enough to puncture a beekeeping suit — make for an excruciating combination that victims have likened to hot metal driving into their skin.

In Japan, the hornets kill up to 50 people a year. Now, for the first time, they have arrived in the United States.

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If a hornet does get caught in a trap, Dr. Looney said, there are plans to possibly use radio-frequency identification tags to monitor where it goes — or simply attach a small streamer and then follow the hornet as it returns to its nest.

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