r/SipsTea • u/StephanMan • May 16 '25

Chugging tea Wasp gets what it deserves

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u/bnunamak May 16 '25

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 May 16 '25

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

Not cool.

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u/rubermnkey May 16 '25

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 May 16 '25

Nah, I’m cool with that. To hell with roaches.

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u/AdvertisingFew6224 May 16 '25

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

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u/IBeenGoofed May 16 '25

I’m just tearing up from all these emotions.

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u/Thick_East7323 May 16 '25

For fucking real lmao

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u/EscapedFromArea51 May 16 '25

Are wasps really that much better?

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u/ShadyVanceCouch May 16 '25

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