The Emerald Jewel Wasp

[igot777]

Hey guys,

I was recently browsing Cracked.com, and found a bunch of pretty messed up stuff. First off, here's a link to the spot where I found out about the Emerald Jewel Wasp - http://www.cracked.com/article_17199_7-most-horrifying-parasites-on-planet.html

The Emerald Jewel Wasp is a marvel of evolution. And evil.

The female, not being content with just laying her eggs in a hole and hoping the larvae find a way to survive like other insects, makes sure that her larvae will hatch right on top of their preferred food source: a cockroach. The problem with that is a typical cockroach is aggressive, and two to three times larger and beefier than the female.

She has found a way around this. An inventive, terrifying way.

Here is the video -
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Basically, what this thing does is it finds a cockroach, paralyzes it, stings it and injects venom. This venom blocks dopamine receptors in the roachs brain, therefore leaving it unable to run away, or even fight back as the baby wasps eat it from the inside out. After paralysis, the wasp hides the roach in a burrow somewhere, and it lays it's eggs in the roach.

I think this is crazy, what about you?

EDIT: Completely offtopic, I thought it was pretty cool I posted this at exactly 3:33 GMT, unintentionally.

 

[K-3-V-1-N]

You all should read the entire article, it's actually quite interesting .

 

[hybanks2000]

Wow that's crazy. It just makes me think of how vegatarians are against people eating meat when theres way more fucked up shit in nature.

 

[ilikepie1]

This creeped the shit outta me. I felt nauseated looking at the larvae. =[

 

[The Riddler_]

Wow that's crazy. It just makes me think of how vegatarians are against people eating meat when theres way more fucked up shit in nature.

Humans are smart enough to eat other things, and animals do it on instinct. If you don't have to, then don't.

 

[igot777]

You all should read the entire article, it's actually quite interesting .

Yeah, I've read quite a few of their articles, and they're really entertaining and informative.

 

[Jansen]

cool story bro

 

[igot777]

cool story bro

Thank you Jansen.

 

[Damien0124]

I've seen/read this before on I-Am-Bored.com.
And we thought humans we're cruel haha

 

[DylanAn]

Cracked has the best articles on the internet.

Period.

 

[cubfan57]

I didn't read the story but the video was pretty sweet.
Cracked does have some of the best articles on the net.

 

[Damien0124]

I just realised I spent 2 hours reading Cracked.com after I read your post, DylanAn. They have some pretty cool articles.

 

That's some fucked up shit what an asshole wasp