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A deadly ‘killer hornet’ was filmed locked in a vicious battle with a mouse twice its size.
And the Asian giant hornet showed how lethal it is when it killed the rodent with its venom.
The images, believed to have been captured by a mobile phone, show a mouse desperately trying to shake off a hornet beside it.
The hornet crawls on the mouse’s back and continues to strike with its stinger.
In a moment, the mouse manages to pull away in one last weak attempt at freedom.
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But in less than a minute, the mouse finally gave way and lies dead on the sidewalk.
The Asian giant hornet flies away.
Large insects are normally native to East Asian climates, where they kill approximately 50 people a year.
But since November 2019, there have been several sightings of hornets on the west coast of North America.
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It is not known how they got there.
Asian giant hornets are more than twice the size of bees and have a wingspan of more than three inches.
Insects also have a large stinger filled with neurotoxin-containing venom, which is capable of causing cardiac arrest and anaphylactic shock.
The beekeeper Conrad Bérubé said The New York Times was recently attacked by a swarm of ‘killer hornets’ on Vancouver Island.
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“It was as if red-hot thumbtacks were stuck into my flesh,” said Bérubé, adding that he was bled to death by the attack.
Bérubé was stung seven times and was lucky to be alive.
Entomologists are concerned that they may kill bee populations in North America.
Insects are fierce and can decimate entire hives in just a few hours.
Last November, a beekeeper in Washington state found ‘thousands and thousands’ of his bees with their heads torn off.
“I couldn’t understand what that could have done,” said the doorman.
Asian giant hornets nest on the ground for most of the year, but are most active between July and November.
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