When I Was A Child, I Saw Something That Changed My Mind About Wasps Forever. My Dad Was Doing Some Cabin

When I was a child, I saw something that changed my mind about wasps forever. My dad was doing some cabin construction work and I was hanging out at the site. Some other guy had half-crushed a wasp with a hammer, but it was still alive. As I watched, a second wasp flew to its side, and stroked it -actually stroked it, with what I can I can only describe as tenderness - with its antennae until the injured wasp stopped moving and died. Then the second wasp flew away, and I did not see it again.

She was probably trying to communicate with her sister, probably trying to tell her to come back to the nest or share information about the area, and was very confused by the distorted responses she was getting, likely mixed with scent-based distress signals.

When the responses stopped, she probably went home and told the others to be on alert for danger :(

I’m not anthropomorphizing a bit here. Social wasps groom one another, share a LOT of information, get stressed when separated from their close relatives, and they recognize one another visually, like we humans do, by the fact that every single one has a unique face, even in the same “hive:”

Buddah Cats - KyleKahotek (Imgur)

Here’s a friendly PSA from Captain America to adorn your dashboard

OMG rewinding!! How far we’ve come! ;_;

I ran out of musical…

And now I have to rewind like some sort of peasant. 

Funny, when my cat sleeps next to me, he kicks me in the face... 

Also, the chewing thing isn’t completely true: A cats teeth are not made for chewing which is why they can have trouble with large pieces of food, they can however crush larger pieces of kibble or treats if needed, though it isn’t easy for them ;)

Behold, the worst written line of all time:

Aro laughed. “Ha ha ha,” he giggled.

-Stephenie Meyer New Moon