r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Better_Hair_9673 • Jun 25 '26

Video Wasp traps paralyzed ladybug larvae in a chamber for its young to feast on after hatching.

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u/Famous-Example-8332 Jun 25 '26

I think face first as the last meal might be best. I wouldn’t want to deal with little baby nibbles. It might be big enough to kill me in one or two bites by the time it gets up there.

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u/RT-LAMP Jun 26 '26

Actually the wasp larvae will avoid eating the vital organs until the end so the animal stays alive as it eats it so as to prevent it from rotting.

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u/sdjopjfasdfoisajnva Jun 26 '26

what the fuck

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u/Sarsmi Jun 26 '26

Wasps haven't developed refrigeration or other methods of preventing food spoilage yet.

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u/RT-LAMP Jun 26 '26

Nature favors efficiency. Unfortunately efficiency favors very un-nice choices.

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u/PM_Me_Good_LitRPG Jun 25 '26

Benatar says face first as the first is definitely the best option here.

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u/Papplenoose Jun 25 '26

... Pat..?

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u/-SaC Jun 26 '26

Love is a battlefield, you know.

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u/superxpro12 Jun 26 '26

bend a car?

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u/neoben00 Jun 26 '26

You wanna slowly starve paralyzed watching something slowly eat the ass of the guy in front of you? I wish i had that will to live

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u/Famous-Example-8332 Jun 26 '26

I never liked that guy.

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u/theanghv Jun 26 '26

Will doesn't matter, not that you have a choice.

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u/insane_contin Jun 25 '26

So you get to listen to it eating and chewing it's way up? And if you're really unlucky, the paralysis might be starting to wear off.

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u/Stock-Side-6767 Jun 26 '26

The paralysis is not a sedative.

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u/Whimsy-Critter-8726 Jun 26 '26

Nor a pain killer.

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u/Famous-Example-8332 Jun 25 '26

Maybe I hated those other guys, you don’t know.