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TITLE: Giant Asian Hornets can kill with one sting heading to the U.K.!
TRUTH: They aren’t bigger than our hornets. So not exactly ‘giant’.
Their venom is no more deadly than a native wasp.
But, yes, they are Asian... so obviously terrifying. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/deadly-giant-asian-hornets-can-21844860?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar">https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-n...
TRUTH: They aren’t bigger than our hornets. So not exactly ‘giant’.
Their venom is no more deadly than a native wasp.
But, yes, they are Asian... so obviously terrifying. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/deadly-giant-asian-hornets-can-21844860?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar">https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-n...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/deadly-giant-asian-hornets-can-21844860?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Of course, invasive species can be an ecological problem.
But how we view them is often heavily coloured by unconscious xenophobia, that is ingrained (& evident) in how we communicate.
If we really care about the planet, we should also care about evidence. Not ‘otherness’.
But how we view them is often heavily coloured by unconscious xenophobia, that is ingrained (& evident) in how we communicate.
If we really care about the planet, we should also care about evidence. Not ‘otherness’.
