If there wasn’t enough to be worried about right now, you can add “murder hornets” to the list.
The species of Asian giant hornets is responsible for killing dozens in Japan every year, and has been spotted in the United States for the first time. So what does it feel like to be bitten by one? Wildlife expert and “King of Sting” Coyote Peterson is known for letting animals bite him on his show “Brave Wilderness.” He let a murder hornet sting him, and said the pain was “momentous.”
The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has been known to kill up to 50 people a year in Japan, according toThe New York Times, and has the potential to devastate U.S. bee populations, which have already been declining. Susan Cobey, bee breeder with Washington State University's Department of Entomology, told WSU Insider that the hornets are "like something out of a monster cartoon with this huge yellow-orange face."