Posted on 11/07/2025 6:03:54 PM PST by 11th_VA
“vacation in Laos” 🫤🙄
>>the hornets overwhelmed Daniel and Cooper Owen as they descended from a tree at Green Jungle Park, an eco-adventure resort...
I’d say they got a bit more”eco-adventure” than they signed up for!
That has to be one of the worst ways to go when you’re fully conscious. Being attacked in what is already a dangerous place, on the side of a high mountain, and by those gigantic bugs.
Whoever runs that Zip-Lining attraction may want to find out what else is lurking in that area, before placing tourist in those spots. The Adult tourist could have looked into possible dangers via the internet.
Not exactly the first place one would think to visit. I suppose it might appeal to the adventure types. In this case the adventure turned lethal.
“vacation in Laos”
Was that the B-Side of The Dead Kennedy’s “Holiday In Cambodia”?
A Bear could get ya there, just like a gator ate the kid in Disney. No place is really safe.
Such a sad story. Father and son out on a fun adventure and that happens.
I have a couple of favorite hiking spots on the San Francisco Peninsula where signs are posted at one location on each trail “Caution: Bees / Yellowjackets.” I keep wondering “Why don’t they eradicate them instead of putting up a sign?” It’s utter insanity to run the risk of somebody dying on those trails because they don’t want to kill BUGS.
I think I saw that seen in a King Kong movie.
Audiences were said to leave and head for the loos since it was so nauseating.
We eradicated the Murder Hornets in the US - I think France has them now as well - another downside to globalization
A mauling by a bear would be a preferable way than murder hornets any day.
There's always something to worry about. If it isn't giant bugs trying to sting you to death, it's small bugs threatening the food supply: Commercial bee colony collapse threatens Washington apple, berry agriculture.
Nearly 60% of all honey bee hives were lost between June 2024 and March 2025.
That’s insane - kill them all
It’s not the breed. It’s the owner.
They put the signs up because of liability. There is no way for them to know where every nest is, some have nests in the ground. Neighbor pulled up a bush this fall to get rid of it and there was a huge nest in its root system.
They have 1/4 long stingers. Where they sting and inject, the tissue necroses and you get a “cratering ring effect.
I’m not getting my hopes up for Murder Hornets again until we see some measurable carnage and fear, not anecdotal tourist deaths.
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