/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.1987929]

Why does getting stung by a wasp hurt?

Also, why does it leave a bump?

[Anonymous No.1987935]

I guess evolution isn't real after all...

[Anonymous No.1987951]

>>1987929
Why does getting stabbed by a knife soaked in poison hurt?

Also, why does it leave a necrosis?

[Anonymous No.1987956]

>>1987951

Could you elaborate?

[Anonymous No.1987964]

>>1987929

The wasp's stinger injects poison into your body, that is why it hurts and why it leaves a bump, its an alergic reaction to the poison. The wasp needs to hunt for food, it doesn't just poke its prey to death, it injects poison into it. That's why one wasp sting hurts, but a hundred will kill you, enough stings means enough poison to kill you.

[Anonymous No.1987972]

Venom is injected.

Poison is ingested.

[Anonymous No.1987985]

>>1987964

That's all very interesting, but do the elder wasps give the young ones these weapons when they come of age? How are these "stingers" distributed?

[Anonymous No.1987988]

>>1987972
poi·son
   /ˈpɔɪzən/ Show Spelled[poi-zuhn] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.

>invented distinction is invented

[Anonymous No.1988008]

OP, formic acid is the active ingredient I believe

[Anonymous No.1988043]

>>1987985
they are created in the wasp nest, the larger the nest the more stingers, and also the deadlier stingers they can produce. a wasp nest the size of a basketball can produce up to 500 stingers at a time for it's warriors. they are loaded while they sleep via rape, and then when they poop it all discharges and they cant sting you till next time they sleep.

[Anonymous No.1988068]

>>1988043
whatthefuckamireading.jpg

[Anonymous No.1988510]

>>1988043

[Anonymous No.1988523]

>>1988008
AFAIR wasp venom is alkaline, not acidic.
Bees have acidic venom.

[Anonymous No.1988540]

Wasps don't sting you. They bite you.

[Anonymous No.1988545]

>>1988540
bullshit