Wasps of unusual side

[snowywolfowl]

From the article:

"Its jaws are so large that they wrap up either side of the head when closed. When the jaws are open they are actually longer than the male's front legs. I don't know how it can walk," noted Kimsey, who is also director at the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

Sweet Jesus! I don't know how the hell it would walk either, but its cool, in an awesomely terrifying sort of way.

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/giant-warrior-wasp-discovered-with-jaws-longer-than-its-legs?hpt=hp_bn11

Comments

[telemeister.livejournal.com]

I sometimes think that film-makers' ideas of scary aliens are often effectively outlandish and even unsettling, but many terrestrial creatures look far more alien.

[snowywolfowl.livejournal.com]

That they most definitely do but that's what makes biology so fun, isn't it?