00:00We've all seen the news reports and felt that chill.
00:02The Asian giant hornet or murder hornet.
00:05But beyond the viral fear, have you ever stopped to wonder
00:09exactly how many stings would it actually take?
00:12The truth is, it's not a single number,
00:14but a lethal interaction between venom potency and your own body's threshold.
00:19The venom of a murder hornet.
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00:27It's an incredibly complex neurotoxin cocktail.
00:30While much less venomous drop-for-drop than a honeybee,
00:34their primary lethal weapon is volume.
00:36In just one attack, they can inject roughly 7 times more venom than a honeybee.
00:41For an average adult without a history of allergies,
00:44medical research suggests it would take between 30 and 40 individual stings
00:49to reach a lethal dose.
00:51At that point, the high volume of venom shuts down vital organs,
00:55causing kidney failure and heart failure in a horrific biological reaction.
01:00However, for anyone severely allergic,
01:03just one single sting can trigger anaphylactic shock and be fatal.
01:07In nature, numbers don't lie,
01:09but understanding the biology tells the real story.
01:12Respect the nature and always stay safe.
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