Charles Ray, an entomologist with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), says Yellow Jackets are creating "super nests" that are three to four times the size of regular wasp nests! A regular nest is equivalent to the size of a volleyball and houses about 4,000 to 5,000 worker wasps. The "super nests" are housing up to 15,000 worker wasps!
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Damn nature! You scary! Here are 17 really chilling and scary animal facts, not for the easily-spooked! You have been warned... proceed with caution..
Cat's truly are special aren't they? So special that they seem to have their very own sense of logic! As humans, do you think we will ever have a chance at understanding cats' logic?
Yep, this is the meme that started it all. It could even be argued that this particular cat asking for a Cheezburger is what started the whole modern internet memes trend that has become an important part of society and human interaction online. And the crazy thing is that one day this piece of nostalgia will rest in a museum to educate and inspire future generations.
If you like strange and maybe creepy facts about animals, @41strange is the twitter page you need in your life.
Nothing you have ever seen quite compares to the weird things the lovely people of the Internet have stumbled upon while visiting their local thrift stores. See some of their weird finds below.
"Clean up on all aisles" - everyone. Petco sure does keep its word! If you have an animal brought into the store, on a leash, it doesn't matter what kind of animal -- it's allowed. Meet Oliver the African Watusi!
British Artist, Mrs. McGettrick, started creating stuffed toys with artificial human teeth as a joke in 2010. But that weird hobby is now a successful full-time business venture with her own store on Amazon. It sure makes you wonder why would people buy these weird looking toys...
These laws below are so bizarre and raise so many questions! To find out more, you can read about it at Paw Culture!
As reporter Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) discovered, if you order crickets for your pet lizard, be prepared to secure them when you unpack the box. This twitter thread is truly wild.
Like did you know that elephants are the only animals on earth that can't jump?
