Two Giant Killer Hornet Colonies Fight to the Death

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  • Опубліковано 10 сер 2016
  • A giant killer hornet war is waged between two colonies, and the resources, territories, and survival of a new generation are at stake. Watch the battle unfold as these huge hornets risk their lives for their kingdoms.
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    From: KILLER HORNETS
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  • @grouchygrundle
    @grouchygrundle 5 років тому +3938

    Anybody else notice the hornet missing his lower body & still fighting?. Now that's a warrior

  • @el5pk
    @el5pk 7 років тому +5466

    This is...The Game of Drones

    • @osianoisekenegbe9401
      @osianoisekenegbe9401 7 років тому +45

      W

    • @osianoisekenegbe9401
      @osianoisekenegbe9401 7 років тому +39

      Josh g Or they wish to easily express their appreciation of a comment while on UA-cam's mobile application, which unfortunately does not allow one to like them. But you're welcome to your asinine observation.

    • @AbsurdJosh
      @AbsurdJosh 7 років тому +14

      Osiano Isekenegbe Lol nobody is going to read that bullshit especially on youtube.

    • @osianoisekenegbe9401
      @osianoisekenegbe9401 7 років тому +23

      Josh g An asinine observation followed by a sweeping generalization!? I don't know what game we're playing, but you've earned your own W!
      P.S. No need to clench yourself while you pick that up, idgaf.

    • @poppedfloor4422
      @poppedfloor4422 7 років тому +8

      +Osiano Isekenegbe You can just like the fucking comment...

  • @oncetherewasausernamesolon9234
    @oncetherewasausernamesolon9234 3 роки тому +1140

    Hornets killing hornets. I see this as an absolute win.

    • @carson3047
      @carson3047 3 роки тому +22

      mortys killing mortys

    • @nebojsadragic6431
      @nebojsadragic6431 3 роки тому

      Me too

    • @fing4222
      @fing4222 3 роки тому +2

      Kinda messed up

    • @NotRy_F
      @NotRy_F 3 роки тому

      Agreed

    • @User-uw1ue
      @User-uw1ue 3 роки тому +6

      Dear, Heavenly Father today I come to you in Jesus Name I pray that the person on the other side of this screen receives blessings and awnsered prayers and receive miracles Heavenly Father we Love you Praise you and Thank you Heavenly Father for even putting us on this Earth that you made and we are thankful that we still are on This Earth during all this stuff going on Heavenly Father. We except Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and King and Believe with all our hearts and minds that Jesus Christ your Son Died For Our Sins and Was Risen By Yourself Heavenly Father In Jesus Name We Pray, Amen❣️

  • @footofblut981
    @footofblut981 3 роки тому +499

    Humans: war is so brutal😭
    Hornets: fight till extinction and eat their babies

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan 3 роки тому

      babies

    • @N_DS
      @N_DS 3 роки тому

      That's what we need right now.

    • @RGIIIBOXING
      @RGIIIBOXING 3 роки тому +4

      OKAY" I GOT A QUESTION...IF THEY ARE THE SAME BEES...ARE THE TYPE OF HORNETS...HOW DOES ONE GROUP OF BEES KNOW WHICH ONES TO FIGHT" HOW MANY OF THEM DO YOU KNOW TRIED TO CHANGE SIDES... THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF CHEMICAL MESSENGES..OR PHEROMONES..I DON'T KNOW...BEES DONT SEE..MOST BUGS & INSECTS CANT SEE...THEY GO BY MOVEMENT... VIBRATIONS...WOW" THIS IS CRAZY... SOMETHING COOL IN GOING ON...TO TELL WHO THE ENEMIES ARE..**ONE#1**

    • @footofblut981
      @footofblut981 3 роки тому

      @@RGIIIBOXING okay

    • @agentnugget6492
      @agentnugget6492 3 роки тому +2

      @@N_DS the answer is You

  • @richardyoung9024
    @richardyoung9024 4 роки тому +4186

    “When times are tough, giant killer hornets turn on their own kind”. Sounds like the human race to me.

    • @sticc3978
      @sticc3978 4 роки тому +168

      If you think about it, they are pretty similar to us

    • @MrBuckaroo2014
      @MrBuckaroo2014 4 роки тому +112

      Sadly, it appears we're heading in that direction, too.

    • @jimmysapien9961
      @jimmysapien9961 4 роки тому +18

      The 300

    • @xordus
      @xordus 4 роки тому +52

      sounds like plenty of thinking, biological entities. we're not special

    • @ghost77524
      @ghost77524 4 роки тому +13

      If you guys think about it hornets still pollinate from flowers they die we die so at the same time I can handle diying you only live once but this is not good.

  • @AlberYouTube
    @AlberYouTube 7 років тому +7806

    Proof that war isn't a human construct.

    • @lorenzomenegol6461
      @lorenzomenegol6461 7 років тому +65

      lol

    • @higgje3495
      @higgje3495 7 років тому +269

      you speak Words of wisdom Young one

    • @Gr3ypool
      @Gr3ypool 7 років тому +309

      its in our nature! It is one way evolution and natural selection weed out the weak populace!

    • @Hacker41822
      @Hacker41822 7 років тому +78

      Which theory of evolution you are talking about? Because the most are complete bullshit.

    • @Hasharin14
      @Hasharin14 7 років тому +245

      Lol we found the creationist

  • @retardbait3372
    @retardbait3372 4 роки тому +1455

    Imaging taking a flamethrower and just going ham on both colonies

    • @fewezt6012
      @fewezt6012 4 роки тому +149

      Imagine angry hornets on fire swarming you, stingers like flaming swords of vengeance. They're taking you with them.

    • @the-little-napoleon
      @the-little-napoleon 4 роки тому +27

      @@fewezt6012 not if you run away first!

    • @debaFourOneNine
      @debaFourOneNine 4 роки тому +60

      German puppet man they fly 25 mph bro

    • @Nick12568
      @Nick12568 4 роки тому +100

      DEBA Can’t fly if their wings are burnt.

    • @erkangorgulu6013
      @erkangorgulu6013 4 роки тому +25

      Look, if you do this, you almost have no chance of not getting stung. Once, I tried destroying a wasp hive next to top of my window and i instantly got stung before i could even close my window. Imagine I even planned how i would have done it to do it fast.

  • @jukijunk
    @jukijunk 4 роки тому +358

    Can we all just take a moment and be thankful that these insects are not human size?

    • @rifasclub
      @rifasclub 4 роки тому +15

      If they were, they would crumble by their own weight.

    • @Sierra-058
      @Sierra-058 3 роки тому +7

      They would just crumble, do you know anything? If mosquitoes and wasps were human sized, they would be easy to shoot and die very easily.

    • @kokoslegend4850
      @kokoslegend4850 3 роки тому +17

      @@Sierra-058 , producing itself by thousands.....

    • @jollyelmroot
      @jollyelmroot 3 роки тому +1

      I believe those exists they’re just genetically modified

    • @Tom-vg6td
      @Tom-vg6td 3 роки тому +1

      Think of the amount of them in swarms though.

  • @lordleo9047
    @lordleo9047 5 років тому +2414

    "The sentry can do nothing but witness the devastation of her precious family"
    **Happy outro jingle**

    • @japan32japan
      @japan32japan 5 років тому +40

      Lord Leo Smithsonian... ITS BRIGHTER HERE ... lol

    • @b3at2
      @b3at2 5 років тому

      Ewan Trevis hehehehe😭

    • @pnut3844able
      @pnut3844able 5 років тому +10

      On the next..... Arrested development

    • @notthefather3919
      @notthefather3919 5 років тому +2

      @SigneN-Formaldehyd-Planteøstrogen-Soja#1-dræ' yea. I knew you people complaining about the outro music were weird.
      How do you get pedophiles from this video?

    • @notthefather3919
      @notthefather3919 5 років тому +1

      *let me try to look edgy by commenting on the Smithsonian's outro...like someone does on every video*

  • @elriels2416
    @elriels2416 7 років тому +2173

    You know you've been on the internet too long when you watch bee fights.

    • @chanjoe4866
      @chanjoe4866 7 років тому +167

      Not bees, giant hornets.

    • @breezeroom
      @breezeroom 7 років тому +15

      Enid Grimes Hornets

    • @raymondperrault5821
      @raymondperrault5821 7 років тому +34

      Giant hornets with frickin laser beams attached to their stingers!

    • @edp8301
      @edp8301 7 років тому +20

      How do those look like bees? Even if you know nothing about insects, it's common sense to tell which is a bee... world full of idiots with IQs less then 80.

    • @angryyogbuscus1578
      @angryyogbuscus1578 7 років тому +9

      Enid Grimes There are other things on the internet?

  • @DPowered2
    @DPowered2 3 роки тому +36

    Hornets always go for the head
    Thanos: *Sweats*

  • @Modernww2fare
    @Modernww2fare 4 роки тому +58

    0:44 "Giant killer hornets turn on their own kind."
    *Human: "First time?"*

    • @darkneon5637
      @darkneon5637 Рік тому

      YEEESSSS 😈

    • @realtruenorth
      @realtruenorth 2 місяці тому

      Naw, they been doing this since back when we were monkeys

  • @Jomanro
    @Jomanro 4 роки тому +838

    Bug documentaries will ALWAYS be the No. 1 horror films ever made.

  • @SpareKibbles503
    @SpareKibbles503 5 років тому +4997

    Bees are friendly unless provoked
    Wasps are jerks
    Hornets are Evil

    • @zero-wolf5519
      @zero-wolf5519 5 років тому +262

      James Riddle In the wise words of Boba fett burn them all

    • @electroundergroundrecords9858
      @electroundergroundrecords9858 5 років тому +255

      Yellow jackets are the devils spawn

    • @-hydro
      @-hydro 5 років тому +69

      Remember when me and my brother were little my brother was trying to hit some bees with a stick ended getting chased out the park

    • @eXpas04
      @eXpas04 5 років тому +34

      Wasps are friendly unless provoced bees are jerks

    • @streamspoart2671
      @streamspoart2671 5 років тому +22

      EEEEVIIIIL!!!

  • @mensrea1251
    @mensrea1251 4 роки тому +88

    “Disabling the enemy is the primary strategy”
    *proceeds to decapitate enemies*

  • @justincoloma3721
    @justincoloma3721 4 роки тому +213

    “One pizza slice left”
    Girls: OMG we can share it!
    Me and the boys:

    • @Loespoes
      @Loespoes 4 роки тому

      Pf picture seems appropriate😂

    • @yoshiking6027
      @yoshiking6027 3 роки тому +6

      So you guys just eat eachother instead of the pizza?

    • @thegriffinsfamily6620
      @thegriffinsfamily6620 3 роки тому +10

      @@yoshiking6027 yes, i love the taste of humans

    • @user-ob4sn2jn9n
      @user-ob4sn2jn9n 3 роки тому +5

      That's my pizza don't put your scruby mandibles ON MYPIZZAyou GOOOFSSS!!!!! And would a chair bro

    • @lazarpaunovic1382
      @lazarpaunovic1382 3 роки тому

      @@yoshiking6027 No he mean they are fighting for pizza

  • @aakrit7433
    @aakrit7433 5 років тому +2362

    Teacher- Name an immortal species
    Camera man

    • @carsonhill2369
      @carsonhill2369 5 років тому +74

      Zerebrat Eightyseven there was a camera man before the universe was even created

    • @rahmatbanua7009
      @rahmatbanua7009 5 років тому +82

      *we could make a religion out of this*

    • @danehales2021
      @danehales2021 5 років тому +11

      Rahmat Banua lol probably my favorite comment ever😂😂😂

    • @jahton1239
      @jahton1239 5 років тому +4

      Lol true

    • @zeadogs8174
      @zeadogs8174 5 років тому +17

      Seriously, how does the camera man survive this shit?

  • @Pyred89
    @Pyred89 5 років тому +1774

    Hornets be like: Dude this is 6th time i killed that guy

  • @Alta-Moon
    @Alta-Moon 3 роки тому +30

    This is brutal, but if this means that there are fewer giant hornets out there, then I won’t complain.

  • @PeterLawrence_
    @PeterLawrence_ 3 роки тому +12

    "your enemies will one day turn on each other" - The Bees

  • @xFiizZy
    @xFiizZy 7 років тому +1967

    War. War never changes.

    • @kean3258
      @kean3258 6 років тому +36

      Yay more fallout fans!

    • @bestamerica
      @bestamerica 6 років тому +13

      RyNeMo
      War. War never changes.
      '
      all animals / all birds / all insects / all mammals are fighting war war war all the time...
      all things are natural lives on the earth

    • @theijavis1526
      @theijavis1526 6 років тому

      War -changes-

    • @kean3258
      @kean3258 6 років тому +1

      Not one had a super sledge

    • @oppressedamphibian8522
      @oppressedamphibian8522 6 років тому

      {Repro} JakeThe Cena_Jay You diss his profile pic, yet yours is a creeper. Noice.

  • @IamCombustible
    @IamCombustible 7 років тому +694

    Did I hear a fucking guillotine sound effect?

    • @diegobracho4963
      @diegobracho4963 7 років тому +23

      Yes

    • @bkjeong4302
      @bkjeong4302 7 років тому +46

      Right as one hornet beheaded another.

    • @vexxmoon
      @vexxmoon 7 років тому +60

      that's definitely the dark souls death sound effect.

    • @elisahuberman3408
      @elisahuberman3408 7 років тому +2

      IamCombustible For beheading the hornet

    • @dictatornoodle1260
      @dictatornoodle1260 7 років тому +5

      IamCombustible a wasps head just got bit off its body
      WHAT EFFECT DO YOU EXPECT

  • @coolvidzman
    @coolvidzman 4 роки тому +31

    Lol they sure picked the right voice over artist for this one.
    Actor: What are you looking for?
    Director: Picture killer hornets killing other killer hornets.
    Actor: So...Morgan freeman crossed with Steven Tyler?
    Director: BRILLIANT

  • @gavihorwitz2248
    @gavihorwitz2248 4 роки тому +49

    Whoever was filming this has the biggest guts ever

  • @alikos88
    @alikos88 4 роки тому +507

    02:07 The hornet cut in half and fighting forth should posthumously be awarded the Arthropoda Vespidae Medal of Honor

  • @ocinnico2608
    @ocinnico2608 4 роки тому +890

    this is probably the most badass sounding narrator in a nature documentary

  • @stanfordpines253
    @stanfordpines253 4 роки тому +10

    Everyone: in quarantine
    Killer hornets: “ were is everybody?!?!”

  • @PerryCuda
    @PerryCuda 4 роки тому +10

    1:08 when I realized those sounds weren't actual, but sound effects.

  • @bobburger8015
    @bobburger8015 6 років тому +1660

    it all started when the fire nation attacked

    • @Dylan-rp8el
      @Dylan-rp8el 6 років тому +31

      bob burger Ants cananda

    • @lucasbottorff8641
      @lucasbottorff8641 6 років тому +9

      ya ants cananda

    • @joevolume7106
      @joevolume7106 6 років тому +2

      Antscanada ftw

    • @mahyaramou2446
      @mahyaramou2446 6 років тому +2

      bob burger Zuko: How many times do i have to apolozie for my family?

    • @edwardetopia4508
      @edwardetopia4508 5 років тому +8

      It all started when the hornet nation (Fire)attacked
      The bees (Earth) couldn’t protect people because of a video 30 hornets vs 30,000 Bees they were down
      The wasps(Water) were all forming alliance with the ants (air)because they were being taken down by the the Hornet nation (Air)🐜 and then Avatar Ant (Aang) Rose up and then After a infinite year war he claimed victory and everything was back to normal
      The end

  • @whatwhat1345
    @whatwhat1345 5 років тому +438

    What's the most metal thing you've seen?
    Oh you know... Hornets beheading each other

    • @G31M1
      @G31M1 4 роки тому +1

      you mean mental or metal?
      *DESTROYYYY EVERYTHIIING DESTROYYY EVERYTHIING*

    • @APsupportsTerrorism
      @APsupportsTerrorism 4 роки тому +1

      @Terncote The demented thing with these hornets... they can't actually eat.
      What you think they're eating... is for the larvae... the larvae in turn puke up a highly concentrated energy goo, and that's what they eat.
      It's how they have insane energy... 60mile trips, 25mph...
      They're dependent on feeding stuff to their babies to regurgitate it back to them to eat.

    • @portagasdace21117
      @portagasdace21117 11 місяців тому

      And eating Larvae(unborn) Baby hornets.

  • @akuinator6350
    @akuinator6350 3 роки тому +6

    Hornets: *win battle*
    Hornets: "Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!"

  • @emily-xj3xv
    @emily-xj3xv 4 роки тому +14

    1:09 oh man i feel like i didn’t need to see that

  • @PrinceTae
    @PrinceTae 7 років тому +954

    *Who the fuck was the camera man?!*

  • @sugardaddy4714
    @sugardaddy4714 4 роки тому +806

    Can we appreciate the guy at 2:07. Half his body gone, he's still kicking and fighting like "You want some of this!"

  • @micmacha
    @micmacha Рік тому +5

    Thanks, Smithsonian. I never knew that this level of anxiety was even possible until now.

  • @eduardopalomino320
    @eduardopalomino320 4 роки тому +31

    What I want to know is how they managed to get such amazing footage. What kind of cameras do they use and how do they get inside the small spaces to see what’s going on?

    • @paulkane7771
      @paulkane7771 Рік тому +14

      They have tiny people with tiny cameras that they send in there.

    • @Covid-me1xf
      @Covid-me1xf 10 місяців тому +1

      they prepared the cameras in the nest in advance and brought in a different colony to get a fight.

    • @jaxong.2701
      @jaxong.2701 9 місяців тому

      That's fhuhcked up...

  • @girligirlish1
    @girligirlish1 5 років тому +702

    Seeing the hornet rip off that head made my jaw drop 😂

    • @KemalYusup
      @KemalYusup 5 років тому +48

      Raven they also added sword sound effect too 😂

    • @bakugo9761
      @bakugo9761 5 років тому +9

      @@KemalYusup YES LOL I LAUGHED SO HARD AT THAT

    • @mr.november7456
      @mr.november7456 4 роки тому

      Sure it wasnt someone's ball sack that made your jaw drop?

    • @justsendmelocation5068
      @justsendmelocation5068 4 роки тому +6

      Your jaw, their heads.

    • @bestamerica
      @bestamerica 4 роки тому +6

      Raven
      Seeing the hornet rip off that head made my jaw drop 😂
      '
      hi R...
      another thing...
      hornet cut the waist off, tooo

  • @AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV
    @AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV 4 роки тому +225

    What still blows me away is that we cannot tell one from the other...yet they know who is from their colony and who is not. Incredible!

    • @Kirke182
      @Kirke182 2 роки тому +55

      That's because they use scent not sight to identify foe and allies.

    • @Marcus-gw4bb
      @Marcus-gw4bb Рік тому +29

      @@Kirke182 A year late but that's right and to be more specific, pheromones. It helps them identify each other, send attack/warning signals to the colony, etc.

    • @justadummy8076
      @justadummy8076 Рік тому +1

      Insects are masters of pheromonal communication

    • @saymyname6726
      @saymyname6726 Рік тому +38

      I saw they have name tags. One says "Hi I'm Ted"

    • @alexch3618
      @alexch3618 Рік тому +4

      @@Marcus-gw4bb This would imply that "phermones" have such great variation that each colony can produce it's own signature somehow. I wonder how that works.

  • @undisclosedidentity9893
    @undisclosedidentity9893 20 годин тому +1

    The Bees and Wasps far in the distance sensing the Hornets fighting:
    “Thank god that’s not us”

  • @thegameingdimondmeat7376
    @thegameingdimondmeat7376 4 роки тому +6

    3:11 she has a whole anime main character backstory

  • @rubeng9649
    @rubeng9649 7 років тому +522

    war... war never changes

    • @inawesome4162
      @inawesome4162 7 років тому +3

      or does it?

    • @rubeng9649
      @rubeng9649 7 років тому +17

      fallout 4 reference dude.

    • @chefton
      @chefton 7 років тому +4

      ruben g apparently he doesn't get the joke

    • @winchest961
      @winchest961 6 років тому +2

      ruben g something tells me you only ever played fallout 4 if you think the 4th and worse one in the series coined the term.

    • @somedude007
      @somedude007 6 років тому +1

      Sheldon George ikr acting like fucking fallout fans yet they've only played the 4th one

  • @RAYTHEONGAMING
    @RAYTHEONGAMING 7 років тому +775

    That's a whole lot of death there....
    Film that close? Fuck that shit

    • @felixnilsson9579
      @felixnilsson9579 7 років тому +35

      better get that 3000 x zoom bro

    • @RAYTHEONGAMING
      @RAYTHEONGAMING 7 років тому +16

      wouldnt even get within zoom range of those things.
      That's death....horrible... awful...painful death

    • @DanielRenardAnimation
      @DanielRenardAnimation 7 років тому +90

      Recorded it somewhat safely with the Hubble Telescope, with a twitchy finger ready on the _"Nuke From Orbit"_ button.
      But in all seriousness, I think they're relatively safe when these guys have other orders/priorities; raiding another nest.

    • @BeesBugsJapan
      @BeesBugsJapan 7 років тому +8

      BuRgLaR187 I do all the time. With the right gear

    • @juancano500
      @juancano500 6 років тому +1

      BuRgLaR187 fuck man even in protective gear I'd feel I'd be next in line

  • @Tony-hh3yc
    @Tony-hh3yc 4 роки тому +7

    “ heads will roll”
    Well I didn’t see that coming.

  • @bradleyhahn5521
    @bradleyhahn5521 4 роки тому +7

    *Chops off enemy hornets head*
    "ENEMY DISABLED!"

  • @diobrando5993
    @diobrando5993 5 років тому +1222

    Vegans: MEAT IS ANIMAL CRUELTY.
    Hornets: 👀

    • @noritaro891
      @noritaro891 5 років тому +46

      Dio: is a vampire whos killed thousands
      hornets: hold my beer

    • @jamesdelatorre6424
      @jamesdelatorre6424 5 років тому +18

      Animal cruelty is natural.

    • @narutoakatsukigirl
      @narutoakatsukigirl 4 роки тому +3

      NORITARO # Jojooooo

    • @emperorsunnyshore9272
      @emperorsunnyshore9272 4 роки тому +1

      NORITARO # ZA HORNET

    • @adad-ec6ht
      @adad-ec6ht 4 роки тому +1

      @@jamesdelatorre6424 Eating humans is also natural. Our ancestors ate meat for survival.

  • @andy__K
    @andy__K 5 років тому +875

    "How did they know that they weren't attacking their own friend?" Said an alien who watched us fight

    • @nomealow
      @nomealow 5 років тому +133

      Cuz we wear different clothes

    • @lostpockets2227
      @lostpockets2227 5 років тому +8

      @Jermain Roberts i love *you* Jermain 😘

    • @HashbrownMashup
      @HashbrownMashup 5 років тому +5

      @NothingExotic Dammit I love all you guys

    • @d22268
      @d22268 5 років тому +55

      I'm going to guess that they work with feromones, like ant colonies.

    • @dragonboimmdvideos
      @dragonboimmdvideos 5 років тому +1

      Hilih kintil

  • @michaelmccray8026
    @michaelmccray8026 3 роки тому +4

    My god this is scarier than most modern horror films
    And no jump scares too

  • @sorinvladu7021
    @sorinvladu7021 4 роки тому +6

    This is like that Spiderman meme where both of them are pointing at each other

  • @sladebeefknuckle8615
    @sladebeefknuckle8615 5 років тому +513

    I have a sudden urge to buy a flamethrower.

    • @NM-ev7pu
      @NM-ev7pu 5 років тому +19

      I would get two...

    • @kulkidz33
      @kulkidz33 4 роки тому +11

      Get a RPG instead

    • @normalpatt7775
      @normalpatt7775 4 роки тому +1

      Call in the nuke

    • @myopinonz
      @myopinonz 4 роки тому +4

      I had one of these jerks land on my back while I was climbing a latter, I almost fell off the building top, I literally felt it land before I was about to step on roof,

    • @therealcharlie7314
      @therealcharlie7314 4 роки тому +4

      I knew a roofer, who was up on a high roof and got attacked, it was to high to jump.... he managed to climb down most of the way then jumped, he was stung so badly he went into cardiac. He survived, but it was touch and go for a while...

  • @454ffv
    @454ffv 4 роки тому +373

    my gf: what are you doing, it's midnight
    me: watching killer hornets behead each other

  • @ahmadnawaz1935
    @ahmadnawaz1935 4 роки тому +5

    hornets dying
    camera man: yeah, i am covering a civil war here

    • @thegollyer903
      @thegollyer903 3 роки тому

      Ahmad Nawaz would that even count as a civil war they r from different hives I believe.

    • @ravetv8384
      @ravetv8384 3 роки тому

      This not a civil war this is simply a war between hornet(nations)

  • @ryanstammen4060
    @ryanstammen4060 4 роки тому +13

    When people are watching this who feels like a hornet is flying above you right now?

  • @dannass5
    @dannass5 7 років тому +587

    I can't believe this is our reality. I'm having a revelation watching fucking giant hornets decapitate each other.

    • @Valchrist1313
      @Valchrist1313 7 років тому +3

      What does Hobbes say?

    • @vexxmoon
      @vexxmoon 7 років тому +12

      +Valchrist1313 Fuck you that's what

    • @aclockworkapple5851
      @aclockworkapple5851 7 років тому +1

      vexxmoon Do... do you know who Hobbes is?

    • @DcodeReload
      @DcodeReload 7 років тому +5

      Valchrist1313 nasty, brutish and short

    • @artlover8643
      @artlover8643 7 років тому +9

      i feel you man life is crazy

  • @TobiasTheWolf
    @TobiasTheWolf 6 років тому +750

    Plot twist, the sentry is the traitor who leaked Intel

    • @scienceandmusic4295
      @scienceandmusic4295 6 років тому +18

      PLUSHY Dun dun DUN

    • @darrylwilliams4457
      @darrylwilliams4457 5 років тому +18

      Plot twist it's really an orgy

    • @tayokarate
      @tayokarate 5 років тому +3

      Baelish

    • @Newberntrains
      @Newberntrains 5 років тому

      @@darrylwilliams4457 bukkake flies for miles

    • @billylee4460
      @billylee4460 5 років тому +12

      Hence this known as the orange wedding. A new Hornet will arise to avenge the da north! King of da north! The young Hornet!

  • @ivorymoonwolf4721
    @ivorymoonwolf4721 3 роки тому +5

    Kudos to the cameraman for having the balls to get close enough to these hornets to film them. I'd be screaming and running.

  • @mtthielsen8342
    @mtthielsen8342 4 роки тому +10

    I'm getting a flamethrower.

  • @tygervoods8358
    @tygervoods8358 7 років тому +640

    This gave me so much anxiety, just watching it.

    • @adrianleal3332
      @adrianleal3332 7 років тому +9

      Tyger Voods Me too mah boi (sorry about that if u think that sounds retarded)

    • @tygervoods8358
      @tygervoods8358 7 років тому +4

      😂😂😂

    • @skeene_6824
      @skeene_6824 7 років тому +5

      Tyger Voods I can't even lie down I feel shit crawling on me lol

    • @mariawhelan849
      @mariawhelan849 7 років тому

      Adrian Leal if you don't mind please do not use THAT horrible word RETARDED as I have a very beautiful 21 month old baby girl, she was born with downsyndrome trisomy 21 and it really upsets me when I see the likes of That word above because although my daughter Alliemae was born with Downsyndrome she is just like any other child her age and she will be going to a normal school too, so please appreciate that i would very much appreciate it if you please don't use that word, it's just wrong, thank you very much and I don't want any animosity between us either ok??? thank you, God bless xxxx

    • @adrianleal3332
      @adrianleal3332 7 років тому +1

      maria whelan I understand but I wasn't directing it toward you, but, once again, I understand

  • @BubbaBowie
    @BubbaBowie 7 років тому +919

    "The sentry can do nothing, but witness the devastation of her precious family."
    La dee dah dah "SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL! IT'S BRIGHTER HERE" :D

    • @citronm1405
      @citronm1405 7 років тому +62

      I know! I felt the end was inappropriate too!
      A Brighter channel?
      This was terrifying! LOL!

    • @jhenxou4721
      @jhenxou4721 6 років тому +49

      soon that sentry became a legendary samurai, who avenged his family. Wandering, for the nest that massacre.

    • @xioxio2554
      @xioxio2554 6 років тому +7

      That had me laughing

    • @TheBestFanGirlEver
      @TheBestFanGirlEver 6 років тому +4

      Jhen Xou *her family.

    • @HaroldTheWizardCat
      @HaroldTheWizardCat 6 років тому +3

      Pmarckoue2 ikr lmao

  • @fewovercomers5347
    @fewovercomers5347 4 роки тому +3

    It Is Amazing How The Killer Hornets Can Tell Their Friends From Their Enemies, They Look So Much Alike! I Wonder If Each Colony Has It's Own Distinctive Smell or Oder, To Make It Easier To Know Their Friends From Their Enemies???

  • @themuffinman4044
    @themuffinman4044 3 роки тому +3

    Imagine coming across the aftermath of that battle while walking through the woods

  • @theultimatereductionist7592
    @theultimatereductionist7592 6 років тому +789

    How the hell does each hornet tell which side each other hornet is on?
    THEY ALL LOOK FREAKIN' THE SAME!

  • @fleidyleegyrson7361
    @fleidyleegyrson7361 5 років тому +316

    “The sentry watches helplessly as the last of its family is cannibalized in utero”
    “It’s brighter here!”

    • @johnfrancis4809
      @johnfrancis4809 4 роки тому +5

      Planned Parenthood to the rescue.
      Oh , they're killing our unborn.
      But they're just blobs.

  • @nickarmour199
    @nickarmour199 4 роки тому

    I love how happy music starts playing at the end

  • @Lonezewolflonewolf
    @Lonezewolflonewolf 4 роки тому +4

    Whoever finished editing this got their popcorn.

  • @tedytarrify
    @tedytarrify 5 років тому +180

    Thanks UA-cam. I needed some fresh nightmares.

    • @TheOne-vn6xx
      @TheOne-vn6xx 4 роки тому +1

      @Aron Toulouse lol that's why I'm here were doomed!🤣😂🤣😂

  • @simisomavuso2713
    @simisomavuso2713 4 роки тому +606

    humans are the most violent species, hornets: hold my giant mandibles

    • @abdullahsepic
      @abdullahsepic 4 роки тому

      fr

    • @Marvin.45
      @Marvin.45 4 роки тому +15

      I'm sure we've outdone the hornet by a long shot.

    • @robkeen2818
      @robkeen2818 4 роки тому +12

      Yes, especially when humans abort their young.

    • @La_didissidence
      @La_didissidence 4 роки тому +23

      @@robkeen2818 they literally were eating what is the equivalent for us of a fetus

    • @Blanka767
      @Blanka767 4 роки тому

      Rob Keen They make this too

  • @abril4907
    @abril4907 4 роки тому +1

    Welcome to another episode of "Why am I watching this, and can I even watch this?"

  • @XoADREADNOUGHT
    @XoADREADNOUGHT 4 роки тому +10

    If we are being honest, they didn't just stumble on this with their multitudes of camera ready. Someone didn't call up the Smithsonian and say, "I think these two hornet colonies are gonna fight. You should get out here asap!". They moved one of the colonies next to another to instigate a fight so that they could film it. Whenever you see videos like this of animals fighting (particularly rarer fights, not deer sparring etc), 90% of the time, it was setup.

    • @ruthswann88
      @ruthswann88 3 роки тому +2

      I don't think they stumbled upon this, but I think they were already filming these two colonies beforehand since apparently they knew these colonies well enough to give them names

  • @Barrett49cal
    @Barrett49cal 7 років тому +269

    1:09 the sound affect when the hornet got decapitated had me dying 😂😂😂

    • @johnnysavvy4190
      @johnnysavvy4190 7 років тому +5

      Wyatt Barrett hahahahahaha

    • @MajorLinkGaming
      @MajorLinkGaming 6 років тому +4

      Wyatt Barrett Oh god! I didn't see that coming! XD

    • @ok-fm1mo
      @ok-fm1mo 6 років тому +6

      Wyatt Barrett It's from Dark Souls

    • @Krezmick
      @Krezmick 6 років тому +19

      Followed by "Heads will roll" Looool

    • @darknessasuke1
      @darknessasuke1 6 років тому

      Ricø .91 I

  • @dadwiththemilk6428
    @dadwiththemilk6428 4 роки тому +716

    *Ya know im starting to miss the time were 2019 was the worst year.*

    • @newbyclive
      @newbyclive 4 роки тому +10

      Fr

    • @PmfSwavier
      @PmfSwavier 4 роки тому +3

      SCORPION FLAMEZ idk bout that we might be able to be outside next year but you also right cuz what if outside become walking dead or fallout

    • @josephmoore9706
      @josephmoore9706 4 роки тому +3

      Not gonna have a worse years than 2020 for a long time

    • @JuneBuggJr
      @JuneBuggJr 4 роки тому +1

      2016 to 2020 had been all bad

    • @luigiisbetterthanmario6916
      @luigiisbetterthanmario6916 4 роки тому

      Hmm was the time of Sara or black death or this year Wich was worst?

  • @aurangzebaziz6848
    @aurangzebaziz6848 3 роки тому +2

    Feels like I'm watching a Hollywood movie with all these sound effects 😂

  • @Funkymaster5
    @Funkymaster5 4 роки тому +1

    Real MVP are the camera guys!! Shoutout camera guys!!

  • @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059
    @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059 4 роки тому +64

    02:07 that hornet had his/her body cutoff, but still fighting
    Give him/her the medal of honor.

    • @h2w25
      @h2w25 3 роки тому +2

      It’s like an old war movie where the guy has just guts blown out and he’s dead But he just doesn’t know it yet and his friend is holding his hand telling him how they’re going to go to Vegas together Once they get out of here

    • @Renville80
      @Renville80 3 роки тому +3

      The majority of bees / hornets / wasps are barren females. The only fertile one is the queen. Males only appear late in the season about the same time that a new generation of queens is raised, and those mated queens are the ones that find a spot to ride out the winter before starting a new hive in the spring.

    • @xtreme1002003
      @xtreme1002003 3 роки тому

      She was only half the hornet she used to be.

    • @s2korpionic
      @s2korpionic 3 роки тому +1

      Give "it"

  • @Lostazzol
    @Lostazzol 7 років тому +760

    two days ago one of these entered my bathroom. i tried to let him escape by the window, but he stayed. so, with a broom, i immobilized him and instinctively i cut his head of with the nail scissors. After i felt sorry. Now, watching this documentary i understand: i gave him a warrior's death!

    • @alpha77productions22
      @alpha77productions22 6 років тому +14

      Michele Colombini She was about to die and you gave her a Shirt death.

    • @alpha77productions22
      @alpha77productions22 6 років тому +55

      And yes. I meant Shirt death.

    • @robochop1957
      @robochop1957 6 років тому +16

      Michele Colombini just trap the thing and let it outside

    • @rummymossberg9282
      @rummymossberg9282 6 років тому +80

      Goku 1 she said she let it try to escape but it stayed shit for brains.... Trapping something like that results in stings kill it n let God sort it out

    • @RickTrajan
      @RickTrajan 6 років тому +32

      was an outright murder, but better than getting stinged or having a nest in your bathroom

  • @screamingmario8592
    @screamingmario8592 4 роки тому +62

    They all look the same, how are they gonna know who’s on each team, is it a free for all?

    • @geoxaga6507
      @geoxaga6507 4 роки тому +27

      Sent and pheromones

    • @dgc4059
      @dgc4059 4 роки тому +22

      Pheromones, they don't see very well but they can smell the enemies.

    • @Imposo.V
      @Imposo.V 4 роки тому +2

      telepathy bro

  • @colonelpanic17
    @colonelpanic17 4 роки тому +3

    God: You have provoked a gang war
    Hornet 1: Oh boy, here I go beheading again.

  • @aastors18
    @aastors18 4 роки тому +3129

    Who's here after they invaded the United States?

    • @cilvyennpsn2017
      @cilvyennpsn2017 4 роки тому +134

      They've already been in the U.S. for over ten years. This isn't a new species to us. Maybe just certain states.

    • @yvetteg3317
      @yvetteg3317 4 роки тому +55

      You know what who goes outside anymore 🤧

    • @JamaicanToast
      @JamaicanToast 4 роки тому +60

      @@cilvyennpsn2017 yes but they're back in larger numbers. you'll be seeing them a lot more hence why the news networks are informing us

    • @leathercheerio1
      @leathercheerio1 4 роки тому +77

      It's just phase 2 of the new age biological warfare china is setting off against up

    • @CellGames2006
      @CellGames2006 4 роки тому +20

      @@cilvyennpsn2017 they said in the news Asian Giant Hornets are in the U.S. for the first time.

  • @Josh-fy2sv
    @Josh-fy2sv 6 років тому +333

    The hornet civil war lol

    • @d.danger4335
      @d.danger4335 5 років тому +4

      True Smoker I’m honest shocked that sometimes they would kill each other. Cause most of the videos I see is them being outsmarted by the normal bees and intelligent humans that can kill a hive full of these bastards, or play duck hunt and shoot them down with some gun (Not the human type guns that hunters use), or them destroying a bee hive

    • @AceofDlamonds
      @AceofDlamonds 5 років тому +1

      normal bees? normal bees get destroyed by only a few hornets. It takes a special type of bee to outsmart them.

    • @felipecosta-kv2fx
      @felipecosta-kv2fx 5 років тому

      SHAW!

  • @necromancer1033
    @necromancer1033 3 роки тому +3

    mom: "what do in your room all day?"
    me: "i watch bees fight."

  • @ewqwebabandoningship6026
    @ewqwebabandoningship6026 3 роки тому +1

    The ASMR doesn’t make me spit up my food any less, *sMIthsonian.*

  • @Andrew37213
    @Andrew37213 4 роки тому +701

    “The precious nursery of developing princesses are ransacked. Next years queens, killed and cannibalized in their chambers. The sentry can do nothing but witness the devastation of her precious family.” ....Well that took quite a depressing turn.

    • @richhartnell6233
      @richhartnell6233 4 роки тому +30

      Sounds like something out of a slayer song.

    • @lukasdossett622
      @lukasdossett622 4 роки тому +20

      Tell me why the second I started reading this, it began to say it in the video

    • @chrisa2612
      @chrisa2612 4 роки тому +27

      We need to arm our honey bees with guns for the incoming invasion

    • @jamesu223
      @jamesu223 4 роки тому +18

      The sentry than performs seppuku for the shame of defeat.

    • @redroyalty910
      @redroyalty910 4 роки тому +1

      @@lukasdossett622 literally the same thing happened to me

  • @myrnacaraig2681
    @myrnacaraig2681 5 років тому +528

    The Sentry watched helplessly as all she loved was destroyed by the Bamboo Nation.
    She escapes, there she is found by the Yokai, there she trains, until she is ready to exact revenge on her family's killers.
    She is the Stinging Kunoichi
    She is the Black and Yellow Mandibles
    She is The Ronin

    • @TruthWillFreeYou
      @TruthWillFreeYou 5 років тому +29

      Next week on Dragon Ball Z!

    • @rando2284
      @rando2284 4 роки тому +1

      what a trash comment

    • @imfunaplaymahgames8880
      @imfunaplaymahgames8880 4 роки тому +6

      You should have ended the comment with,
      Coming to a theaters near you ... lol... great comment though!

    • @rhunter42dragon
      @rhunter42dragon 2 роки тому +1

      ... Then both nests will be wiped out? Sounds good to me!

  • @PsyQoBoy
    @PsyQoBoy 3 роки тому +2

    Baby bee: hey dad, the hornets are fighting again!!!
    Daddy bee: Boy!!! Come over here... *let them fight*

  • @Jman21UK
    @Jman21UK 4 роки тому +1

    Just the usual hornet on hornet gang war.

  • @generalzucc462
    @generalzucc462 7 років тому +359

    Just imagine making kids watch nature videos like this for lessons

    • @Gestrada031
      @Gestrada031 7 років тому +28

      Go back 20 years. We did.

    • @aegonii8471
      @aegonii8471 7 років тому +4

      Stimpy Jr I'm 13 which I guess still counts as a kid and after watching a documentary called Insect Wars I've been so fascinated with Asian giant hornets.

    • @masol3726
      @masol3726 7 років тому

      Biology. You can see blood pouring out. Each blood drop has red blood cells with O2

    • @markwallis2285
      @markwallis2285 7 років тому

      Me to they are amazing insects. I have only seen the European Hornet

    • @I_Be_Stevie
      @I_Be_Stevie 7 років тому +2

      I used to all the time in elementary school back in the 90's. This and Bill Nye for science class. It was friggin awesome :D

  • @Delete.9
    @Delete.9 6 років тому +107

    Bamboo Giants
    Army : 20,672
    Deaths: 4,983
    Rock Samurais
    Army: 12,764
    Deaths: 12,687
    The Bamboo Giants had a decisive victory over the Rock Samurais. Using a Blitzkrieg tactic to ram-sake the fortress taken no prisoners.

    • @John_C_J
      @John_C_J 5 років тому +1

      I do not get the reference.

    • @Tyler-mf5qx
      @Tyler-mf5qx 5 років тому +2

      nazi vs poland

    • @bartomiejzakrzewski7220
      @bartomiejzakrzewski7220 5 років тому +2

      @@Tyler-mf5qx no one defeats Poland face to face 1on1 they attack olways with two ally, from many directions :(

    • @scareleague9551
      @scareleague9551 5 років тому +1

      Dont forget the fire ninjas bruh the samurai always got a b plan

    • @darkhorseman90
      @darkhorseman90 5 років тому

      *ransack, not ram-sake

  • @MobileTech296
    @MobileTech296 9 місяців тому +1

    "Just let the animals wipe themselves out, right?"
    "God willing."

  • @builderstechnical9201
    @builderstechnical9201 4 роки тому +1

    Everybody gangsta until i show up with a bugspray

  • @alexproulx7984
    @alexproulx7984 7 років тому +132

    decapitation and cannibalism...
    sounds like math class.

  • @frederickkriesel2724
    @frederickkriesel2724 5 років тому +1046

    PETA "Animals dont start wars!"
    *shows them this video*
    PETA "Bugs arnt animals!"
    Me "What?"

    • @Greggytherat
      @Greggytherat 4 роки тому +46

      Frederick Kriesel PETA is wrong! Animals do this all the time!

    • @matthew-us9ti
      @matthew-us9ti 4 роки тому +56

      I remember reading about endangered gorilla tribes despite having low numbers still brutally engaging each other in war over land, feeding grounds and habbitat. Pretty much all omnivores and carnivores will engage in warfare with their own even non pack species like bears will individually fight other bears if one infringes on the others hunting ground.

    • @yaboisquacks2495
      @yaboisquacks2495 4 роки тому +2

      That still doesnt excuse us to interfere and make it better or worse and insects arent animals

    • @phlixcarbon
      @phlixcarbon 4 роки тому +26

      YaBoi Squacks scientifically insects are animals.

    • @yaboisquacks2495
      @yaboisquacks2495 4 роки тому +1

      @@phlixcarbon not all science is right these creatures are just evil hive minds that consume life around it to survive.

  • @randydavid8823
    @randydavid8823 4 роки тому

    Its amazing how they recognized which is friend and foe since they all look the same

  • @huldu
    @huldu 3 роки тому +2

    Not sure I agree with "when times are tough". This is their behavior and how they have lived for probably millions of years. They are specialized at raiding bee/hornet/wasp hives even their own species. In a way they're just like humans.

  • @Vepporizer
    @Vepporizer 6 років тому +641

    It's almost 3 am. Why am I watching this

    • @guts807
      @guts807 6 років тому +3

      Veprim Mehmeti ikr

    • @karlmorrison2713
      @karlmorrison2713 6 років тому +3

      only 11 here

    • @LongTailCat3
      @LongTailCat3 6 років тому

      Why am i

    • @mandibrown8585
      @mandibrown8585 6 років тому +1

      Same n i gotta be up again in less than 3 hours reminds me but bug wars are so cool

    • @user-mo1ko4vi5f
      @user-mo1ko4vi5f 5 років тому +2

      Veprim Mehmeti this shit is going to give u nightmare

  • @Krezmick
    @Krezmick 6 років тому +157

    2:06 wasp with missing abdomen: "Jerry! I'm not gonna make it, tell my family I fought bravely and that I love them dearly."

    • @mylifeisacomplexpastiche7901
      @mylifeisacomplexpastiche7901 6 років тому +17

      "Tell them... today I die a warrior's death..."

    • @donniarriola1259
      @donniarriola1259 5 років тому +9

      Jerry where the fck did you put my slippers"

    • @nomercyforthewicked
      @nomercyforthewicked 5 років тому +7

      There was no family to tell after the war was over

    • @John_C_J
      @John_C_J 5 років тому +3

      1:18 random severed head. To whom could it possibly belong to?

    • @karlloop4965
      @karlloop4965 5 років тому +2

      Nah he's good. He just has a small body

  • @GoodolJulius.
    @GoodolJulius. 4 роки тому +1

    Funny that 2020 puts this as a recommendation

  • @karelbellic8480
    @karelbellic8480 3 роки тому

    Brutal, and yet poetic.

  • @magz3150
    @magz3150 7 років тому +502

    A wasp was recording this and yelling WorldStar!

  • @hannakemaw8299
    @hannakemaw8299 4 роки тому +462

    Who else got itchy af watching this mess

    • @sorceressheart4554
      @sorceressheart4554 4 роки тому +3

      Me😖

    • @jaliyahmartin368
      @jaliyahmartin368 4 роки тому +6

      I got hella itchyyy 😫

    • @artofwar420
      @artofwar420 4 роки тому

      You’re about to be more than itchy in a month or so when we have hundreds of thousands

    • @jakobthe
      @jakobthe 4 роки тому +1

      My skin starts crawling 😩

    • @arielrito1014
      @arielrito1014 4 роки тому

      Hanna Kemaw omg same 😂

  • @BarberShave19
    @BarberShave19 3 роки тому

    Yeesh. That buzzing sounds terrifying. 😳

  • @guydreamr
    @guydreamr Рік тому

    Nothing like a good old-fashioned Goliath vs Goliath fight.