Just
one wasp hovering around is enough to make people go crazy with fear,
so i can’t imagine what the people of San Sebastián de La Gomera, in the
Canary islands, must have felt like when they discovered a 21-foot wasp
nest housing millions of stingers, right next to their homes.
The
unusually large hive was discovered by local police officers after they
had received numerous calls from concerned members of the community
regarding large numbers of wasps swarming around an uninhabited house in
San Sebastián de La Gomera.
After
breaking into the abandoned building they were shocked to discover a
giant wasp nest in the hallway that experts say is home to millions of
aggressive stingers. Measuring no less than 7 meters in size, the
gargantuan structure doesn’t seem to have been built by the common type
of wasp found in European gardens, but by an invasive species that must
have migrated from Africa.
The
Canary Islands are located less than 100 kilometers from Morocco by
water, so that’s a very likely scenario. Police have been unable to
locate the owner of the house, but they’ve sealed off the place for
safety reasons, until they determine how to best handle the problem. How
about “kill it with fire?”


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