Decapitated wasp still alive... 2 Hours Later!

UPDATE: People, please understand that the wasp was staggering and fluttering on the floor of my garage, obviously not in the best of conditions. I thought I was doing him a favor by killing him and chopping his head off. I was not being cruel or malicious. Just wanted to clear the air about how all this came about.

I found the wasp not feeling well on the floor of my garage. To put it out of its misery, I decided to cut his head off with a knife. Thinking that his head might still see or feel pain, I smashed his head anticipating that his body would peter out soon enough. An hour and a half later, I filmed this still happening. Unbelievable what motor skills this insect still has after losing connection with its brain! It's 2 hours now after he's been decapitated and he's still going strong. I wonder how he'll be in the morning. . .

Be sure to see the follow-up video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ZRY9g9Mh8

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• insect
• wasp
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• chopped
• off
• flying
• body
• nerve
• reflexes
• entomology

[drsta84]

if you were so concerned about it not feeling good, why in the hell did you leave it for hours suffering more than it probably was, after u saw it was not completely dead u decided to film it? and make a game out of it seeing how long it "lasts" ?? yea u did the wasp a favor lmao.....

next time step on the damn thing or squash it.

when i was a little kid i beaheaded a wasp.. after i saw it was still alive and that didnt do the job i stepped on him...... and i was a kid lol.

[TalonTrax]

Very good point drsta84. After I went back and saw that he was still alive, I researched how it was possible. I read that it is believed that they do not have 'nociceptors' pain sensors, therefore cannot feel pain. Also, they do not have a central nervous system and was simply functioning based on what was still in tact. Although I wouldn't do this again, I did find it scientifically fascinating after I understood that, as far as I could tell, it was not experiencing pain.

[Zeventwo]

i dont care for it being tortured, because he's one stinging motherfucker

[woospoos1111]

hi I am sid , I am 17. this phenomenon is due to ans ie. autonomic nervous system or simply reflex , and some insects also have a secondary less developed brain to control leg and flight so that primary brain can focus in other stuff.. so thats the answer to this mistry :)

[TheKnievelfan]

The wasps heart is in its thorax (butt)

[TheKnievelfan]

The wasps heart is in its but (thorax)

[TheFlamingChips]

I once found a Grass hopper in my bedroom, i didn't want it there so I chopped its head off thinking that was obviously the fastest way to kill it. I came back hours later and it could easily still ho

[tkoizumi]

Believe it or not, sympathy are a product of humans which cannot be understood by any other species. Do not be slave to your emotion and protray your feeling towards other living beings other than human because it's a waste of time. Our emotion are not the apex of expressions and stop being arrogant about your conscienceness and automatically think other animal requires or undestand your emotion. Especially to those PETA supporters.

[IHateThatMonkey]

one time my older brother was in the patio and there was a wasp flying by. all of a sudden a lizard jumped out of nowhere and bit the wasp's leg off. long story short the lizard dissappeared to whaere it came from and the wasp was left staggering on the ground

[SuperSonicDonk3y]

that is epic!

[zNEKOMARUz]

@ajq1982 or it was already dieing......just sayin.

[aLieNcrYse]

The brain is probably in the middle of the wasp, you just decapitated his eyes.

[ajq1982]

I like the bs how you said "the wasp wasn't feeling well so I chopped his head off" like you're a wasp doctor. Come on you were just bored and did it for fun haha