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(dramatic music) - Yes, oh we got it, it's a monster. (engine revving) I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter the sting zone with, the banded hornet. (Coyote groaning) - Rolling. - Okay, well we are on a boat, and we have an insect, inside of a container that is going to sting me, and we just caught it on Rinca Island. Yeah buddy. - Hey (person talking indistinctly) what do you call these wasps in your language? - In our language this one is, we call it.
(guide speaking foreign language) This is hard to speak, that's why we call it. (guide speaking foreign language) - It is the banded hornet. All right, let's get it inside of the net, you guys know the process. (dramatic music continues) Bug coming out of the classic red Coyote Peterson capsule. Yes, this is still the very same capsule that I've used from the very beginning, it was at one point in time a beef bouillon cube container.
Up you go, don't sting me yet. All right, you're just gonna give, massive mandibles, so, it currently right now is trying to actually chew through the net which may be to my advantage. I'm gonna go right in for the grab. (dramatic music continues) This is always the toughest part because staring through the mesh of the net, it's very difficult to see the bug, and exactly where you need to grab it, which needs to be on the thorax. If you don't get it right on the thorax, you're in trouble, and you can't get a good sting. Oh, don't you sting me yet, don't you sting me yet.
Okay, I think I've got a pretty good hold. Let me double check this before I come outta the net. Yeah, we're in business, look at that. (dramatic music continues) Oh buddy, I got you in good position. You see how there's a lotta movement there to the abdomen? That means it is perfectly capable of stinging. Now that's a very popular species throughout Asia and Southeast Asia, and they are frequently known to sting people. They build very elaborate nests, sometimes that are at ground level, sometimes that are higher up in trees.
There could be thousands of these hornets inside of the nest. Now if a nest is disturbed, yes they get upset, and yes they will swarm. In fact, people have been reported being killed from the sting of this insect, but that's likely due to an allergic reaction. Now, on a scale of one to four, according to the insect sting pain index, I'm actually not sure that Justin Schmidt was ever stung by this bug. So, it could be a new one for us to add to the index. Now you notice that distinct yellow band on the back of the abdomen, that's where this hornet gets its name. Now these hornets are known for eating other insects. And if you get a really close look at oh, unfortunately holding it upside down there
for you Mario, if you look at his mandibles, those are perfect for decapitating other wasps, bees, crickets, and grasshoppers. They also pollinate, but, let's go for this, 'cause I don't have the best hold in the world. I wanna make sure that we get a sting before this guy actually flies away. (dramatic music continues) And for old time classic Coyote Peterson sake, you guys know what I'm about to say. I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter the sting zone with, the banded hornet.
Everybody here on the boat's watchin', they're expecting something exciting to happen. Hopefully we get a whopper. Here we go. One. Two. Three. (Coyote groaning) Yowzers, his stinger is all the way in. Oh yeah, that's real painful real quickly. All right, I'm gonna-- - Hold it, hold it, hold it. - Let that stinger come out. (Coyote talking indistinctly) Oh my gosh, oh wow. (Coyote groaning) Wow, instant fire, instant fire, I'm gonna put you in the capsule, in the capsule with you buddy.
Oh my goodness, oh yeah, that's really bad, super quick. Wow, hornets pack a punch! That is painful, wow, the length of the stinger was noticeable, I mean we are talking like giant hornet length, and it got me at just the perfect angle, stinger all the way in, you can see the welt starting to form right there. Oh yeah man, that's gonna be full dose of venom. That's a big hornet, that's a big sting. Now, the pain is escalating, you could imagine that if you had disturbed an entire nest of these hornets, how bad the intensity would be.
Getting stung on your face, your neck, your shoulders, your arms. Wow, wow, so much more potent than I had, you know immensely given myself credit for, or it credit for. And, I've not been proper stung by a hornet or wasp in a couple years now. I've been experimenting with caterpillars. (Coyote groaning) But wow, this guy meant business. On a scale of one to four I'm definitely giving it at least a three, but we may be getting close to a four here in just a couple seconds. Wow, look at the welt already forming on my arm there. (dramatic music continues) (upbeat music) Whether I'm out here on a warm weather shoot like this one, or deep in the snowy wilderness, good socks are essential,
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We're gonna put 'em in the shade. Oh wow, look at the welt. All right Mario, what's the best angle for you to see that? - It up. - Like that? - Right there. - Woo. - Over there. - That'll wake you up. After a morning of filming Komodo dragons eating a Komodo dragon, there's nothing better than having lunch and then getting stung by a banded hornet. Max, I see you over there, giggling. (pensive music) So how we doing guys? You wanna go film Komodo dragons, sometimes you gotta take your medicine and get stung by the bugs that live on the islands.
- Okay, point at it. (Coyote groaning) Yep, one more time. - Oh wow, my whole arm is tightening up. - Okay. (Coyote groans) - Okay. Get up and get a 30 second walk around, hold on, I keep this camera rolling. This makes me wanna just jump off the boat. Wow, my whole arm is throbbing right now, it is so bad, it is so bad. I think it's actually getting a little bit worse. All right, what do you think dude?
- I don't know-- - Did you think this was gonna happen today? - Oh no. (guide laughing) - So far we've only been filming for 12 minutes. - You're a strong man. - I'm a strong man? - Strong. - I don't know if I'd call me a strong man, I'd probably call me a dumb man, most people would say I'm a foolish man, but you know what, I am more than happy to take these stings so we can learn a little something about these bugs. Now, I could tell from a single sting that this insect means business.
This is not something you would ever want to get stung with, so if you see one of these nests, you want to admire it from a safe distance. Obviously it's giving you that warning with the bright yellow band, where it gets its name, the banded hornet. That's aposematic coloration, ladies and gentlemen, it means, "I've got a sting that's gonna make you run, "it's gonna make you cry, "it's gonna make you roll around on the ground in pain, "if you're probably Coyote Peterson." Not gonna roll on the ground today, it's not quite that bad, I'm gonna rank it as a three out of four on the insect sting pain index,
but that doesn't mean that my arm isn't gonna swell up considerably in the next few hours. But, it's important that we get this bug back and off into the wild before we leave the island. But at least I was able to find an insect that was capable of stinging me. Now it's called the banded hornet, but I think for the purposes of this episode, we should call it the Komodo hornet. I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild, we'll see ya on the next adventure. (pensive music continues) All right buddy, gonna let you go, back off into the wild, up and away, thanks for playing.
And back to Rinca Island it goes. Okay, next day after getting stung by the banded hornet, and I have to admit, I didn't give it enough credit upon initial sting. Now, I ranked it as a three on the insect pain index, but, I was in pain for probably close to eight hours yesterday, and you can see my arm is completely swollen, it's very hot. Fortunately the pain has completely gone away at this juncture, but, doesn't mean that it's any more comfortable having your arm as swollen as mine is right now.
I'm gonna stick with my original prescription, a three, but boy, the banded hornet right on the edge of between three and being a four. Hornets always seem to pack a bigger punch than you would expect, and, when it comes to the insects here in Indonesia, that one is something you wanna try to avoid. (people talking indistinctly) (birds chirping)
