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Researchers found that wasps with more black spots tend to be more aggressive and ferocious.
The remarkable connection was discovered as part of into an investigation into why some wasps have such patterned faces.

Well so would you be angry if you were called pizza face by the other wasps!

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Acne rage

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Works for cats too.

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All wasps are cnuts :lol:

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Does that extra apostrophe count as a spot, too?

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I know. What can you do? :roll:

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Paul1965 wrote:
I know. What can you do? :roll:


Just say n'o? :lol:

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HeatherKay wrote:
Does that extra apostrophe count as a spot, too?

Well I wouldn't say it made me agressive, but I do dispair at the ability of society to check their work before putting it out for all to see.

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^ :D ;)

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All wasps are cnuts :lol:

You have not mastered how to handle them. Easy really but spotty wasps I do not get that close! :D

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All wasps are cnuts :lol:

Some are just far too smug for their own good:

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Got a photo of this specimen a couple of days ago. He was like a steroid wasp (hornet probably), and looked like a right hardcase.

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pcernie wrote:
All wasps are cnuts :lol:

Some are just far too smug for their own good:

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Especially the spotty ones!

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