A raid party of 20–30 Asian giant hornets can decapitate an entire honeybee colony of 30,000 bees in under three hours.
An Eciton burchellii raid can carry off 30,000+ arthropods in a single day — they're top-tier predators of the rainforest floor.
Justin Schmidt's pain index rates the Asian giant hornet's sting as 'like having a hot nail driven into your leg.'
The bullet ant scores 4.0+ on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index — the highest rating ever recorded — and the pain reportedly lasts a full 24 hours.
The name 'bullet ant' comes from the universal report of victims: it feels like being shot.
The deathstalker is one of the deadliest scorpions on Earth — historic mortality rates in untreated children exceeded 25%.
Dragonflies have a 95% predation success rate — the highest of any animal hunter measured.
