Posts about the terrifying size and resilience of Jangsu Malbeol (Asian Giant Hornets) frequently go viral in Korea because they tap into a shared, exaggerated dread, often turning fear into relatable, dark humor.
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The way people who don't know confuse them with regular paper wasps ๐ญ
I bet some people just saw a regular hornet and thought it was a Jangsu Malbeol lol
OMG I found the 'CLANG!' video! https://youtube.com/shorts/bbPgcclGlLk?si=Y6X1bJauQ9EEX9jX
That last pic, is that size for real?! It looks like one of those monster bugs from the movie 'The Mist' ๐
Nah, that's probably super magnified. The queen Jangsu Malbeol is like thumb-sized, regular ones are smaller.
Jangsu Malbeol literally sound like a drone flying by ๐
It's not 'Weng' (buzz), it's 'Bwoong' (deep hum) ๐ค
I saw one once and thought 'how big can it be, maybe thumb-sized?' but it was like two of my thumbs put together. And yeah, it sounded like a small drone fr.
https://youtu.be/EKr0OTn9MH8?si=7OyHKspeYLjnTmDq HOLY SH*T it's actually massive;;
Literally so huge. I was walking and something yellow and massive flew by, thought it was a bird, but it was a hornet. The sound was so majestic ๐ญ