Japan has these things called, aptly, "giant hornets". Like giant robots, they are a pretty big problem in Japan. Giant Hornets are 3-4" long, making them about the size of my ring finger, or about three times the size of an American hornet.
As you might imagine, Giant Hornet infestations in human habitations are dangerous. They are aggressive and have 1" stingers. So here is a video in the "badass old dude" genre (like the 80 yr. old in Africa who punched out a lion when it menaced his grand-daughter) that blew my mind. He's 78 years old. He fights Giant Hornets with, I kid you not - a vacuum cleaner and a samurai sword. the video is in Japanese, so I'm not sure WHY he does this, other than that he it needs doing, and he is apparently psychotically awesome.
As you might imagine, Giant Hornet infestations in human habitations are dangerous. They are aggressive and have 1" stingers. So here is a video in the "badass old dude" genre (like the 80 yr. old in Africa who punched out a lion when it menaced his grand-daughter) that blew my mind. He's 78 years old. He fights Giant Hornets with, I kid you not - a vacuum cleaner and a samurai sword. the video is in Japanese, so I'm not sure WHY he does this, other than that he it needs doing, and he is apparently psychotically awesome.
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"Hi Alison.
How in the world you stumble into this video???
The old guy's job is to remove hornets' nests. The one in the video is gigantic one cause the hornets build this year's nest on top of the last year's. The old guy said he's never seen that big of a nest in 13 years of his professional life."
How in the world I stumble in this video, you ask? Thanks to my brother, the champion of things like giant Japanese hornets, adorable kitty cats, and scurvy dogs, that's how.
- Alison.
I get the impression that if Mothra attacked, he'd just "tut tut", put on his suit, grab his vacuum and sword, and get to work.