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This is not a fight

It’s a hijacking

The tarantula hawk wasp — one of the few predators that can take down a full-grown tarantula — doesn’t kill for food

It kills for parenthood

With surgical precision, the wasp stabs through the spider’s armor with a sting ranked among the most painful in the animal kingdom

But she doesn’t kill it

She paralyzes it

Then she drags the still-living body into a burrow

Lays a single egg

And seals the chamber

When the larva hatches, it begins to eat the spider alive

Avoiding vital organs

Keeping its host fresh until the end

This isn’t just nature

This is strategy

Weaponized evolution at its most ruthless

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