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Why do wasps have stings?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Wasp have stings to defend themselves. They use the stings when an envader comes, or unfortunatley, when some one steps in their nest. They use them to scare away other wasps as well. So the wasps sting is really quite useful.

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