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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It was wild seeing researchers bait them with Meat and tie flags to them, but the fact that this strategy actually worked longterm is beyond wild.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

They used the flags as tracking targets for cameras, usually mounted to drones, and then followed the murder hornets back to their hives. EXAMPLE VIDEO