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CAN any of your readers inform me whether it is common for dogs to eat wasps, or if it is likely to prove injurious? A young bulldog of mine (“Billy”) now finds his chief amusement in catching flying wasps with his mouth, and I think he must swallow them, as they generally vanish, though occasionally I have found the corpse on the floor. It seems evident from the dog's demeanour that the sting makes some impression; he shakes his head and licks his lips energetically, and occasionally runs to a corner and rolls on his back kicking. But the next moment he is off after another. That he is not invulnerable appears further from the fact that yesterday, after treading on a wasp, he lifted a paw and limped on three legs, until I applied ammonia. There was a tender spot where the skin had been grazed between the toes; possibly the sting lit there.
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EVERETT, A. Habits of Dogs. Nature 87, 278 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087278f0
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