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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/22/vdm8khd1zjmk97ko41sk.jpg?quality=75960541Wasps are notorious for devouring other creatures from the inside out. Now scientists have learned that after they have killed something, they wrap themselves up in its cocoon for good measure and exhibit strange jumping behaviour while in that cocooned state.