Parasitic wasp named Kiddo after 'Kill Bill' assassin

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 17:02 in Biology & Nature

By Live Science A new species of parasitic wasp with a lethal lifestyle is taking its name from assassin Beatrix Kiddo, the heroine played by Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films.While the winged creature isn't exactly a master of the "Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique" — a technique that involves striking five pressure points, resulting in (you guessed it) an exploding hea...

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