I had just finished drinking a beer when a very large hornet, attracted to the sweet scent of imported Belgian brew, decided to buzz around seeking the origin of this aroma. I had set the bottle down on the picnic bench and to my great surprise, the bug landed on the lip of the bottle and crawled right in. It fell to the bottom and could not get out. The sides of the bottle were too slippery for it to crawl out and the interior diameter of the bottle was too narrow to fly out. Angrily, it buzzed and clawed at the bottom of the bottle. It occurred to me that I could help it out by inverting the bottle, but I was a little concerned about exactly what its attitude would be upon emerging from this confinement. So I decided to let nature take its course and allow this particular creature to win the insect version of the proverbial Darwin award. After all, I didn't coerce or invite its exploration of the interior of the bottle, it went in entirely of its own volition.
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