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- sfpfc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+33I developed a bunch of new phobias
- weirdralph, on 10/10/2007, -1/+31Man, the stuff you can learn these days. Kinda makes you wonder, though: who was the first person to figure out that you could use an ant head to suture a wound?
- Zarokima, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29And who was the first person to eat an egg and what the bloody ***** were they thinking? "Hey, an oval-shaped thing just dropped out of that chicken's butt. I think I'll eat it."
Or milk: "I'm gonna go squeeze those dangly things and drink what comes out." - silverchrysalis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27bees are full of awesomeness
- Humptydank, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21And they didn't even include the Bombardier beetle, which mixes chemicals in its bum to create a mini-explosion of boiling-hot toxic chemicals. This happens with real force, you can hear a loud popping sound and it can even hurt you if you're close to one. Cool video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpwabaBPg0 - zachshmack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18"The Hercules beetle can support 850 times its own weight on its shell!"
That would've been a fun thing to scientifically measure. "848...849...850...8--SPLAT. 850!" - Humptydank, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Sorry to reply to my own post, but I posted before watching the whole video through. Right at the end they take a big "intelligent design" dump on the whole subject. Not my intent to spread that word, my apologies.
- dyreschlock, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15it's a trap! that awesome bug video turned into sunday school!
- scecilio, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12"The Hercules beetle is said to be the strongest creature on earth for its size, able to carry 850 times its own body weight ... the larva growing up to 4.5 inches (110 mm) in length and weighing up to 120 grams." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_beetle)
According to google, "1 gram = 0.00220462262 pounds"
120 grams x 850 = 102000 gram carry weight capacity
102000 grams x 0.00220462262 = 224.8715072 lbs
Theoretically I should be able to ride that beetle. - Cloned, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Dugg for mentioning bees producing royal jelly, that was a great episode of Futurama.
- gubin09, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Thanks... now I won't be able to sleep tonight
- sethosayher, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I've always loved looking at bugs because they're just so alien looking...but don't ask me to touch one, lest I scream like a girl and run out of the room.
- Drexus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10I don't care what you think of me... but I needed a large roll of newspaper to watch those images!
- metateck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Everybody knows it was MacGyver
- antdude, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Mel Gibson's Apocalypto movie had a scene of this.
- kivimaki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7The info is awesome, but sometimes those pictures just make my skin crawl.
- craprock, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9And they're dying out :(
- Mononuclear, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8As for eggs good question. For milk it's pretty easy. Every mammal baby you see seems to be drinking from those dangley things. Humans feed their own young with them. It doesn't take a genius to make the connection between human breast milk and the milk from other animals.
- suprxtragrav, on 12/09/2008, -0/+5i think i need a shower...
- quaxon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7yea, but humans are the only ones to drink the milk of a different species.
- Woah_G!, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Didn't you RTFA?
"Goliath beatles subsist on tree sap and fruit. " - zyklon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I never really thought all that much about bees. In the movie Wargames, Stephen Falken says "Nature always starts over. It will start over again with another species, with the bees probably". So very true. Bees individually might not seem too coordinated or smart, but I'll be damned if their hive mind doesn't impress the hell out of me.
- Supurcell, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Humans are the only species to do a lot of things. Drinking the milk of other animals has more to do with domestication than anything else. Wild animals need that milk for their young. They wouldn't let another animal sneak a drink from their breast.
Besides, there are cases of dogs nursing litters of kittens. - Hayaemsay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Epic fail.
- llamaguy132, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3no there not, nice trolling though... upside down dude
- barl0w, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Wow - most are gross, deadly or plain weird, except the last. I have a few that I keep in my hive here:
Pure 100% natural honey: http://flickr.com/photos/barl0w/1238186587 - krets, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Rat plants.
- vinecrawler, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4about the prettiest...
Lets just say I agree to disagree - mastastealth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Maybe you can step on it without killing it?
- yfguitarist, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I'm not even going to click on the images. Insects freak me out something special :`(
- gr0ss, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Same here :(. Have you ever seen the video of the Centipede eating the mouse? That makes me never want to step foot in south america.
- LemurHorde, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2what is with digg and long links? I'll try this one
http://www.loe.org/thisweek/050211weevil.jpg - darnit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dugg for nail biting.
- datagod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Hmmm...the new Digg truncated my URL...
http://cookingwithsql.com/index.php?option=com_con ... - sathias, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"Males lead a solitary life until sexual maturity, when they approach the colony for mating. When a male is detected, the workers of the colony tear off his wings and take him to be mated with their queen."
Death by snoo-snoo!! - FadieZ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Lol..the Koran? I wasn't expecting that
- rayinsight, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I started smelling something fishy the moment it was said, "the entire mechanism has to work perfectly at a single go with all its parts functioning perfectly" .... the cherry on the cake was ofcourse the final lines...
- Onicen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1In other predatory bugs, see a giant water bug: http://www.osel.cz/_popisky/s_1165921344.jpg http://static-p.arttoday.com/thw/thw14/PH/Corel.71 ...
Also see antlion larvae: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CWkfAyfBDHE (crappy video, I know, sorry). - blacknred0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1damn, those are really weird animals
- krets, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That made me extremely glad that I'm not an African bat bug.
"Instead of copulating via the female’s sex organs, he will stab her abdomen to release sperm directly into her bloodstream... ...But since male bat bugs are not particular when it comes to mating, some male bat bugs have also developed paragenitals to defend themselves against sexual attack!" - EvanVolm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2The African bat bug is my new hero.
- LemurHorde, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Take a big red beetle, and stretch out its neck until it looks like a black bendy straw kinked in the middle and you get... the really weird giraffe weevil
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5 ... - semisweetchild, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Mirror please?
- Wacer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1They are still bad even if you take out their disease spreading. They leave welts on the body and they itch. Some people are allergic to them therefore making bites turn into sores.
- LemurHorde, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Sorry for the post chain, but I don't know where else to ask. I can understand why digg would truncate links in order to visually save space, but why would the developers make it so they lose their functionality? Is this some mistake that will eventually be fixed or was it done for a reason?
- yfguitarist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just try not to imagine creepy-crawlies working their way up your leg to make friends with your bum-hole when you close your eyes...
- benroy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1yeah...but are the good eats?
- cyroxos, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2it only eats plants...
- thienz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://www.duggmirror.com
- WWWWWWWVWWWWWWW, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3That makes me so sad. T__T
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