Amazing footage! I used to play with these as a kid until one clicked up and hit me in the eye

@AntLab

3 жыл бұрын

yikes! beetle in the eye is never good.

@alveolate

3 жыл бұрын

it's all fun and games until beetle hits back

@riot_baby2296

3 жыл бұрын

What are you making now

@grandmacat406

3 жыл бұрын

L

@ugandanleader3180

3 жыл бұрын

Yooooo your my favourite KZreadr

Imagine if it goes through all of that and just lands on its back lol

@aisu8481

3 жыл бұрын

*Lands on tails 5 times* FFFUUUUUUUU-

@chillmushroom6016

3 жыл бұрын

Lol was finding a comment

@mrdude88

2 жыл бұрын

Or it lands on its legs and a human picks it up and flip it upside down again. I know that’s what I did as a kid.

@tekashimaahshiha647

2 жыл бұрын

I had one in my room that would jump everywhere when I try to sleep

@littleamig0

Жыл бұрын

I literally did this today 😭 it was on my wall so I tried to trap it but it was so close to the corner of the wall that it escaped my tin can and flinged itself. I felt uneasy bc it was right above my bed so I shook my blanket until I found it but it just kept jumping in the can.. finally found what it really was tho and it’s pretty cool

The way insects evolve to have mechanics close to that of a mech fascinate me.

@hollow6189

2 жыл бұрын

I always think of bugs as like biological machines or robots

@paneuropa9486

Жыл бұрын

Lol it’s engineering by a designer. This action only works in its full state, thinking this was produced by gradual unguided mutations to suddenly have a function is delusional.

@ununun9995

Жыл бұрын

@@paneuropa9486 And when did that supposed designer did it?

@paneuropa9486

Жыл бұрын

Is that supposed to be an argument suggesting that unguided mutations can magically build a function such as this? Keep in mind, these creatures would go extinct if they couldn’t flip themselves over... but somehow over “millions of years” they survived without it to one day have such a flip over feature. Stupid.

@umamifan

Жыл бұрын

@@paneuropa9486 This is the part that I can never wrap my head around... Things just work way too perfectly with each other. It's like they were given attributes by an intelligent being... It's just so hard to conceptualize all of these animals evolving into a perfect ecosystem where everything falls into place with everything else!!

I’ve always though the clicking was a way of scaring predators. I’ve seen people freak out because it was so unexpected. My cats will also play with them but when the beetle clicks and flies up they run away

@supersaiyancommenter

2 жыл бұрын

I love your pfp

@tekashimaahshiha647

2 жыл бұрын

When my cats would see them they would try and eat them

You think one ever tried to jump and it's head ripped off?

@AntLab

3 жыл бұрын

natural selection leads to a lot of dead ends. 100% that was one. I was gonna include talking about how the latch has its own special body cavity it goes into. kinda a self-impalement-avoidance hole.

@blazerblast5075

3 жыл бұрын

Hey it’s cool to see you here! 👋

@AnAceBrit

3 жыл бұрын

Did recommendations lead you here?

@palmchristmastree

3 жыл бұрын

@@AntLab very interesting

@jessicaesquivel2057

3 жыл бұрын

maybe

I can’t wrap my head around the fact this channel doesn’t have at least 1M subs. The quality of your videos is absolutely amazing and i’m so excited everytime i see a new one has come out.

@oliviagreen7423

3 жыл бұрын

It's a well kept secret, I only found out about this channel through another science one. I'm very happy because I was missing out and the stupid algorithm never recommended it to me😕

@AntLab

3 жыл бұрын

thanks! glad you dig the videos!

@alveolate

3 жыл бұрын

give your lineage a couple thousand years and you'll evolve a way to wrap your head around it xD

@angelfigueroa310

2 жыл бұрын

People too busy watching stupid people doing stupid things on tik tok

@verlissescott4811

2 жыл бұрын

No no no Shinobi

Love this thing, flips over, freaks out for a second then just hucks itself into orbit

This channel has opened my eyes to how the most graceful of insects seem incredibly dopey when examined this closely. Fantastic work

I wish I had listened to my younger self and had studied entomology instead of being an unemployed journalist. Well, at least I have Ant Lab.

@Jasekingg

2 жыл бұрын

should've went the biology route

I love this channel. As a kid I would catch these little guys and it’s awesome seeing the mechanics of how it all works. Thanks and keep up the excellent work.

When I finally saw the spring being set in their body, it was truly an ah-ha moment! Thanks man!

A Few weeks ago, i had one in my livingroom. I were really Happy to have this Special guest:)

This guy is seriously underrated. Videos are high quality and kept short and simple. And not to mention, I learn more here than in most lectures XD

I grew up in a large, noisy city and after high school, moved to rural Appalachia! A few months later, I moved to a remote farmhouse where it's "absolutely silent" at night! One night I woke up to a faint ticking sound, much like an old type clock or watch! I got up and after looking for a few minutes, found a Click But, trying again and again to "right itself!" No matter how high it flipped, it always landed on it's back! After a few minutes, I carefully scooped it up and tossed it outside to regain my bedroom's silence!

This footage is amazing. Great job as always!

I worked with these little fellas (members of oophorini and pyrophorini, mostly) at undergraduate research. Some of these members glow to attract mates and warn predators. The intensity of the glow can vary depending on the proximity of the predator.

this is actually the best videography of insects i've ever seen

“Alright nice and easy” *pancake catapults into ceiling* “Hm. Spatula next time.”

@socool1216

2 жыл бұрын

You thought you did something didn't you🤔😭😐💀

@aisu8481

2 жыл бұрын

@@socool1216 why you have a towel under your hat

Idk how I've never seen these before but last night my cats had found one in the living room. I could hear it clicking from across the house. When I went to investigate I found my cats searching for it, pushing it gently with their paws, waiting for it to pop, then searching again. Great cat toys!

I used play with these when I was little. Was always amazed how high they could jump.

I always wondered about these little guys, thank you for the wonderful footage and explanation! so glad I found this channel

This is an amazing video! Everything is well filmed, explained and caught in slow motion. Perfect!

Don't stop making these kind of videos !! Thanks..... love from India

I remember playing with these so much as a kid the ones in my area always have green glow in the dark lights on there backs

@chaseosborne595

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong bug dude

@psalm302

2 жыл бұрын

chase osborne they are called cocuyo not the same but still a click beetle and very similar they glow in the dark a weird green color. cocuyo

@WithASideOfTibbs

2 жыл бұрын

@@chaseosborne595 They're right though, it's a genus of click beetle called Pyrophorus. They usually have two bioluminescent green spots that never stop glowing on part of their thorax. They're very pretty insects. :)

Simply stunning: each of your videos. Thank you sir.

Great content/edition/quality of images!

i learned about click beetles when one woke me up in the middle of the night by flying right by my ear, hitting my cheek, falling on its back, and clicking. scared the crap outta me. great video!

Love how he struggles of a min then is like "**** this" then blasts off

Thank you for producing this engaging content Dr. Smith! I have never been so intrigued by insects until I started watching your videos.

Loving this channel. Insects are truly amazing!

Thanks Weevil Underwood! I looked up your video because there was one of these under my desk. I also remember playing with these as a kid. They never clicked up and hit me in the eye, though.

Your work is beautiful, blessings.

I only just now noticed, but nice colour choices for the backgrounds/text on your past few videos, spices things up a little.

Amazing video, as always! Keep up the good work!

I've been exploring your great videos. Great flight slowmotion work in some of the others too. The macro work is also very well done. However what really prompted me to comment was you appear to be wearing a Seiko SNK805 which really has become an iconic field watch in the Seiko community. Thanks again for your great posts. Informative and entertaining. This is what KZread should be for

Amazing! Your work is great! Thank you for sharing it.

Wow. I had never seen not appreciated the mechanisms of these beetles before. The slow motion footage was, as usual for this channel, incredible. Would you be able to get some footage of something like a house fly's wings moving at a close up view like that to see the patterns it makes?

I love your channel so much. Your content is amazing! I avoid watching it while I'm eating, though.

Ive always loved these beetles. Played with them every time i saw one.

Love your work!! Very interesting and fun learning!

I always thought it was the spurs on the side of their head that they used as a latch mechanism I never realized it was underneath him that was very informative and very interesting I love the con tent that you’ve been putting out lately please continue to do so as I am a huge fan of entomology

This channel is criminally underrated!

I found out about these things after one fell in my hair at 27 lol bout 3 years ago. Living where I do. I’m surprised I’ve never seen them before. Used to be a big kid growing up lol

These beetles are so interesting, thank you for the shots!

Exceedingly interesting. Good work !!

Seriously, fascinating video!

Came here when I found one of your fire ant videos in my recommended. And I stayed for the awesome footage and interesting ant facts. I don't understand how you produce content on par with other educational youtubers, yet you only have 25K subs???

Thanks for sharing!

Great videos! You are great to listen to and to learn with!

what a wonderful video, Adrian!!

thank you so much for making this video 👍🏼

This channel is AWESOME!!! You deserve a lot more subs.

@AntLab

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I always found these insects fun to examine as a child. I never would have imagined there being more to their character.

Thank you - excellent video

I caught one of these when I was a kid. It was so interesting studying how it could spring itself.

So interesting all you're formats! School could really be more interesting with you're amazing insight! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the information

I just saw a black and white one the other day in my garden. Fascinating 😮

love your channel!!!

Thanks you for your channel, and yoursel.

great video mate you really deserve a million subscriber

I've seen these in my house. I put them outside because I didn't want to step on them, but I found them fascinating. Thank you for making my brain smart.

Could you explain how that could have evolved?

Cool to see their mechanism so close!

Nice work

I looked up clicking beetle after i started hearing a strange repeating clicking noise in my room. I walked towards the source of the noise and saw one of these beetles trapped in a web and being attacked by a spider, trying to “click” itself away to safety

I loved these little guys when I was a kid!

I love you videos, fascinating

Keep it up!!! Love it!!!

Awesome video

This is a great channel!!

Great video

Merci beaucoup pour cette belle vidéo. C'est très instructif. 👍👍👍👍❤️

"In other spring loaded animals..." I never considered that animals really be spring loaded out here

great video!

I keep a Headlight Elator beetle i caught in my back yard as a pet i really love the little guy. his name is Click and he has a great sense of humor and knows im not a threat to him anymore.

Best channel on youtube!

I have never heard of these before. Cool

Goofy bug "landings" are definitely one of the highlights of this channel

You deserve to have 100k subs

This is awesome

i love this channel

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!! I wish I had a video of what prompted me to look this up because I’m sure it was entertaining- I’ll now be putting horror movie scream on my resume! One of these guys was in an outdoor ashtray I was cleaning out and I thought it was dead then “pop” and it was flying at my face! But I had questions about that sound it made- and this was very interesting!!

Even though I hate bugs, I love learning about them lol

@malibuhiegts

3 жыл бұрын

Bugs are so Interesting, they are like little autonomous robots with their antena

@basheerc.7245

3 жыл бұрын

@@malibuhiegts right haha. Plus it just fascinates me as to how other worldly they look haha

@malibuhiegts

3 жыл бұрын

@@basheerc.7245 haha yeah

These little guys are just so dang cool! "Click beetle" has been used many times as a crossword clue, BTW. (The answer is "dor," IIRC.) I just now found one on my desk, and had to look it up. Fascinating how they do this!

Yes...I also used to play with these.

NGL, i only came here to laugh hysterically at the slo mo 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I have called this beetle Mr Sneezer since childhood because when you hold it, it snaps its head as if it's sneezing

I always wondered what these beetles were called - I called them click beetles when I was a kid, but never checked if that was right. It amuses me that it was!

Click beetle: gotta work with that landing, carl... Click beetle 2: yah yah. I know.

That’s the best kip up I’ve ever seen!

Fascinating creature. I have a popping insect in my room right now, it's popping continuously since an hour. Then, I searched on Google "Popping insect" then I got on this video. Not sure if it's the same beetle. But it looks kinda similar. The more you know.

A new fan I am! 🤙

Dope video

This might be my favourite vid only because my cat is sitting on my desk while I watch this and he seems very amused by the beetles going up and down, given how he stares at them as they go

Had to look this little dude up. Woke me from a good sleep doing backflips on my hardwood floors. Had to evict him

2:33 the way he says “beetles” is weirdly satisfying

When I was a child, we would set a plastic cup ( with a hollow / rimmed edge) on top of the beetle. It would click and the cup would amplify the sound.

Amazing channel, i loved this video, but i was hoping to see a real time comparison, im sure i wouldnt see much, but it wouldve been nice to see

Love the videos. Just got a new sub.