How Scorpions Became Earth’s Ultimate Survivors

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Scorpions have been terrorizing other creatures on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. They’ve evolved a perfect cocktail of venom that can mess up both predators and prey. But they are also an evolutionary marvel that could show us the way to some powerful new life-saving medicines.
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  • @fastmachines1
    @fastmachines110 ай бұрын

    Hey joe, smart people here!

  • @crablord7934

    @crablord7934

    10 ай бұрын

    Speak for yourself

  • @algernopkrieger7710

    @algernopkrieger7710

    10 ай бұрын

    Hey smart, Joe people here

  • @EfrLuviano

    @EfrLuviano

    10 ай бұрын

    Good One

  • @rameezsheikh7576

    @rameezsheikh7576

    10 ай бұрын

    Hey people, smart Joe here 😂

  • @Neekzu

    @Neekzu

    10 ай бұрын

    Joe mama is smart 😡

  • @llydrsn
    @llydrsn10 ай бұрын

    Shout out to the doctor who had the bravery to make experiments on a scorpion called "Death Stalker"

  • @vigilantice

    @vigilantice

    10 ай бұрын

    Shout out to the patients that agreed to have Death Stalker venom injected into their brains.

  • @egodeathwish

    @egodeathwish

    10 ай бұрын

    shout out to all the Wanderers of the Mojave killed by monsters named after the Deathstalker scorpion

  • @stoatsarebetterthanbeavers

    @stoatsarebetterthanbeavers

    10 ай бұрын

    @@egodeathwish man deathstalkers got nerfed so badly in later games breh. 😔

  • @szymonwojciechowski8513

    @szymonwojciechowski8513

    10 ай бұрын

    Ah yes the most deadly scorpion

  • @benkaiser766

    @benkaiser766

    8 ай бұрын

    Dude that sounds like a boss from World of Warcraft.

  • @timhaldane7588
    @timhaldane758810 ай бұрын

    On the topic of aggression, I've been an AZ resident almost my entire life and, in my experience, the bark scorpions out here are the boldest creatures in their size category, except maybe for wasps. While scorpions generally try to avoid humans, I like to say that they "take it very personally" if you try to kill them - it's a coin flip whether they will react by fleeing or flat out berserker running at you with weapons deployed and death in their tiny eyes.

  • @KonradvonHotzendorf

    @KonradvonHotzendorf

    10 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂🦂

  • @stefansneden1957

    @stefansneden1957

    10 ай бұрын

    Just wanna do more then like your post. Well done. Thanks for the info and the humor.

  • @Black-pq2iw

    @Black-pq2iw

    10 ай бұрын

    Yikes

  • @mybackhurts7020

    @mybackhurts7020

    10 ай бұрын

    I live in the Mojave I notice everything a little more aggressive The further east you get

  • @misterbrady100

    @misterbrady100

    10 ай бұрын

    Sounds like they aggressively pursue the philosophy of 'Fight or flight'.

  • @megan00b8
    @megan00b810 ай бұрын

    Honestly, scorpions don't get enough credit for their evolutionary design. Changing as little as possible is a clear signal of an exceptionally amazing template since it can not only survive in it's current certainly competitive niche, but is equally viable in new niches as the environment changes. I myself am guilty of giving lot of love to crocodiles for this, but failing to recognise the scorpions that are even older than crocs. From evolutionary standpoint they're both incredible considering how little they've changed in the literal hundreds of millions of years, surviving thousands of emvironmental changes that would have most species adapt or perish, and even numerous mass extinctions that had most species perish all at once. Also crabs. I absolutely adore crabs.

  • @thehellyousay

    @thehellyousay

    10 ай бұрын

    The term "evolutionary design" is an oxymoron. Evolution is emergent. Only manufacture is by design.

  • @JoseAlvarezV

    @JoseAlvarezV

    5 ай бұрын

    @@thehellyousay I was about to type the same thing and I found your comment, lovely. I hate it when people say a species has a "design" design implies a designer... And I don't thing there is a designer to evolution

  • @SupaSneech

    @SupaSneech

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@JoseAlvarezV there is 1 of 2 possible 'designers' depending on your beliefs #1 is God #2 Environment (I say God idk about u)

  • @JoseAlvarezV

    @JoseAlvarezV

    5 ай бұрын

    @@SupaSneech Imagine one day, the water inside a pothole of the road, magically came alive, and it noticed that the hole around it perfectly fit it, it thinks to itself, wow, whoever made me, made everything here perfect for me, however we outside the pothole know, that is not the case, we know the pothole formed due to erosion, and cars traveling over it, and it filled with water, and then it became alive, the water exists because of the hole, not the hole because of the water, the universe is the pot hole, and everything in it, is the water. there was no designer it was a chain reaction, because even that environment was the reaction of a previous set of events , if you want to call it ad designer it's just semantics, but it does heavily implies one's beliefs (and no I don't believe in god)

  • @armyant9163

    @armyant9163

    4 ай бұрын

    Gawwwwd damn

  • @francoislacombe9071
    @francoislacombe907110 ай бұрын

    Rule of thumb. The smaller and weaker a scorpion's pincers are, the more potent and dangerous its venom is.

  • @BugsandBiology

    @BugsandBiology

    10 ай бұрын

    Hemiscorpius lepturus is a big exception in that regard.

  • @johnpaulalbrecht7305

    @johnpaulalbrecht7305

    10 ай бұрын

    So if those meters long scorpions still exist, you would rather get stung by it? Hahahaha

  • @theCRYSISgamer

    @theCRYSISgamer

    10 ай бұрын

    @@johnpaulalbrecht7305Nah, you dead either way lol

  • @SneakerBiscut

    @SneakerBiscut

    10 ай бұрын

    So Indiana Jones was right

  • @catpoke9557

    @catpoke9557

    10 ай бұрын

    @@johnpaulalbrecht7305 Those meter long ones weren't actually scorpions but the ancestors of them. They lacked stingers.

  • @scriptorpaulina
    @scriptorpaulina10 ай бұрын

    Objection! Euripterids didn’t have book gills, which was why they struggled to leave the water! They actually evolved breathing air completely separately from their arachnid cousins. They are completely unrelated, or at least less related than spiders and scorpions (and euripterids and spider crabs)

  • @mpagirobin3805

    @mpagirobin3805

    10 ай бұрын

    I think i can hear AronRa slightly smile because of this.

  • @willisfouts4838

    @willisfouts4838

    10 ай бұрын

    You are correct. I believe he’s leaning towards ‘entertainment’ programming. A slow regression away from facts and information, to dialogue and cartoons. Wait, I think this has been the normal since the get-go. Never mind the vocal fry …

  • @jtktomb8598

    @jtktomb8598

    10 ай бұрын

    @@willisfouts4838 I feel the same with some others science youtubers too ..

  • @ppizbig9146

    @ppizbig9146

    10 ай бұрын

    Yea those are spiracles I believe, but I think it was just an oversight really

  • @ppizbig9146

    @ppizbig9146

    10 ай бұрын

    They also explained the grasshopper mouse resistance wrong, I believe there’s a mutation that doesn’t allow (fit) the proteins scorpions use to effect the nervous system

  • @McPilch
    @McPilch10 ай бұрын

    Definitely misunderstood!!! Funnily enough, the same day this video came out, I welcomed two new additions to my scorpion family, a couple of Aussie rainforest scorplings! So tiny and ADORABLE!!! 🥰🦂

  • @dugldoo
    @dugldoo10 ай бұрын

    A few years ago I was in Honduras helping build a kids’ summer camp. While sleeping I felt a mousy thing crawl across my chest and went to whisk it off . . . Wham!! . . . the worst sting I ever felt. I jumped up, looked around. Sitting on my left shoulder was a scorpion bigger than my palm. I shook it off and thankfully didn’t get stung again. The unlucky scorpion ended up in a bottle of alcohol. The burning pain stayed with me for hours, but locals assured me that it wouldn't make me sick, and it didn't. But I understand there are plenty of scorpions that can send ya across the river.

  • @jtktomb8598

    @jtktomb8598

    10 ай бұрын

    Plenty but not that many, about 10% of species or less

  • @segfault-

    @segfault-

    10 ай бұрын

    Wait why did it end up in a bottle of alcohol? Lol.

  • @dugldoo

    @dugldoo

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jtktomb8598 Well, you're right ... not many. I checked several reliable sources: just a couple dozen species all around the world.

  • @dugldoo

    @dugldoo

    10 ай бұрын

    @@segfault- Actually a good question ... so if I did get sick the species could be identified in case antivenom were necessary.

  • @David_Fellner

    @David_Fellner

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@dugldooAnd here I was thinking it was used as a decoration for some specific type of liquor. But saving it for identification later is probably a better reason.

  • @patrickstar1164
    @patrickstar116410 ай бұрын

    I am so happy these explanations are animated to be accessible for my 2 digit IQ brain

  • @wasd3108

    @wasd3108

    10 ай бұрын

    especially the milking the scorpion one, would've never had the idea how they would do it

  • @Jebu911

    @Jebu911

    Ай бұрын

    Meanwhile i wish it was all just talked so i can just listen to these

  • @lorencalfe6446
    @lorencalfe644610 ай бұрын

    ‘younger than the mountains older than the trees’ I never knew scorpions have so much in common with country roads!

  • @muneebmuhamed43

    @muneebmuhamed43

    4 ай бұрын

    Older than the trees comes first ...

  • @_ninthRing_
    @_ninthRing_10 ай бұрын

    As someone who lives with Chronic Neuropathic Pain, I can tell you there absolutely were times I would take scorpion venom if it shut off the damn pain...

  • @Ceramic_Discs

    @Ceramic_Discs

    10 ай бұрын

    Just give it a try ❤

  • @MapacheOculto

    @MapacheOculto

    10 ай бұрын

    I'm with you my dude :c

  • @thetechnoking

    @thetechnoking

    10 ай бұрын

    What medication do you take?

  • @thenextbondvillainklaussch3266

    @thenextbondvillainklaussch3266

    10 ай бұрын

    @@thetechnoking As some one with the same pain issue , it would be quicker to ask what we dont take lol. Mine is from FMS , and a busted Disc (L5 - S1) , but alot of people get Nerve pain as a result of Diabetes complications or from other serious injuries.

  • @fuzzyhair321

    @fuzzyhair321

    9 ай бұрын

    There's been studies looking at venom to actually help this issue

  • @tobiasedwards2643
    @tobiasedwards264310 ай бұрын

    Eurypterids weren’t that closely related to scorpions and the largest known Eurypterid was Jaekelopterus which so far the largest of them were 8.2 feet long whereas 5 meters is the same as 16.4 feet.

  • @Makabert.Abylon

    @Makabert.Abylon

    10 ай бұрын

    Paused the vid as soon as she said it and was searching for this comment. Either your comment was lost or cranky people dislike the comment as they dont know better.

  • @tobiasedwards2643

    @tobiasedwards2643

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Makabert.Abylon yeah the Eurypterids were closer to horseshoe crabs than to arachnids which is funny because horseshoe crabs are closer to arachnids than to true crabs.

  • @lobachevscki

    @lobachevscki

    10 ай бұрын

    I had the same doubt and all the sources I could gather point to Eurypterids being the closest we understand as an ancestors of both Arachnids and Limulides. It is not a settled issue but no source I could find suggests otherwise based in our current data. Just as an observation: you can't say (as said in the comments) something like 'Eurypterids were closer to horseshoe crabs (Limulides)' (in the context of ancestry) and then say 'horsheshoe crabs are closely related to arachnids' and not immediately conclude that Eurypterids should then be close related to Arachnids. That doesnt make the sentence true but it is a weird phrasing. All the mentioned lineages are Chelicerata Arthropods and, again, the current understanding seems to be Eurypterids contains the common ancestor. Do you have any newer source that points to what you are stablishing?

  • @tobiasedwards2643

    @tobiasedwards2643

    10 ай бұрын

    @@lobachevscki No I don’t but you’re right I could’ve worded that better.

  • @theprehistorichubert9448

    @theprehistorichubert9448

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank u for making this comment

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor546210 ай бұрын

    I once found a huge scorpion in my prosthetic leg. It nearly landed on my foot, and I only have one of those!

  • @talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426
    @talesfromtheleashexpatdogl142610 ай бұрын

    I've lived in Mexico almost three years. In the Yucatan, I regularly found scorpions in my house. Lots of overhanging trees. Recently, I moved to the Central Highlands and on my first night in this city, I got out of bed and immediately stepped on a scorpion. It wasn't as painful as I expected but it was shocking. I left the lights on every night in that Airbnb until I moved to a different one.

  • @rkozakand
    @rkozakand10 ай бұрын

    At 4"15, when referencing rain forests, you show an image of a Vinagaroon, which is NOT a scorpion. [technically, Eurypterids were not really scorpions either]

  • @Schockmetamorphose
    @Schockmetamorphose10 ай бұрын

    1. Today's scorpions don't descend from euripterids, they are part of a sister group (arachnids). The euripterid line died out a long time ago. 2. Euripterids definitely did not get up to 5 meters big, only around 2.5 in the biggest species. In general, good video tho!

  • @abeham1078

    @abeham1078

    10 ай бұрын

    Thankyou for this, I was confused as why they decided to keep that in

  • @maartendj2724

    @maartendj2724

    10 ай бұрын

    Ideed, euripterids weren't really scorpions. The largests known scorpions were brontoscorpio (primarely aquatic) and pulmonoscorpius (terrestrial), both being just shy of 1 meter long.

  • @lobachevscki

    @lobachevscki

    10 ай бұрын

    I had the same doubt and all the sources I could gather point to Eurypterids being the closest we understand as an ancestors of both Arachnids and Limulides. It is not a settled issue but no source I could find suggests otherwise based in our current data. All the mentioned lineages are Chelicerata Arthropods and, again, the current understanding I could find seems to be Eurypterids contains the common ancestor. Do you have something newer i can read? Thanks

  • @stax6092
    @stax609210 ай бұрын

    Scorpions are to me, the coolest animals in the world. Also, the way they look under UV light isn't unnatural, they've been doing that longer than we've been a species. It's more natural than a lot of things. Possibly even Proto-Natural. ;)

  • @jtktomb8598

    @jtktomb8598

    10 ай бұрын

    The current theory is that it helps them get away from the light by the way

  • @theflyingdutchguy9870

    @theflyingdutchguy9870

    10 ай бұрын

    some look like that under UV. but not all of them. they are super cool animals tho.

  • @jtktomb8598

    @jtktomb8598

    10 ай бұрын

    @@theflyingdutchguy9870 All scorpions glow under UV but they are not all the same color yeah

  • @jakel8627

    @jakel8627

    10 ай бұрын

    They unlocked the glowing at night perk because they got the 1 million kill streak.

  • @max3eey

    @max3eey

    10 ай бұрын

    Funny aromatic groups

  • @HerrPoopschitz
    @HerrPoopschitz10 ай бұрын

    Fascinating animals. Roommate had one in college. Id wiggle my finger in front of him and he’d gently pinch it, and would climb up in my hand when Id present my palm. Would walk around parties we threw w/ him on my shoulder and freak people out. Not sure if others have had similar experiences w/ them…I found ours to be very docile and surprisingly fun to watch and interact with.

  • @balleraap007

    @balleraap007

    3 ай бұрын

    Lmfaoo the chill scorpion

  • @Ben-xf7uy
    @Ben-xf7uy10 ай бұрын

    Grew up in Utah and was lizard hunting on our farm. We had these rocky cliffs that had thousands of scorpions. I got stung when i was age 10 flipping rocks and thought i was going to die haha. I felt a little naseaus and had a head ache for a few hours but then i was fine the next day. Its actually what got me into animals as a kid. I thought maybe that meant i was special and going to be the Scorpion King haha. Still love learning new thi gs about animals

  • @cavemann_

    @cavemann_

    9 ай бұрын

    Blud is going to become the Scorpion King with the stingiest sting across the pokey world LMAO

  • @MrKimsan1111

    @MrKimsan1111

    8 ай бұрын

    right there

  • @marcelogaea1064
    @marcelogaea106410 ай бұрын

    Always a good hang, Joe. Thanks!

  • @viviansytsui
    @viviansytsui10 ай бұрын

    Honestly it's kinda crazy mouse vs scorpion was the last thing I expected. xD

  • @SlimThrull
    @SlimThrull10 ай бұрын

    Dr. Esposito was a great interview. Very knowledgeable and never once did I think she was talking down to the audience (which can sometimes happen with experts). Hope you'll have her back for future episodes.

  • @daleowens7695

    @daleowens7695

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah, she radiated interest and enthusiasm in an approachable way.

  • @generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895

    @generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895

    4 ай бұрын

    No… shes a sketchy california inhabitant

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH10 ай бұрын

    Scorpions are such loving parents and their courtship dances are so sweet. How can you not love them once you see that!

  • @leomiguel
    @leomiguel10 ай бұрын

    Amazing video. It's been a while that I've this good feeling about new science studies

  • @dennis_mihaylov
    @dennis_mihaylov10 ай бұрын

    I've had no idea how cool and useful scorpions are!

  • @cornflakes1494
    @cornflakes149410 ай бұрын

    My husband grew up at south of tunisia, in sahara desert. They had big black scorpions that could fly. Flight would be usualy around 5-6 meters. Last time he has seen one flying was some 32 years ago and it is belived it is exterminated because his grandma was telling him that when she was young they had them a lot.

  • @anthonykoeslag
    @anthonykoeslag10 ай бұрын

    love this! thanks for an amazing video

  • @ZedaZ80
    @ZedaZ8010 ай бұрын

    The animations were fantastic on this!

  • @kateymcintosh6484

    @kateymcintosh6484

    10 ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing!!!

  • @jakerubino3233
    @jakerubino323310 ай бұрын

    Love my scorpions and centipedes. Have kept them for years. Both have similar stories as far as being incredibly ancient. Research on the chemical makeup of the venom from Scolopendra Morsitans has shown components that are thought to be from bacterial and fungal genes that have been horizontally transferred by microorganisms throughout their evolutionary history. Uniquely too!

  • @avagreen9795
    @avagreen979510 ай бұрын

    Oh my goodness! The animations and editing in this! Soooo good. Also, really interesting.

  • @giovannirojas3952
    @giovannirojas39529 ай бұрын

    Great episode. I learned so many new things today. 👍

  • @bartmannn6717
    @bartmannn671710 ай бұрын

    One night, a scorpion the size of the palm of my hand found a new home in my shoe. The sting between my toes after putting my foot inside really was something. Because of the venom, for one day my fingertips were numb and I had problems standing up and walking (sometimes, me knees would just give away). But worse than all of that was the one second _before_ the sting, when I felt some weird tingling at my toes. I still don't get it how my entire foot and this beast of a scorpion could fit into the same shoe at the same time.

  • @dugldoo

    @dugldoo

    10 ай бұрын

    Where do you live?

  • @bartmannn6717

    @bartmannn6717

    10 ай бұрын

    @@dugldoo That happened in southern Mexico, in a humid, (sub)tropical climate. I was on vacation - if I've lived there, I certainly would have known how to prevent that from ever happening. 🤷‍♂

  • @Zahri8Alang
    @Zahri8Alang10 ай бұрын

    Honey Badgers: "Pain? Venom? Whats that?"

  • @cryptout
    @cryptout10 ай бұрын

    I never seen one in my country yet. btw I love how passionate she is about her work.

  • @LordCharizard98
    @LordCharizard9810 ай бұрын

    this was a very intresting episode I really learned something today

  • @Sushi33312
    @Sushi3331210 ай бұрын

    I have pet scorpions. (Two olive flat-rocks, but I used to breed gracilis) and even had fat tails. Spiders are smart and beautiful!

  • @jebjim9391
    @jebjim939110 ай бұрын

    So, scorpion venom is like hot sauce for those mice

  • @tinamclaughlin1991
    @tinamclaughlin19919 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the hook that has been here so long! Scorpions love helping us!

  • @polishguy8495
    @polishguy849510 ай бұрын

    Animation on this video is extra funny! Loved it!

  • @amandaburnham8626
    @amandaburnham862610 ай бұрын

    I live in south Georgia and I made it to 30 before I found out that scorpions live here! Honestly never saw one growing up, and my dad does pest control so I thought I would have seen one. Had to check a glue board in someone's garage to find one! It was tiny, but clearly a scorpion. Found a couple more since in similar situations. Usually out in wooded areas, not well developed.

  • @Varphi_

    @Varphi_

    10 ай бұрын

    We saw a lot of small ones growing up in the woods around Athens ga!

  • @Scraggledust
    @Scraggledust10 ай бұрын

    I want to start milking scorpions… supposedly really lucrative! Been stung by scorpions. It’s like putting salt on an open wound, then burning it with a blow torch. Oh, also stung by a huge, B52 bumblebee. Hurt worse to me, then the scorpions

  • @theflyingdutchguy9870

    @theflyingdutchguy9870

    10 ай бұрын

    i dont know if its sustainable in any way. milking snakes is already not super effective as it takes a lot of snakes to make a single vile of anti venin. and a scorpion would give a lot less. altho it is less dangerous working with them than with some of the deadly venomous snakes

  • @alexfolfy1657
    @alexfolfy16574 ай бұрын

    it is always worth it to watch till the last seconds of the video, that might be the best part.

  • @clivematthews95
    @clivematthews9510 ай бұрын

    Great video Scorpions 🦂 are fascinating, they’re even found in Fallout which means they also survived the nuclear war 😊

  • @eeyorehaferbock7870

    @eeyorehaferbock7870

    9 ай бұрын

    Yeah, except those ones are huge, extremely damage-resistant, and can kill you pretty quickly with their stingers. Not to mention exceedingly fast both on and above ground. So definitely not something you really want to run into without power armor and/or an extremely powerful weapon you can use at close range.

  • @clivematthews95

    @clivematthews95

    9 ай бұрын

    @@eeyorehaferbock7870 now you make me wanna play Fallout 4, all over again 😭 Love your comment

  • @eeyorehaferbock7870

    @eeyorehaferbock7870

    9 ай бұрын

    @@clivematthews95 hey, I’ve been wanting on more than one occasion for a while now to replay it myself. Only problem is, I have no idea how long it’ll take for me to get an optimal gaming PC setup, and I’ve only ever wanted to play it on PC precisely because of the endless modding capabilities.

  • @OnionChoppingNinja
    @OnionChoppingNinja10 ай бұрын

    Let's face it, Scorpions being one of the first creatures to evolve when the Phanerozoic eon began 600 million years ago still being around today, it's safe to assume they'll be one of the last to go extinct when this eon comes to a crushing end in a billion years or so.

  • @chelseashurmantine8153
    @chelseashurmantine81538 ай бұрын

    The editing on this was pristine. The noises freaked me out but the visuals and delivery cracked me up

  • @flareinc7413
    @flareinc74134 ай бұрын

    Scorpions are even more amazing than I thought. :O Thank you for making this!

  • @BoogieManFL
    @BoogieManFL10 ай бұрын

    I've been fascinated by scorpions since I was a kid. But had an accidental close encounter with one that I didn't know it was there and it stung me in the thigh. I believe was a Florida Bark Scorpion. It was surprisingly painful, but quickly wore off. To replicate that kind of feeling in a way that one can probably easily imagine, would be like having a hypodermic needle filled with a small amount of boiling water and having it injected into to you. Apparently that kind of scorpion isn't all that venomous, yet it hurt that much. It made me think how nasty it must be for their prey, to be injected with a much larger dose relative to body size.

  • @_ninthRing_
    @_ninthRing_10 ай бұрын

    While there certainly are several species of excruciatingly painfully envenomed Scorpions in Australia, shockingly, we don't seem to have any lethal ones...

  • @michaelmedlinger6399

    @michaelmedlinger6399

    10 ай бұрын

    How is that possible? Australia otherwise has the deadliest representatives of any venomous creature! 😂

  • @_ninthRing_

    @_ninthRing_

    10 ай бұрын

    @@michaelmedlinger6399 I know, right? It's a shock to me & I live here...

  • @76rjackson

    @76rjackson

    10 ай бұрын

    Wouldn't surprise me if you had lethal cockroaches down under! Everything else seems to be...

  • @_ninthRing_

    @_ninthRing_

    10 ай бұрын

    @@76rjackson Nah, not any that're toxic to humans. Though we do have giant Whistling Queensland Cockroaches which people put collars on & keep as pets.

  • @kaitlyn__L

    @kaitlyn__L

    6 ай бұрын

    @@_ninthRing_ I was wondering if this was a joke, but no, wow. They don't look too dissimilar from some large beetles actually. Interesting. I'd heard regular size cockroaches hissing as a child in an entomologist presentation, but I imagine the big'uns are louder!

  • @officialjustincotton4015
    @officialjustincotton40153 ай бұрын

    I don't usually comment but this was an amazing video my jaw was dropped thank you I had to subscribe

  • @igguka
    @igguka7 ай бұрын

    Insane episode, dr. Joe

  • @anthonyfrench3169
    @anthonyfrench316910 ай бұрын

    This has been one of my favorite episodes. I really enjoy how much fun the team had making this, had me learning and cracking up the whole time!!

  • @Joe___R
    @Joe___R10 ай бұрын

    A 16' scorpion would be absolutely terrifying. I am very glad they have shrunk down so far now. Even though the smaller ones generally have the most powerful venom.

  • @fernandoanaya3249
    @fernandoanaya324910 ай бұрын

    I'm so happy he's doing well..😊❤😊❤😊❤😊lost my gma last year to cancer and I've been praying..❤❤GOD IS GOOD

  • @LeeLong
    @LeeLong10 ай бұрын

    Awesome Video!

  • @louislopez55
    @louislopez5510 ай бұрын

    I’ll try to keep all this in mind when I go out and hunt them with my black light and hammer. (Only around my house) One night recently I got 16, and they are all the dangerous bark scorpion. You do not want to be stung by one of them, it’s like a red-hot nail stuck in you, and there nothing you can do about it. (For some people and children there is an anti-venom)

  • @ianmacfarlane1241

    @ianmacfarlane1241

    10 ай бұрын

    "only around your house" You had me worried - I thought you were obliterating your neighbour's scorpions.

  • @bethn2836

    @bethn2836

    10 ай бұрын

    In college, we used to go outside and see how many scorpions we could find. We found like 35 outside my husband’s apartment once. We left them alone, for the most part (sometimes we’d trap one and try to find bugs for it to hunt, usually didn’t work). They’re pretty common in rural Arizona where I grew up, and most people I know have been stung at least once. I don’t think bark scorpions are life threatening for most people, but boy does it suck if you get stung.

  • @McPilch

    @McPilch

    10 ай бұрын

    Well, hopefully one gets you bad, as it is the least you deserve..... 😠

  • @_ninthRing_

    @_ninthRing_

    10 ай бұрын

    It's a good thing they're not cannibalistic, or smashing them would just attract more... ...They aren't, are they..!?

  • @idraote

    @idraote

    10 ай бұрын

    @@McPilch I hope at least ten gets YOU bad, that's both for the comment and the "better than thou" attitude

  • @mistywhite277
    @mistywhite2779 ай бұрын

    Joe you are the best! 🤗🤍 love learning from you!

  • @littledreamerrem7021
    @littledreamerrem702110 ай бұрын

    I'm glad this video can help people appreciate the beauty that is the scorpion. They look scary, but that's one of their charms! By the way...did you know there are scorpions in Tennessee? We've got two species. You see them more in the mountains, but it's easy enough to find them near to Music City if you know where to look.

  • @ThW5

    @ThW5

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes, we do... Tenessee in a state of the USA which is not a) Alaska or b) North Eastern ConUS, so there are scorpions... Hawaii has no native scorpions, but an introduced pantropic species can be found there.

  • @benperth9508
    @benperth950810 ай бұрын

    Love your content dude!

  • @robmack4986
    @robmack49867 ай бұрын

    Shoutout to Dr. Esposito! What a well spoken and interesting person!

  • @pameladaley955
    @pameladaley95510 ай бұрын

    I'm curious about the filming technique in which a 2nd photographer is filming Joe while he films the subject (and Joe is often looking at his lens instead of the subject). Why is this done? It's distracting, appears to disrespect the subject, and - mostly - why? It is as if you are deemphasizing the interviewee!

  • @Stierenkloot

    @Stierenkloot

    10 ай бұрын

    It's just trendy hip and cool

  • @neotech3955
    @neotech395510 ай бұрын

    Hey joe here, today I want you to make your little brain about scorpions into mega brains

  • @eelmimbo

    @eelmimbo

    10 ай бұрын

    I have no clue what this means but hell yeah I wanna be mega brains

  • @thomasmann3560
    @thomasmann35604 ай бұрын

    Sick video. Need more!

  • @TehutiofNewKmt
    @TehutiofNewKmt10 ай бұрын

    I thoroughly enjoyed this!

  • @psykkomancz
    @psykkomancz10 ай бұрын

    Scorpio on a date at 5:11 had me in stitches :D

  • @fisheye42

    @fisheye42

    10 ай бұрын

    Ditto. “Scorpio” on a date. Too funny.

  • @kevin-jd5rj
    @kevin-jd5rj10 ай бұрын

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Pallid bats, they are also resistant to scorpion venom like the mice and we have them in California too :) go cal academy! I hope you got a world class tour of the facility , it's a really cool museum!

  • @alissonribeiro9057
    @alissonribeiro905710 ай бұрын

    Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze

  • @nabongobong9155
    @nabongobong915510 ай бұрын

    The glow of those scorpions, they're just so unnatural and out of this world Man the chills...

  • @CZpersi
    @CZpersi10 ай бұрын

    If you think that scorpions look scary, you have not seen solifugae - fascinating group of arachnids, which looks somewhat like scorpions without their poisonous tail, but have very long legs and are excellent runners. They are not dangerous to humans, but finding one in your tent is a pretty good jumpscare. I saw them first in my life in Morocco in the desert. Bedouins call them "wind spiders" since they are most active during windy nights. Common English term is "Camel Spider". They are not poisonous, but their fighting and hunting skills are legendary.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage10 ай бұрын

    As a scorpio, I feel seen today.

  • @betta_lic
    @betta_lic10 ай бұрын

    that was great, thanks!

  • @danpritchett1394
    @danpritchett139410 ай бұрын

    First episode I've watched. If they're all this good you have a new subscriber

  • @justinblin
    @justinblin10 ай бұрын

    What happened to the “it’s okay” part of being smart?

  • @Stierenkloot

    @Stierenkloot

    10 ай бұрын

    Doesn't roll off the tongue enough

  • @adriansolis5362
    @adriansolis536210 ай бұрын

    My wife suffers from chronic pain and can't get the medication she needs because 1) the US healthcare system and 2) the so called "opioid crisis" that is resulting in many people unable to get the help they need just because a few bad actors want to get high. I hope this research proves to be fruitful as well as economical because it would solve the main concern in my wife's daily life: to feel like a normal human without spending $15,000 a year on alternative pain relief medicine.

  • @amanakjjain3279
    @amanakjjain327910 ай бұрын

    I just love this channel ❤

  • @bobtuckey2409
    @bobtuckey240910 ай бұрын

    Hey Joe, Bob here. Great episode on scorpions. Thanks again.

  • @toseecrapyvideos
    @toseecrapyvideos10 ай бұрын

    A good example why basic research can never be questioned at face value. You never know what may pop out of it

  • @MrBigTimeChiller
    @MrBigTimeChiller10 ай бұрын

    Think about the double genome concept as having two kidneys. You can use up one of them without dying. That’s why it helps them survive so well

  • @creamu2roblox
    @creamu2roblox10 ай бұрын

    Another well done video :)

  • @Amocles
    @Amocles8 ай бұрын

    "Most scorpions can fit in the palm of your hand..." ... most?!?!

  • @violetlight1548
    @violetlight154810 ай бұрын

    I knew there was a reason why I always tame Scorpids (giant scorpions the size of wolves) on my hunters in World of Warcraft, other than they look cool. They really are amazing arachnids! I'm surprised you didn't mention a couple other cool things about them. Most (if not all) scorpions give birth to live young, and the mother carries her babies around on her back.

  • @aanchaallllllll
    @aanchaallllllll9 ай бұрын

    1:34: 🦂 Scorpions have been around for 450 million years and were originally sea creatures before becoming amphibious. 3:27: ! Scorpions have a successful unchanged body plan and can be found in various habitats around the world. 6:19: 🦂 Scorpion venom is highly evolved to disrupt nervous systems and contains a complex cocktail of neurotoxins and enzymes. 9:08: 🦂 Scorpion venom holds potential for pain relief and brain cancer treatment. 12:35: 🦂 Scorpion venom is being used to develop a tumor paint that helps in treating brain cancer. Recap by Tammy AI

  • @DADTHEFATHER
    @DADTHEFATHER10 ай бұрын

    Hey joe. Ed here im 42. I love this channel PBS has always been me and my dads favorites channel since i was a smart boy. Just wondering if yall could do one of these about one of my favorite animals the fascinating pig and hog. Keep up the great work and research. -Ed👍🏾

  • @neotech3955
    @neotech395510 ай бұрын

    1:38 for real scared the heck out of me, joe are you doing horror films now?

  • @Eric1396
    @Eric139610 ай бұрын

    The animation was top notch!

  • @wasd3108
    @wasd310810 ай бұрын

    cool interviewee

  • @adriansanchez915
    @adriansanchez91510 ай бұрын

    We love scorpions here! I didn’t know they glow under UV light. That’s really cool

  • @salt-emoji
    @salt-emoji10 ай бұрын

    Scorpions are super cool. I've spent many nights it in the desert with a black light not collecting, just appreciating them, watching them hunt is really cool.

  • @salt-emoji

    @salt-emoji

    10 ай бұрын

    There was a little valley that had like hundreds if not thousands of scorpions, and they loved decapitating crickets, it was pretty cool

  • @salt-emoji

    @salt-emoji

    10 ай бұрын

    Also also, there weren't as many rodents that would predate scorpions, mainly racoons and the occasional fox, but a single time, I saw what I think was a kangaroo mouse (waaaaaaaaaay far away from where it was supposed to be) could've been something different. But the little mouse hunted at least two scorpions. I saw it eating one from a good distance away and was suuuuuper confused how it could move that fast, couldn't see the perfectly camouflaged mouse until it hunkered down under a bush with its prize, I got some distance, it abandoned the half eaten one and hopped over to another, pounced and took off with it. So cool.

  • @dantheman9784
    @dantheman97849 ай бұрын

    Ya to the Deathstalker scorpion. Makes me feel good about keeping one as a pet!

  • @happysaladd8951
    @happysaladd8951Ай бұрын

    These guys survived multiple mass extinction, moved from the sea and started adapting life on land and most of all, their physical apparances still remains the same since millenia ago which little has changed. They're such badass

  • @AaronEmerald
    @AaronEmerald10 ай бұрын

    Wow she is extremely knowledgeable!!

  • @tylermacdonald8924
    @tylermacdonald89249 ай бұрын

    The smouldering fire from that burn 🔥

  • @hackedbyBLAGH
    @hackedbyBLAGH4 ай бұрын

    Great video

  • @rickkwitkoski1976
    @rickkwitkoski197610 ай бұрын

    Got stung by one once. I think that it was a very juvenile one. Didn't feel anything... Until a few minutes later and WHAM my foot was hurting!

  • @theflyingdutchguy9870

    @theflyingdutchguy9870

    10 ай бұрын

    thats the defensive purpose. to make you feel like you are in pain while nothing bad is really going on. it gives your nerves the illusion your foot is on fire😅

  • @g0dzilla5
    @g0dzilla510 ай бұрын

    The visual gags this episode are next level

  • @vinnyv981
    @vinnyv98110 ай бұрын

    Wowwwww amazing stuff Joe.. I changed my mind about scorpions too.. love all the jokes 🤣🤣🤣 keep em coming 😂❤

  • @dianadavis5002
    @dianadavis500210 ай бұрын

    Love your version of the song

  • @paulmatolsy4593
    @paulmatolsy459310 ай бұрын

    Great channel, Joe!😁👍

  • @duhduhvesta
    @duhduhvesta4 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @TimForber69
    @TimForber694 ай бұрын

    I love these videos

  • @aplaceinthestars3207
    @aplaceinthestars320710 ай бұрын

    I've been finding an awful lot of solifugaes in my bathroom lately, and I feel validated for saving the little scorpionesque critters. Found one in the wastebin just around the time this video was uploaded too, lol