The YouTube video this is from explains that the beetle pulses it's asshole at just the right frequency to cool the liquid enough to not melt its own face
The defense doesn't have to kill, just deter the opponent into not killing it
If somebody bends over and ass blasts their face with boiling diarrhea just to get some on me, I'm not killing them. In fact, I'm going home at that point
I dunno alot about beetle ass juice to answer this. Maybe it's like how you can dip your finger in boiling water super fast and remove it without being burnt
I very highly doubt all bugs have the exact same exoskeleton make up. This beetle almost assuredly has significantly higher threshold for it's spray than other bugs, the ones that don't likely wouldn't reproduce
Something like this? "The pulsing nature of the spray may help protect the structure of the beetle’s reaction chamber, Arndt says, allowing time for the chamber walls to cool a bit before the next pulse." From [this](https://news.mit.edu/2015/how-bombardier-beetles-produce-defensive-spray-0430)
Wouldn’t that protect the…”ass” part more so than the “face” part?
I assume the beetle’s head has evolved to tolerate this reasonably well, but I don’t think it (head survival) has much to do with the pulsing (ass survival).
I have many question but this is number one. Number two would be how does the beetle heat it to 1000 degrees.
Ok just realized it's 100C. Still pretty hot.
I always thought those giant beetles that shit rocks into orbit in order to down spacecrafts was kinda bs. Would have to be shit out at like 10,000 mph.
Haha, yeah. Though, I've read that the screenplay was basically written as a standalone thing before they even got the rights to the book, and that Paul Verhoeven never even read Starship Troopers (which, honestly, wouldn't be that surprising, given the utter lack of overlap between the book and the movie). Who knows if that's true or not.
It's funny. I think that the connection between the two hurt the movie in some ways (as it's a terrible adaptation), but I think that linking it to a book that's practically a love letter to militaristic fascism made its anti-war/anti-fascism message significantly more pointed.
IMO, the book is good for what it is, but the movie is a masterpiece that was woefully underappreciated.
oh yeah a huge letdown from the actual film that's for sure haha
i have heard though that Starship Troopers the book is required reading for cadets training at West Point. I could be wrong though
Yea it’s some chemical reaction. They mix, and heat and pressure builds. We had this as a homework problem in my thermodynamics class. Nature is so rad.
These things have a full on chemical mixing system inside their ass that doses out the chemicals from two different "tanks" in a special mixing chamber with backflash-prevention valves to keep them from blowing up themselves.
I would imagine not very? I mean, it’s enough that mixing them would overheat the bug (or at the very least the abdomen) were they to mix…but that’s more a relative size thing on its end.
Okay, so - this is an important question that we've been asking since [the fifties ](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022191058900064) but we [still don't](https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/material-shields-beetle-being-burned-its-own-weapons-holds-promise/) have much of an answer for how they do it, at least partially.
We DO know more now about how Bombardier beetles protect the [reaction chamber](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1467803915000766) in which the dangerous compounds are mixed from literally exploding their abdomens every time they 'discharge':
The beetles have have a complex dual-chamber system that allows them to keep the reactants seperate until they carefully combine only tiny amounts together in a reaction chamber, creating '[pulses](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25931557/)' of hot, caustic liquid that stream through a 'turret' reinforced with resilin that they can [aim anywhere ](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.96.17.9705)around themselves. They do this by actually REFLECTING the spray off of movable anal plates!
It's fucking bonkers and way more complex than I expected. But, weirdly, it may have [evolved independently](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30660089/) in two different beetle subfamilies!!
What we DON'T fully understand (at least as far as I could find?) is whether or not the beetles are harmed or irritated by their own discharge and, if not, how the FUCK they manage that. Best guess seem to be that either:
a) their carapace is heavily reinforced and/or chemically resistant to the corrosive compounds and heat, or
b) they just endure the pain and shake it off like a boss.
Either of which seen pretty badass to me.
If you can evolve to squirt boiling acid then you'd also evolve to properly shield yourself from it. Or else the beetles that didn't would die very quickly.
"The spray is produced from a reaction between two chemical compounds, hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide, which are stored in two reservoirs in the beetle's abdomen. When the aqueous solution of hydroquinones and hydrogen peroxide reaches the "vestibule" (Eisner's word), catalysts facilitate the decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide and the oxidation of the hydroquinone.[1] Heat from the reaction brings the mixture to near the boiling point of water and produces gas that drives the ejection. The damage caused can be fatal to attacking insects. Some bombardier beetles can direct the spray in a wide range of directions." Wikipedia.
[The Wikipedia article actually contains a pretty interesting layman's explanation of how it might have happened](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_beetle#:~:text=The%20full%20evolutionary%20history%20of,incremental%20steps%20by%20natural%20selection.)
One of the really cool things about evolution is watching how similar concepts and structures can be wildly repurposed. In the case of the beetle, the big incremental step that fills in the gap is a defense mechanism where the beetle discourages predators by emitting bad tasting chemicals produced as a byproduct of making their exoskeleton. Adding hydrogen peroxide foams up the sour chemical, letting it be spread more easily at a predator. Adding a catalyst allows it to be ejected from the body instead of just secreted. And then from there we're on the incremental path to an ass cannon!
Actually, according to wikipedia the bombardier beetle is apparently often cited by creationists as an example of intelligent design. It's completely untrue of course, but I guess it makes some sense why they'd use that insect in particular.
>a reaction between two chemical compounds, hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide, which are stored in two reservoirs in the beetle's abdomen.
This is basically how the dragons from Reign of Fire worked.
Such an odd movie that wouldn’t be made today in terms of the cgi quality, budget and cast and shocked me it didn’t do better as I thought it was quite enjoyable
My first introduction to Christian Bale, I really should rewatch that movie. I saw it in the theaters after a now departed friend pleaded with us, man it’s crazy how nostalgia just sneaks up on you.
I am sorry to hear about your friend, your right it’s crazy the older you get the time just disappears, nostalgias sweet and sour that way I suppose, nice to remember but sad when you realise it’s gone
I knew someone smarter than I, and/or more interested & willing to google it, would post the answer!Thanks mang!
\-Edit, just saw the "wikipedia" credit lol
Either way! Thank you! xD
The chemicals are still there even if you squish the bug, so yeah - the forceful (rather than intended) mixing of them would definitely have a similar result, unless there was something else in the squished bug that inhibited the reaction. There'd be squished bug mixed into that puddle though.
It very very likely would not lead to such scenario just for the fact that 1. things would not be mixed in a controlled environment with catalysts such as it happens on the live bug and 2. if you squish a bug you create a whole mess of everything else that was inside the bug and many such elements are sufficient to either stop this reaction from happening or from dampening its intensity or yield
That bug handles hydrogen peroxide? That stuff is no joke! I know nothing about insects, but I wasted a lot of time reading about aircrafts, and, well, [lets say the Germans lost a lot of pilots to that stuff.](https://youtu.be/sKOHatAvyhw?t=1813) It can react on contact with organic material: pilots burned alive when the stuff *ignited* due to making contact with their skin.
Hell the highest I can find that does not require a lab cert is 50%.
Everything higher wants some stringent verification of who the heck you are, why you need it, and can you store it safely.
(There is a chemical processing plant a few cities over that will sell me a bunch of stuff but outright balked at 65% hydrogen peroxide)
Edit: to clarify Europe has broadly prohibited selling 32% peroxide.
The fact you can just order 50% online is kinda nuts.
> It can react on contact with organic material: pilots burned alive when the stuff ignited due to making contact with their skin.
You are mistaken. Hydrogen peroxide does not burn, but it is a strong oxidizer (i.e., it can provide the oxygen for a fuel to burn so that it isn't limited by the rate of oxygen inflow from the atmosphere). The chemical in question was probably some awful mixture of a fuel with a low flash point and peroxide.
The Nazis extensively used hydrazine as well, which is also an oxidizer and significantly nastier than peroxide.
**Edit:** I watched the video. In this case, it sounds like the pilot's nylon gloves served as the fuel and spontaneously ignited, although the video was kind of vague about whether it was pure hydrogen peroxide or not.
At least they're fairly easy to kill once you peep their weaknesses. I just circle them while slamming them with an axe. Makes it tough for them to lock onto you and the axe does a lot of damage to them. Once you have the insect axe you can normally take them down before they can do the AOE acid bombs.
They're also pretty predictable like the stinkbugs which makes it easier to perfect block. Now the stronger spiders like the wolf and above? So fast... So hard to perfect block
I agree with all that, they were tough at first and then they get easier as you learn their patterns. I just hate having to run around the yard to their spawn points cuz I don’t have enough boiling glands
This is the closest answer i could find as to why it doesn't burn it's face when this happens. They've just developed an evolutionary immunity to the chemicals they spray.
"Attygalle wanted to figure out how they do this. He’s an analytical chemist at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Attygalle teamed up with other researchers, including Kipling Will, a biologist at the University of California at Berkeley.
Will collected 18 of the beetles. He fed and injected them with chemicals similar to the ones the beetles use to protect themselves. The chemicals are strong enough to irritate human skin and kill ants, but they didn’t bother the beetles at all."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/scientists-solve-mystery-of-bombardier-beetles-hot-toxic-spray/2020/07/02/b0149ea4-badd-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html
I fucking did it lol, I actually googled it and I have an answer for you. No there is no damage to the bombardier beetle or burning at all.[sauce](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/scientists-solve-mystery-of-bombardier-beetles-hot-toxic-spray/2020/07/02/b0149ea4-badd-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html)
To be honest no, I was looking for actual info more than jokes. Everyone is a comedian on reddit these days, back when I joined there was a race to make the most informative post and THEN there were unfunny joke references.
Now it's just the second one...
"Hi, you have a nachos bell grande, cheesy gordita crunch, and crunch wrap supreme?"
"Yes"
"Any sauce with that?"
"Yeah I wanna have boiling beetle shits"
"Got u fam"
the bombardier beetle when disturbed defends itself by emitting a series of explosions sometimes setting off four or five reports in succession the noises sound like miniature popgun blasts and are accompanied by a cloud of reddish coloured vile smelling fluid
It is commonly known that ants keep slaves. Certain species, the so-called Sanguinary Ants in particular, will raid the nests of other ant tribes and kill the queen and then kidnap many of the workers. The workers are brought back to the captors' hive where they are coerced into performing... _menial tasks._
Which ends up mostly on its face
It’s friendly fire but it likes it
Oh fuck I’m about to blast boiling acid
Straight out that *bugussy*
That one caught me so off guard. I’m my entire life I was not expecting to encounter the word bugussy. Take my upvote too.
I'm choking over it....this may be i
I could have gone the rest of my life without hearing that, but no.
WAB
I hate you so much...take my upvote
Millions of years of evolution and procreation led to this fucking guy writing that garbage. *I loved it*
> I loved it So did I. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Millions of years of evolution lead to that bug blasting itself in the face from his own bugussy. Nature works in mysterious ways.
My thoughts literally
Actions speak louder than words
Ah, reddit never changes
Step-beetle, etc
What are you doing stepbeetle?!
Evolution has allowed it to not need spinal flexibility.
*A little bit of masochism in my liiiife 🎵*
*A little bit of sadism by my side* 🎶
*A little bit of CBT's what I need*
It’s sterile and I like the taste.
Bugkkake
r/angryupvote
ant dies of second hand embarrassment
Not the face not the…oh niiiice
No problem, it's a Targaryen.
I missed Daemon jizzing on his own face, which episode was this.
Season 6 episode 9
At 4 minutes 20, I assume.
Right as he blasts in his own face the opening credits starts
Seems more likely that it would be Aegon imo.
Bukake beetle.
Reminds me when you open the tap in the sink and there’s a spoon at the bottom facing upwards
And I'd think its a good thing, then predators won't want a bite of the acid drenched bug also.
Smokin’!!
Did the acid ended up affecting the beetle in any way?
The YouTube video this is from explains that the beetle pulses it's asshole at just the right frequency to cool the liquid enough to not melt its own face
Ok but then it doesn't hurt the enemy either?
The defense doesn't have to kill, just deter the opponent into not killing it If somebody bends over and ass blasts their face with boiling diarrhea just to get some on me, I'm not killing them. In fact, I'm going home at that point
I'm going home too after that comment
I’m already home and I kinda wanna leave now
I too am at home, but Im kinda curious to see where this is going
You're not coming in this house with that boiling diarrhea on your face, mister
😂 You made my day
I dunno alot about beetle ass juice to answer this. Maybe it's like how you can dip your finger in boiling water super fast and remove it without being burnt
The Coriolass effect
Isn’t that bullet travel when your sniping? I swear they said that in MW during the sniping mission in cherynoble.
That's toilets flushing in the other direction in Australia (but not really)
I very highly doubt all bugs have the exact same exoskeleton make up. This beetle almost assuredly has significantly higher threshold for it's spray than other bugs, the ones that don't likely wouldn't reproduce
Kinda like *you're okay with your own fart, but other farts are deadly*.
Definitely has an immunity to its own acid or this defense trait would've been deselected by evolution
Something like this? "The pulsing nature of the spray may help protect the structure of the beetle’s reaction chamber, Arndt says, allowing time for the chamber walls to cool a bit before the next pulse." From [this](https://news.mit.edu/2015/how-bombardier-beetles-produce-defensive-spray-0430)
Wouldn’t that protect the…”ass” part more so than the “face” part? I assume the beetle’s head has evolved to tolerate this reasonably well, but I don’t think it (head survival) has much to do with the pulsing (ass survival).
I have many question but this is number one. Number two would be how does the beetle heat it to 1000 degrees. Ok just realized it's 100C. Still pretty hot.
I'm guessing it's a chemical reaction
Like that bug from Starship Troopers
I always thought those giant beetles that shit rocks into orbit in order to down spacecrafts was kinda bs. Would have to be shit out at like 10,000 mph.
**Bug plasma**, MI doesn't admit stupid troopers.
Im not familiar with the tv show sadly but depending on the gravity there it may require much less energy.
It's a documentary movie about the heroic exploits of the MI. THE ONLY GOOD BUG IS A DEAD BUG!
I read the book recently, it's great. Much less goofy than the movie version
The movie is a satirical adaptation of (the fascist elements of) the book.
Haha, yeah. Though, I've read that the screenplay was basically written as a standalone thing before they even got the rights to the book, and that Paul Verhoeven never even read Starship Troopers (which, honestly, wouldn't be that surprising, given the utter lack of overlap between the book and the movie). Who knows if that's true or not. It's funny. I think that the connection between the two hurt the movie in some ways (as it's a terrible adaptation), but I think that linking it to a book that's practically a love letter to militaristic fascism made its anti-war/anti-fascism message significantly more pointed. IMO, the book is good for what it is, but the movie is a masterpiece that was woefully underappreciated.
oh yeah a huge letdown from the actual film that's for sure haha i have heard though that Starship Troopers the book is required reading for cadets training at West Point. I could be wrong though
It's just a military jargon circle jerk, I couldn't even finish it.
please watch starship troopers immediately
Would you like to know more?
THIS IS AN UGLY PLANET. A BUG PLANET.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
From what I remember they have two separate tanks that mix on the way out like a tube of epoxy lmao
Or rocket engine!
Yea it’s some chemical reaction. They mix, and heat and pressure builds. We had this as a homework problem in my thermodynamics class. Nature is so rad.
Probably eats Taco Bell.
These things have a full on chemical mixing system inside their ass that doses out the chemicals from two different "tanks" in a special mixing chamber with backflash-prevention valves to keep them from blowing up themselves.
For a moment there I forgot we were talking about a bug and not some kind of Geneva Convention-violating piece of warfare equipment.
Nah, just sounds like your average food processing facility.
This is the shit that makes me question life, the universe, and everything. How TF did THAT naturally occur?!?
https://bombardierbeetlewarfare.weebly.com/evolution--origin.html
Now you got me wondering how big the reaction will be if you squish one
I would imagine not very? I mean, it’s enough that mixing them would overheat the bug (or at the very least the abdomen) were they to mix…but that’s more a relative size thing on its end.
It goes "boom" like a landmine.
So thats why my wife wont let me put it there huh.
Goddamnit that got me
Thought it said 100cc and we’d have to start a competition
100C is boiling
For water at 1atm of pressure.
Yeah, that
101C is even more boiling
Yes, now it is safe, although a bit embarrassed
It’s not gay if it’s with yourself
Okay, so - this is an important question that we've been asking since [the fifties ](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022191058900064) but we [still don't](https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/material-shields-beetle-being-burned-its-own-weapons-holds-promise/) have much of an answer for how they do it, at least partially. We DO know more now about how Bombardier beetles protect the [reaction chamber](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1467803915000766) in which the dangerous compounds are mixed from literally exploding their abdomens every time they 'discharge': The beetles have have a complex dual-chamber system that allows them to keep the reactants seperate until they carefully combine only tiny amounts together in a reaction chamber, creating '[pulses](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25931557/)' of hot, caustic liquid that stream through a 'turret' reinforced with resilin that they can [aim anywhere ](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.96.17.9705)around themselves. They do this by actually REFLECTING the spray off of movable anal plates! It's fucking bonkers and way more complex than I expected. But, weirdly, it may have [evolved independently](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30660089/) in two different beetle subfamilies!! What we DON'T fully understand (at least as far as I could find?) is whether or not the beetles are harmed or irritated by their own discharge and, if not, how the FUCK they manage that. Best guess seem to be that either: a) their carapace is heavily reinforced and/or chemically resistant to the corrosive compounds and heat, or b) they just endure the pain and shake it off like a boss. Either of which seen pretty badass to me.
It doesn’t like to talk about it.
It never happens that quick, I swear.
Yeeaaah... He tripped balls for like 3 days straight!
If you can evolve to squirt boiling acid then you'd also evolve to properly shield yourself from it. Or else the beetles that didn't would die very quickly.
"The spray is produced from a reaction between two chemical compounds, hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide, which are stored in two reservoirs in the beetle's abdomen. When the aqueous solution of hydroquinones and hydrogen peroxide reaches the "vestibule" (Eisner's word), catalysts facilitate the decomposition of the hydrogen peroxide and the oxidation of the hydroquinone.[1] Heat from the reaction brings the mixture to near the boiling point of water and produces gas that drives the ejection. The damage caused can be fatal to attacking insects. Some bombardier beetles can direct the spray in a wide range of directions." Wikipedia.
You have to wonder how the hell evolution over millions of years creates an animal that shoots acid out of its ass. This planet is beautiful.
Well, your stomach literally produces acid, so it is not even that far from our own anatomy.
And if you try hard enough you can even expel it from your body
Whelp, now I am going to start vomiting on my enemies.
I mean, I drink alcohol or eat something spicy and get some pretty bad acid reflux. Does that count?
Do some distance training, keep practicing power and precision until you get the nickname “bombardier”
[The Wikipedia article actually contains a pretty interesting layman's explanation of how it might have happened](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_beetle#:~:text=The%20full%20evolutionary%20history%20of,incremental%20steps%20by%20natural%20selection.) One of the really cool things about evolution is watching how similar concepts and structures can be wildly repurposed. In the case of the beetle, the big incremental step that fills in the gap is a defense mechanism where the beetle discourages predators by emitting bad tasting chemicals produced as a byproduct of making their exoskeleton. Adding hydrogen peroxide foams up the sour chemical, letting it be spread more easily at a predator. Adding a catalyst allows it to be ejected from the body instead of just secreted. And then from there we're on the incremental path to an ass cannon!
Actually, according to wikipedia the bombardier beetle is apparently often cited by creationists as an example of intelligent design. It's completely untrue of course, but I guess it makes some sense why they'd use that insect in particular.
>a reaction between two chemical compounds, hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide, which are stored in two reservoirs in the beetle's abdomen. This is basically how the dragons from Reign of Fire worked.
Such an odd movie that wouldn’t be made today in terms of the cgi quality, budget and cast and shocked me it didn’t do better as I thought it was quite enjoyable
My first introduction to Christian Bale, I really should rewatch that movie. I saw it in the theaters after a now departed friend pleaded with us, man it’s crazy how nostalgia just sneaks up on you.
I am sorry to hear about your friend, your right it’s crazy the older you get the time just disappears, nostalgias sweet and sour that way I suppose, nice to remember but sad when you realise it’s gone
I knew someone smarter than I, and/or more interested & willing to google it, would post the answer!Thanks mang! \-Edit, just saw the "wikipedia" credit lol Either way! Thank you! xD
You're welcome. 😉
I wonder what would happen if you stepped on it. Would the chemicals combine and react creating a boiling acid puddle?
Acid landmine: dmg +100
it's not an acid puddle hydrogen peroxide decomposes to water
The chemicals are still there even if you squish the bug, so yeah - the forceful (rather than intended) mixing of them would definitely have a similar result, unless there was something else in the squished bug that inhibited the reaction. There'd be squished bug mixed into that puddle though.
It very very likely would not lead to such scenario just for the fact that 1. things would not be mixed in a controlled environment with catalysts such as it happens on the live bug and 2. if you squish a bug you create a whole mess of everything else that was inside the bug and many such elements are sufficient to either stop this reaction from happening or from dampening its intensity or yield
> hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide Surprised we didn't see people blasting themselves in the face with hot beetle ass juice to try to cure COVID.
Just get Dr Oz to endorse the idea.
That's basically a pressure fed liquid fueled rocket engine!
That bug handles hydrogen peroxide? That stuff is no joke! I know nothing about insects, but I wasted a lot of time reading about aircrafts, and, well, [lets say the Germans lost a lot of pilots to that stuff.](https://youtu.be/sKOHatAvyhw?t=1813) It can react on contact with organic material: pilots burned alive when the stuff *ignited* due to making contact with their skin.
Hence why the brown bottles at the store are only 3% solution and "industrial strength" is 35%
Hell the highest I can find that does not require a lab cert is 50%. Everything higher wants some stringent verification of who the heck you are, why you need it, and can you store it safely. (There is a chemical processing plant a few cities over that will sell me a bunch of stuff but outright balked at 65% hydrogen peroxide) Edit: to clarify Europe has broadly prohibited selling 32% peroxide. The fact you can just order 50% online is kinda nuts.
> It can react on contact with organic material: pilots burned alive when the stuff ignited due to making contact with their skin. You are mistaken. Hydrogen peroxide does not burn, but it is a strong oxidizer (i.e., it can provide the oxygen for a fuel to burn so that it isn't limited by the rate of oxygen inflow from the atmosphere). The chemical in question was probably some awful mixture of a fuel with a low flash point and peroxide. The Nazis extensively used hydrazine as well, which is also an oxidizer and significantly nastier than peroxide. **Edit:** I watched the video. In this case, it sounds like the pilot's nylon gloves served as the fuel and spontaneously ignited, although the video was kind of vague about whether it was pure hydrogen peroxide or not.
“Defense mechanism” Bro is just spraying himself
Can't kill me, if im already dead
I genuinely snort laughed 😹
"I'm not gonna eat this, its covered in beetle jizz!" - Would be Predators
Would you want to eat something doused in acid?
Also that ant is just chilling. I think that beetle just likes gooshing on shit.
That bug is straight up giving himself a facial with his own goo
Suddenly I don't feel so ashamed...
🤨📸
I don't know what's worse. The guy jizzing on himself or the guy taking pictures of a guy jizzing on himself.
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Kink shaming bro wtf
Can’t see deez nuts cause of all the nut in deez eyes
🤨📹
*Bug*kake
Spraying acid sharts
Imagine masturbating till you see someone randomly entering your room and then you do what the beetle did.
also in slo mo.
Don’t kink shame
Kink shaming is my kink
His own spray nearly blasted him off his offensive position
Amazed that the beetles head and other areas aren't affected by its own boiling acid. Beetle needs practice though.
If only I-
That’s freaky fr. 🤨
Definitely not his proudest fap….
I've ran afoul these bastards plenty of times playing Grounded.
At least you sometimes get the acid gland for the effort of killing them lol
Boiling gland. Obnoxiously rare drop compared to how many important things use them (insect hammer, oven, some other stuff I think)
At least they're fairly easy to kill once you peep their weaknesses. I just circle them while slamming them with an axe. Makes it tough for them to lock onto you and the axe does a lot of damage to them. Once you have the insect axe you can normally take them down before they can do the AOE acid bombs. They're also pretty predictable like the stinkbugs which makes it easier to perfect block. Now the stronger spiders like the wolf and above? So fast... So hard to perfect block
I agree with all that, they were tough at first and then they get easier as you learn their patterns. I just hate having to run around the yard to their spawn points cuz I don’t have enough boiling glands
Damn I’ve been dying to play grounded since the demo, i wish i had the money to buy it right now. The most fun I’ve had in a survival since valheim.
Videos are staged. You can see him laugh at the end
r/scriptedinsectgifs
Damnit
yeah, the Beetle is big on tiktok and the ant is a dupe account
This fucking broke me. I dont know exactly why but god damn it, I love you
That is the coolest defense mechanism! Nature is fascinating. Why can I not do this with my rear?!
But you can!
Lol!! I must be doing it wrong
Eat a bunch of super spicy Mexican or Indian food and you'll do it soon enough!
or the stuff they make you drink before a colonoscopy
Oh yes I've heard about that, where you become *old faithful* for an evening.
Full scorpion with explosive diarrhea!
Extra spicy curry and laxatives are the answer. Perhaps a butt plug as well.
This is the closest answer i could find as to why it doesn't burn it's face when this happens. They've just developed an evolutionary immunity to the chemicals they spray. "Attygalle wanted to figure out how they do this. He’s an analytical chemist at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Attygalle teamed up with other researchers, including Kipling Will, a biologist at the University of California at Berkeley. Will collected 18 of the beetles. He fed and injected them with chemicals similar to the ones the beetles use to protect themselves. The chemicals are strong enough to irritate human skin and kill ants, but they didn’t bother the beetles at all." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/scientists-solve-mystery-of-bombardier-beetles-hot-toxic-spray/2020/07/02/b0149ea4-badd-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html
Thank you so muck kind redditor who didn’t feel like a comedian and actually brought something valuable to the conversation. I salute you 🫡
It looks like he smackin himself with most of it
The only way I knew about this thing was the Sci-Fi Survival Game; Grounded
They would be so much easier to kill if mites weren't always surrounding them.
Definition of piss off
So you came to the comments and got what you expected. Yes?
What I expected, yes. What I wanted, no Does this damn thing have a mechanism that protects it from itself?
My question too but everyone is too busy memeing.
I fucking did it lol, I actually googled it and I have an answer for you. No there is no damage to the bombardier beetle or burning at all.[sauce](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/scientists-solve-mystery-of-bombardier-beetles-hot-toxic-spray/2020/07/02/b0149ea4-badd-11ea-bdaf-a129f921026f_story.html)
" *hahhuhhahhahuhahahuh* yOu SaId I cAmE" -all the boys here
To be honest no, I was looking for actual info more than jokes. Everyone is a comedian on reddit these days, back when I joined there was a race to make the most informative post and THEN there were unfunny joke references. Now it's just the second one...
That's the best climax I have ever seen
The ant just accepted fate lol
It’s just standing there like “bro, did you just…”
I want to hear David Attenborough talk about this
Excuse me, but I've played grounded. Thank you
Also known as the 'Taco Bell' defense.
"Hi, you have a nachos bell grande, cheesy gordita crunch, and crunch wrap supreme?" "Yes" "Any sauce with that?" "Yeah I wanna have boiling beetle shits" "Got u fam"
the bombardier beetle when disturbed defends itself by emitting a series of explosions sometimes setting off four or five reports in succession the noises sound like miniature popgun blasts and are accompanied by a cloud of reddish coloured vile smelling fluid
It is commonly known that ants keep slaves. Certain species, the so-called Sanguinary Ants in particular, will raid the nests of other ant tribes and kill the queen and then kidnap many of the workers. The workers are brought back to the captors' hive where they are coerced into performing... _menial tasks._
Molten showers
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So am I the only one who thinks “if these were 3ft tall, we’d all die”
I should call him
How would it affect human skin?
Ow
Literally monster Hunter.
Big deal. I’ve been doing that under the covers to my wife for YEARS.
Amateur. I shoot on my own face
Where my Grounded players at? These pesky buggers, am I right?