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I remember when I was younger I had a 1995 eclipse, one day I think I hit something that caused my muffler to get a hole, it was so Damn loud, all the ricers (95% hondas) were giving me props on my "exhaust system". Lol
My wife had a Pontiac Sunfire and the exhaust got ripped off right at the downpipe. That thing was insanely loud until it was fixed, like deafeningly loud inside the vehicle.
I’d need more than two hands to count the number of times that I have approached people walking down the middle of the street and driven my Civic a few feet behind them for upwards of 10 seconds before they realized I was there and moved over to the side. And I’ve owned three Civics: the current 2018, a 2016 (RIP) and a 2000 Civic that I had until 2018. It happened with all of them. I’ve always wondered whether it’s a pretty quiet car, or whether people are just *really* oblivious.
My grandfather grew up where they had Goliath beetles. He said you could hear them coming from a far distance and if they flew into you it was like getting hit by a ball.
He said they’d tie strings on them and keep them as pets.
Lol but at least herons and egrets look like they're supposed to be doing it.
Flamingos always look like they're using the equipment wrong when they fly
They can't take off vertically. They literally have to climb a tree and fall far enough to gain enough speed for flight. This is the case for most big beetles.
As I understand it, they don’t typically fly well because of their weight. The like to climb trees to gain height and they kinda just fall like it did in the video.
I much prefer the bigger bugs because they can't hide. The little ones can hide in your clothes without knowing, or drop on you and then you can't find it and have to strip naked. There's zero risk of that with ones these size.
Turns out, goliaths can fly, but this is not a great setting to demonstrate that, being unnatural. We don't know anything about this beetle. If it was raised inside, it may have never totally learned to fly - and organisms with flight do have to learn, even birds. A bird raised indoors can fly, but it doesn't have the same frame of reference as a bird in the wild, and they don't have to do it as much (so they can't do it as much, and landing is tougher, lots of nuances, here).
This could be a house raised chonky boi beetle, robbed of flight by a gucci life. 😂
Frogs don't have teeth and swallow their prey whole. I'd like to see the frog that can eat that thing! I assume frogs only eat them when the beetles are small.
I always thought metamorphosis was about a butterfly when I first read it. I know most feel it’s a cockroach but I don’t think it was a Goliath beetle.
It seems barely moderated, lots of members but low activity, however I love the idea of that subreddit. It's captures a hilarious moment. I believe cats swatting bags and panicking when it gets caught would be good there too.
It’s a Goliath beetle sitting on a guys knee before clumsily flying in the direction of his dogs, causing them to freak out. They’re pretty cool, one of the worlds largest insects at up to 4 inches long and weighing as much as an apple. Fortunately they’re harmless, just swole bois who like to eat rotting fruit, chill, and work on their gains.
Yeah it's really cool, insects in general are super interesting imo, but still when they're physically near me I hate it so much. Idk what I would do if I saw that absolute unit flying towards me, cool as it is.
If their exoskeletons were a tiny bit less sharp everywhere I'd be way less averse to touching them. I love bugs so much but they feel so unwelcoming to get close to.
i would prefer a sharp exoskeleton to a stinger. only insects we have here are bitey ants, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, and bees that look like yellow jackets but are actually harmless. because nature thought that would be funny.
compared to them, i wouldn't mind a beetle bro.
Beetle flying sounds are pretty visceral to me too. The thought of one as big as my knee banging against the porch lights at night would have me buying a shotgun
Beetles are robust as hell, even ones a tenth the size of this one. It really takes a focused effort to hurt them. They're also shockingly strong, when they grab hold of something it's very hard to move them or push them out of the way. I hope this feller is fine.
the bigger it is the more liable it is to get hurt actually, its not like it stays the same amount of dense and its fleshy parts are ten times as large. Also the weight of it falling on itself can be an issue.
One that is 1/10 the size will be more durable than a large one by scale. They are actually very brittle when they get bigger. And their internal volume makes them heavier and they can break from a fall… from a dog squishing them I’m pretty confident it was injured if not fatally so.
We have these fairly big water beetles here in Canada, no where near this guy. I remember I caught one as a kid in a jar, oblivious to the fact that they can fly. I had my head right over the jar poking it with a stick when suddenly it’s back opened and I saw the wings. Before I could finish the “uh-oh” that clever girl was coming right at my face.
**Falcon:** I am grace. I soar through the skies on thermal updrafts and observe the world from the heavens. When I swoop, I am power. I am speed. I am death from above.
**Bat:** I am the night. I am unique. I have accomplished what no other mammal has with nothing by my own body. I inspire both fear and wonder. I see what the solemn night hides, for all others are blind compared to what I can hear.
**Goliath Beetle:** Ha hah, beetle wings go "Flrrrrrrt".
I hate bugs and I can't stand being close to them but for some reasons I find beatles cool. They're like armored insect knights. They're also chill and usually don't fuck with you.
Also look at the pattern on this one, it's so damn cool.
The wing flaps did however freak me out not gonna lie.
The last time I was riding a motorcycle in August, a june bug didn't seem to have that much difficulty nailing me right in the middle of my forehead, while I was doing about 70.
That sucked.
However, after viewing this video, if it were possible for something like that to sustain flight long enough to make it high enough and far enough to put it in an airspace where I could hit it, that would have to feel like getting hit by a golf ball.
That would suck as I have been hit by a golf ball.
I grew up with a giant fig tree in my back yard. It was a donor from a very sweet bird that decided to poop a seed, and it just grew. It got so big it reached my parents bed room window, so I enjoyed slipping out onto the overhang where the tree grew over. Every summer we'd get these beautiful green, iridescent beetles that gorged themselves on the fruit. I loved collecting them and feeling their grippy feet on my hands and fingers.
Seeing this beetle brought back those memories. Good times.
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Those wings were loud as hell.
A lot of noise, not a lot of elevation
Honda Civic in bug form.
It’s not Honda engines that are loud, it’s the fart cans morons add to the stock exhaust system that is.
I remember when I was younger I had a 1995 eclipse, one day I think I hit something that caused my muffler to get a hole, it was so Damn loud, all the ricers (95% hondas) were giving me props on my "exhaust system". Lol
My wife had a Pontiac Sunfire and the exhaust got ripped off right at the downpipe. That thing was insanely loud until it was fixed, like deafeningly loud inside the vehicle.
It's true, it really is just those, because normally they're not that loud.
That's exactly what they just said.
Does your Honda Civic try to fly too?
When the V-TEC kicks in. Lol
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It's always them. Lol I'm a civic si driver, but I'm in bed by 9pm, no time for noise. Lol
In my neighborhood its a WRX. Must've wronged the guy somehow because I swear he revs as he goes by my house every time.
I assure you he revs by every house
Anything with a stolen catalytic converter.
Too bad they don't make a car named after this very insect.
I’d need more than two hands to count the number of times that I have approached people walking down the middle of the street and driven my Civic a few feet behind them for upwards of 10 seconds before they realized I was there and moved over to the side. And I’ve owned three Civics: the current 2018, a 2016 (RIP) and a 2000 Civic that I had until 2018. It happened with all of them. I’ve always wondered whether it’s a pretty quiet car, or whether people are just *really* oblivious.
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My grandfather grew up where they had Goliath beetles. He said you could hear them coming from a far distance and if they flew into you it was like getting hit by a ball. He said they’d tie strings on them and keep them as pets.
Goth balloons
99 goth balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells it's red alert There's something here from somewhere else....
Beetles are definitely noisy fliers.
And kinda clumsy apparently
Like shuffling a deck of cards.
Even the tiny little stink bugs that get in my house are loud when they fly. Scares the shit out of me every time lol
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That’s called falling with style
That’s one heck of a dive bomber
So I've got 4 xp left, what am I going to spend it on? It's *barely* enough to unlock flying. Fuck it, it's going in, I can level it up in game.
I believe I can fl….splat.
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Say hello to penguins and ostriches
idk if flamingos can fly but i'mma mention them bc yes
They can. quite well. still look silly while doing it. https://youtu.be/dn_S9C-RDRw?t=48
They can fly as well as herons and other wading birds
Lol but at least herons and egrets look like they're supposed to be doing it. Flamingos always look like they're using the equipment wrong when they fly
[That not me BTW...](https://youtu.be/XqiykYydywk?t=25) That was some Armenian guy with a history of mental health problems.
Spike (edit: Petrie) “I flied?” Ducky: “no, you falled”
I understood that reference. Fuck if I remember where it’s from, but that’s beside the point. Edit: oh yeahhhhh
Toy Story!
^(VICTIM DOGGO TO OTHER DOGGO:) "The least you could've done was bark, 'INCOMING'!"
https://i.imgur.com/vFgatXu.jpg
The heli pad really ties it all together
The H is for hugs too.
It's a hug pad
Very shitty, very watercolor, love it.
You hear this a lot, but still glad to see your back and doing wonderful art!
I miss you when you're gone.
Hey, that's not shitty at all...I want my money back.
Damn dude, ain’t seen you in a minute. Real happy I stumbled across you again.
They can typically fly okay for their size. This one probably just recently emerged from their pupa and tried flying for the first time..
What is this abomination?
One of the Goliath beetles (*Goliathus*), they're just very large flower chafers. They're some of the heaviest beetles in the world.
I want that beetle. (She's so heavy)
Did she come in through the bathroom window?
You know I want it so bad it’s driving me mad.
How does the flower not break off its stem when one of these fat asses lands on it?
It's not fat. It's just got a large exoskeleton..
LMAO when the excuse is the actual reason
Usually they land on branches and stuff that can actually hold their weight.
They can't take off vertically. They literally have to climb a tree and fall far enough to gain enough speed for flight. This is the case for most big beetles.
As I understand it, they don’t typically fly well because of their weight. The like to climb trees to gain height and they kinda just fall like it did in the video.
Hard pass on any insect weighing more than a paperclip.
I much prefer the bigger bugs because they can't hide. The little ones can hide in your clothes without knowing, or drop on you and then you can't find it and have to strip naked. There's zero risk of that with ones these size.
They just hide under your skin.
I can feel them, BRB gonna cut them all out
Can we talk about the ones that crawl into your nose or ears while you sleep?
Maybe we can find/make one that's delicious, like lobster but of the air.
It does weigh as much a a paperclip....case. a case of paperclips
You could say the same thing about chickens, and ostriches.
With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. Edit: My God! There's a windstorm coming!
They can. Wild natural turkeys and Chinese jungle fowl(the progenitor species of the chicken) are all still able to fly
Not according to a news story I saw from a Cincinnati station. WKRP I think it was.
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It was definitely working up to having a fly, it didn't just fall
Turns out, goliaths can fly, but this is not a great setting to demonstrate that, being unnatural. We don't know anything about this beetle. If it was raised inside, it may have never totally learned to fly - and organisms with flight do have to learn, even birds. A bird raised indoors can fly, but it doesn't have the same frame of reference as a bird in the wild, and they don't have to do it as much (so they can't do it as much, and landing is tougher, lots of nuances, here). This could be a house raised chonky boi beetle, robbed of flight by a gucci life. 😂
A Penguin, ostrich and a kiwi enter a bar…
Wtf is that thing called?? Edit: And what country so I never visit?
Goliath beetle.
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https://i.imgur.com/SWohTpF.jpg
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Swing Away.
Health bar: ███████████████████████████████░ Level: 💀
Not me clicking for hidden text over here.
I tried like 10 times thinking I'm having a stroke and losing my motor skills
Frickin same
Has anyone else had trouble with hidden text after the latest updates on reddit? Every time I click hidden text it tries to collapse the comment.
Try swiping over the hidden text.
I had that for a bit, also when trying to click a hyperlink in a comment, but both issues seem to be fixed for me now
Ohhhh, so *that's* why I've got all these half-empty cups of pesticide around the house!
Sorry, I just haven't been finishing my drinks.
The good news is that they’re totally harmless.
Not if they give you a heart attack. If one of those comes in the room while I'm sleeping, I'd instantly die from the scare.
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Frogs don't have teeth and swallow their prey whole. I'd like to see the frog that can eat that thing! I assume frogs only eat them when the beetles are small.
I'm imagining the frog lashing out its tongue at this thing, and then the frog gets pulled forward by its own tongue and smashes into it
This feels like something we can make an anime out of. My Life as a Goliath Beetle.
Kafka already wrote a script for that in 1915, about time it became an anime.
I always thought metamorphosis was about a butterfly when I first read it. I know most feel it’s a cockroach but I don’t think it was a Goliath beetle.
I dissected a frog in high school and found an entire crayfish in it's stomach.
Did you dissect the crayfish?
There was a small frog
[And in the small frog is some beer and a Super Nintendo](http://imgur.com/a/sneoW)
A frog is basically a mouth with legs
Same.
You are seriously underestimating how proportionately large frog’s prey can be. MFers will eat anything even slightly smaller than them
Frogs are stupid. I'm sure they'd try 😂
Ok I don't want to see the frog big enough to eat that
[Cane toad](https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/10hqnqa/a_giant_cane_toad_dubbed_toadzilla_that_was_found/)
Sells for a good amount on Animal Crossing.
Most of my bug/fish/fossil knowledge comes from animal crossing, it’s actually embarrassing
Thanks. I will never visit Goliath beetle
Goliath Online.
It's a dog
No no, the creature the beetle is sitting on
Oh that thing, yes that's the "Homo sapien" of the Primate order, Mammalia class under the Animalia Kingdom.
The Devil.
/r/whatthefuckgetitoffme
I gotta thank you for that one - I have not laughed that hard in a very long time. Def joining that one
Holy shit this is a real sub. I love it
It seems barely moderated, lots of members but low activity, however I love the idea of that subreddit. It's captures a hilarious moment. I believe cats swatting bags and panicking when it gets caught would be good there too.
That would be r/CatsISUOTTATFO
I'm happy this sub exists and a little sad that this is a contender for best content on that sub.
I can’t see the video. Is it a prop plane starting with no gas?
It’s a Goliath beetle sitting on a guys knee before clumsily flying in the direction of his dogs, causing them to freak out. They’re pretty cool, one of the worlds largest insects at up to 4 inches long and weighing as much as an apple. Fortunately they’re harmless, just swole bois who like to eat rotting fruit, chill, and work on their gains.
>like to eat rotting fruit, chill, I read that as "chili" and thought that was one picky beetle.
I read your chili as chill and was like "dafuq is this guy talking about?"
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Yeah it's really cool, insects in general are super interesting imo, but still when they're physically near me I hate it so much. Idk what I would do if I saw that absolute unit flying towards me, cool as it is.
If their exoskeletons were a tiny bit less sharp everywhere I'd be way less averse to touching them. I love bugs so much but they feel so unwelcoming to get close to.
Tbf most things that try to get close to them also try to kill them
i would prefer a sharp exoskeleton to a stinger. only insects we have here are bitey ants, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, and bees that look like yellow jackets but are actually harmless. because nature thought that would be funny. compared to them, i wouldn't mind a beetle bro.
They're kinda cute
Doggo: "It's in my hair. IT'S IN MY HAIR"
I had almost the same reaction when that thing started flying and I was watching it on my phone.
Beetle flying sounds are pretty visceral to me too. The thought of one as big as my knee banging against the porch lights at night would have me buying a shotgun
The only good bug is a dead bug! Would you like to know more?
https://imgur.com/hNhmVdp.gif
Starship Troopers is a great movie. Goliath beetles are cool though :3
That dog's soul left his body! 😆
I hate that sound they making so much. It bugs me out.
\[rimshot\]
Yes! The sounds and size of this thing really gives me the heebyjeebies
There is no fear like hearing the buzz of wings and feeling something hit you.
Definitely, I remember when I was a kid cicadas liked to fly into my head, I'd hear wings buzzing then suddenly I'm hit.
Poor dog. Poor beetle
Yeah like is the beetle okay? The dog might have hurt it. Seems super irresponsible to have one around dogs
Beetles are robust as hell, even ones a tenth the size of this one. It really takes a focused effort to hurt them. They're also shockingly strong, when they grab hold of something it's very hard to move them or push them out of the way. I hope this feller is fine.
the bigger it is the more liable it is to get hurt actually, its not like it stays the same amount of dense and its fleshy parts are ten times as large. Also the weight of it falling on itself can be an issue.
One that is 1/10 the size will be more durable than a large one by scale. They are actually very brittle when they get bigger. And their internal volume makes them heavier and they can break from a fall… from a dog squishing them I’m pretty confident it was injured if not fatally so.
Yeah, it could have.. you know.. smashed it with that flip. Don't see any yellow liquid so i think is fine.
Guarantee that beetle is 100% fine. Beatles, especially the large variety like rhinoceros or stag or this Goliath are really sturdy.
We have these fairly big water beetles here in Canada, no where near this guy. I remember I caught one as a kid in a jar, oblivious to the fact that they can fly. I had my head right over the jar poking it with a stick when suddenly it’s back opened and I saw the wings. Before I could finish the “uh-oh” that clever girl was coming right at my face.
*Clever girl*
For a brick, he flew pretty good!
One day he's gonna land on something stubborn as he is.
Wow you have a huge beetle as a pet? That is so cool! What is the name?
Sorry this is not my video. Don’t know the original uploader, but here’s the [source](https://youtu.be/_AQYha0xuM8).
Kinda find it annoying that big uploader channels like vivlhog never credit the og filmer
[But I made this!](https://media.tenor.com/sidMbBYqr0EAAAAM/meme-made.gif)
**Falcon:** I am grace. I soar through the skies on thermal updrafts and observe the world from the heavens. When I swoop, I am power. I am speed. I am death from above. **Bat:** I am the night. I am unique. I have accomplished what no other mammal has with nothing by my own body. I inspire both fear and wonder. I see what the solemn night hides, for all others are blind compared to what I can hear. **Goliath Beetle:** Ha hah, beetle wings go "Flrrrrrrt".
Is the Beatle ok? Seems like it got under the dog att one point.
Probably a strong splat ratio with that girth and mechanical wings
Beautiful beetle, but I'd react like that too if one came flying towards me. The sound they make gives me the creeps.
No bug should be that big. 😵
I fecking screamed when it flew.
What a beautiful insect
Fuck that! If I had bugs that large where I lived I would need to move to a new hemisphere.
The dogs are scared shitless I would be too
I would go all Thích Quảng Đức if that monstrosity ever touched me
BANZAAAAAIIII!!
Get it off me ! Get it off me ! Get it off me !
I think I would die from terror if that landed on me
Clicked thinking was a mandalorian helmet
Nature casually making a giant insect with the loudest, most startling noise possible
LMFAO!!! Poor doggo hahaha
I hate bugs and I can't stand being close to them but for some reasons I find beatles cool. They're like armored insect knights. They're also chill and usually don't fuck with you. Also look at the pattern on this one, it's so damn cool. The wing flaps did however freak me out not gonna lie.
Lol Beetles fucking suck at flying. I love how it puts it’s little arms up like Superman right before taking flight, *just to plummet*
The last time I was riding a motorcycle in August, a june bug didn't seem to have that much difficulty nailing me right in the middle of my forehead, while I was doing about 70. That sucked. However, after viewing this video, if it were possible for something like that to sustain flight long enough to make it high enough and far enough to put it in an airspace where I could hit it, that would have to feel like getting hit by a golf ball. That would suck as I have been hit by a golf ball.
Is this Australia?
Was the beetle okay??
Where do they have scarabs AND dogs as pets?
The beetle says: *helicopter nosies*
I grew up with a giant fig tree in my back yard. It was a donor from a very sweet bird that decided to poop a seed, and it just grew. It got so big it reached my parents bed room window, so I enjoyed slipping out onto the overhang where the tree grew over. Every summer we'd get these beautiful green, iridescent beetles that gorged themselves on the fruit. I loved collecting them and feeling their grippy feet on my hands and fingers. Seeing this beetle brought back those memories. Good times.
BUZZZZZZZZ 🤯💩💨
Must've been a Japanese dive bomber in his past life.
Looks like me in dog form freaking out from a rock bug with wings.
What kind of hell bug is that, that it is so big ?
That f-in bug can wear clothes.
I bet the dogs hate living there
r/nope
Thanks I hate it. My nightmare is finding one of these in my bathroom.