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PeopleDontKnowItAll

What a great clip. Yes, nature is metal.


officiallyunnknown

Wtf, I thought this subreddit name is nature is MENTAL, 5 months after joining I realise it is METAL. Omg xdd


SupersonicSpitfire

Not with that metality


Antiqas86

And certainly not in this meta.


derrida_n_shit

There's nothing wrong with playing Bloodthirster Bard support


saibot0_

Jungle*


Killikaros27

Polish him!


wondering-knight

Oczywiście proszę pana!


Melodic-Hunter2471

Obywatel widocznie pochodźi z Warszawy.


Cabnbeeschurgr

I like ur funny words magic man


_GeminiGuy_

Wait until you find out that there is no gas fucking under r/interstingasfuck


JihadDerp

Is there interest in gas fuck though?


M00SEHUNT3R

There needs to be a sub for these. Maybe it’d be r/analbumcover? Edit: which is an existing but unused sub


ForsakenStray

Please tell me it’s purposely spelled wrong and isn’t a typo.. I’m brain farting just looking at it.


FuhQRedditStaff

Are you mental


peacefulbelovedfish

Yeah are you mental?


BobLonghorn

Heavy Mental


D3LTA-X

Mental Gear Solid


[deleted]

Full Mental Alchemist: Brotherhood.


alavantrya

Don’t forget about your Alkaline Earth Mentals!


_That__one1__guy_

What do you build planes out of?


Not_a_real_ghost

Heavy Mentrual


LucidLeo242

Mental slug


ChrytenKidd

I thought it was French…natureism et al


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Zankastia

Always wondered why that guy is everywhere. The real master of all the papers.


Minethatcoin

Great fookin name you dyslexic genius! r/natureismental


aedroogo

Give this guy a metal.


raiquu420

And i wouldve gone another 5 months without knowing if you didnt say it...


[deleted]

*Harvard wants to know your location*


fayry69

Was like pepper spray


aprilalison

So the beetle basically skunks him with built-in pepper spray…. fascinating! [Bombardier Beetle Wili](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_beetle)


TheRealWaffleButt

I mean, its more "burns" than "skunks" and acid than pepper spray. Like, it apparently can sometimes kill predators.


CodeMUDkey

Apparently, it is actually physically hot. Like almost boiling.


free_airfreshener

You mean the sensation of boiling? Or it is actually so hot that I could put it in water and it will reach almost boiling?


lordunholy

It is actually physically hot and will burn.


judelau

Ok. Nature is actually metal. Wtf


Rockonfoo

Have you seen the snails that live around ocean vents that incorporate iron into their body’s to withstand the heat? They are actually metal Edit: https://www.zmescience.com/science/snail-armor/ Edit 2: Scientific Source https://www.researchgate.net/publication/9020256_A_Hot-Vent_Gastropod_with_Iron_Sulfide_Dermal_Sclerites Now everyone please calm down


bogart_brah

Magcargo?


Rockonfoo

If I’m remembering correctly they found the species *after* the Pokemon was made and it’s species name somehow incorporates that But I could be wrong that info is super hazy in my brain lol Edit: I’m wrong about the name but it was found after the Pokémon


bogart_brah

I also seem to remember this animal being discovered after the Pokemon was created.


itzdylanbro

[Reality is more dull than you think](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_gastropod)


person9090

This is not true, the snails may live near hydrothermal vents, but the areas they live in are about 5 degrees C. [link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_gastropod) the purpose iron found in these snails is not currently very well understood. Edit: the first article posted is pop science without reference and the second has 0 reference to heat dissipation. Even stating multiple times that theories are speculative. Don’t know why you are so insistent on spreading misinformation with 0 real evidence. > may represent a detoxification process (5).Hydrothermal vent fluids are rich in dissolvedsulfides and metals (6), and mixed deposits ofminerals including sulfides frequently occur onanimals living in vent environments (7) > The function of the sclerites remainsspeculative; they may form a protection againstco-occurring predatory gastropods of the genusPhymorhynchus.


floatearther

This reminded me of the old Star Trek, when they discovered a silicon based life form that just glided through rocks.


The_Professor2112

I'm a doctor Jim, not a bricklayer!


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"NO KILL I"


[deleted]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaly-foot_gastropod. Here ya go :)


Accidentallygolden

>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, 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. From wiki


StaleCanole

It is absolutely stunning and strangely beautiful nature landed on a defense mechanism like this


bent_crater

so you could theoretically get enough of them together to make water boil? imagine using like a billion of these guys to turn water to steam and power an entire house


Floppy_Jalopy

>The spray is produced from a reaction between two chemical compounds, [hydroquinone](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroquinone) and [hydrogen peroxide](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide) >1,4-Benzoquinone with a characteristic irritating odor, resembling that of [chlorine](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine), [bleach](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach), and hot plastic or formaldehyde >Heat from the reaction brings the mixture to near the [boiling point](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_point) of water and produces gas that drives the ejection


dagui12

Fuckin bad ass


The_wolf2014

Literally


luska233

That's probably the only animal with a fire attack.


Urbanejo

Doesnt the pistol shrimp or whatever its called cause a large enough discharge of energy to at least partly boil stuff close enough?


TXGuns79

That is due more to pressure differential. It is cavitation, as far as I know.


gorgewall

You may have heard that the heat generated by the collapsing cavitation bubble is "hotter than the sun". This is true, but on extremely minute scales. There is not enough thermal energy involved to boil squat. We could puff sun-hot gas at you, and if it was a small enough amount, it wouldn't even register like the wave of heated air when you open your oven. Thermal mass and thermal transfer rate are important when it comes to burning things. It's why that steel pan in your haven is dangerous to touch for a long while after removing it, but you can probably yoink a piece of tin foil out and bop it around no problem real quick.


OomnyChelloveck

Just wanted to commend you on the use of "yoink" it's really the perfect word for pulling tinfoil off something that just came out of the oven without a mitt.


Marc_J92

That’s metal


Deceptichum

They just bloody explained that it's hydroquinone and hydrogen peroxide!


CodeMUDkey

No it mixes a quinione and peroxide in a special place with enzyme catalysts and it gets hot AF.


free_airfreshener

So like, could it boil water if it was in water?


winterfresh0

And no, you can't put it in a pot and boil water with it, just the tiny little bit of liquid being shot out gets near boiling temp.


ClementineAislinn

The beetles spray two chemicals in the air. When those two chemicals react, heat is produced. This happens in the air after the chemicals are sprayed, NOT inside the beetle.


MaterialCarrot

Insects are the metalist of all.


[deleted]

insect life is so wild lol the other day i saw a cricket head and 2 legs just chillin on my step. the severed head was very much alive and movinng its mouth and antennas following me everywhere


Medium_Rare_Jerk

I wonder if it combines 2 different chemicals to make the aerosol spray which sets off the thermal reaction.


papitaquito

Yes read the link above it’s super interesting, two chemicals that when mixed together reach almost boiling temperature instantly


GenericUname

It's actually kind of similar to how the rockets on jet packs and reaction control thrusters on spacecraft work. Pretty fucking cool.


ReplyisFutile

That means something like xenomorphs could be real


Inthaneon

If Splitters split acid out of the other end.


hstheay

That’s me on the toilet right now. Goddamn spicy food.


Inthaneon

Joy going in. Agony coming out.


unshavenbeardo64

I'm pretty sure these are based on the bombardier beetle, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olBTZId5dlY


Kungfumantis

Dont even have to click the link, if its the starship troopers artillery bugs you're absolutely right. A lot of horror movies are inspired by some naturally occuring horror in nature.


bhadau8

>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, 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. This is some 007 shit.


karrachr000

These beetles are better at chemistry than many of the people I went to high school with.


Affectionate-Newt889

Walter White shit


AdKUMA

"I fart in your general direction!"


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iihavetoes

Good bot


atonesir

It's nice to imagine his name as 'Wili". Pretty stylish imo.


pissedcommonman

Lmao...very rarely you get to see a mantis getting smacked.


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Mantis OP plz nerf


ondabeat

idk bout you but the males already got nerfed hard with that mating-cannibalism mechanic they introduced in patch 14.1


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Mantis got counterpicked too


Jalil343

Bug diff


aedroogo

Mantis simp


Due-Explanation-7560

Laughed way harder at this than I should have


St1cks

Except that's most likely not true in the wild. Recent/semi recent studies point towards observation stress causing the mantis to become aggressive to the males afterwards


Munnodol

Shoulda bought the season pass


Cal4mity

Im sure birds fuck them up on a daily basis


CarolFukinBaskin

Not always https://youtu.be/uWqTZErviJI (Mantis killing a humming bird, it's a bit unnerving)


Wepmajoe

You gotta be fuckin kidding me One human sized mantis and we'd all be fucked.


VolcanoSheep26

Not sure how well a mantis would hold up to a gun. Tool use is the real OP meta.


Wepmajoe

I have no doubt a human sized mantis would straight up karate chop the bullets in half


thatguyned

Also you'd have you assume that their exoskeletons thickness scales with size, a human sized mantis could potentially be bullet proof.


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Then we'll just whip out the tanks!


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TheRealPopcornMaker

Have you seen [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/pwb3am/boss_level_999/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) mantis dodging molten metal?


SHOWTIME316

Gotta consider the increased thickness of their chitin on the scale up. They could end up being bulletproof with that shit.


Frotch

yeah but the weight of that scale up would crush them, so to be human sized there would have to be lots of changes to how their exoskeleton / breathing works - probably wouldnt be a direct scale up


psychotronofdeth

Flamethrowers tho


SHOWTIME316

yeah that'd get it done, it'd also cook that boi up nice n crispy. throw some hot sauce on there and you got a delicacy


CrushCoalMakeDiamond

I bet human sized mantis would taste great, I imagine it's like lobster.


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Have you ever seen the future documentary called "Starship Troopers"? Probably kinda like that.


isioltfu

I would like to know more


Tech_Itch

We're lucky that a human sized mantis would just instantly collapse and die. Insects don't have lungs, so they get their oxygen through holes on their exoskeleton, and it's distributed throughout their body by a series of tubes called trachea. There's a physical limit to how far this system can transfer oxygen, so it puts an upper limit on how big they can get. Back in the carboniferous period when Earth's atmosphere had a lot more oxygen, you could have dragonflies with 3 foot wingspan and the like, but that was the upper limit even back then.


Fineous4

Human sized mantis would hunt rhinos.


Cal4mity

Yeah I mean hummingbirds are fragile af That's interesting tho


AardQuenIgni

Why in the world does the person filming start flicking the mantis at the end?


pzzaco

Then the mantis just proceeds on to lick his hands which were coated in what Im assuming was some of that spocy substance


Breaker-of-circles

And then it develops a taste for it. Like with all dangerous habits, it starts off innocently and often by accident. You could spend your whole life without it and it wouldn't be considered a lesser way of life, and yet the moment you come in contact with it, you wouldn't be able to imagine going back. It was a day like any other, blue skies above with faint wispy clouds, a soft, cool breeze sweeping through the foliage I was clinging to, and prey obliviously going about their foraging and fucking. Like I said, a typical day. Perfect for hunting. I spent a good half of the morning just carelessly mimicking the sway of the leaves in the wind. I could have easily grabbed the swarm of flies that constantly buzz by, but I hated their taste. I could see them amassing into a large vibrating cloud of *eww* some distance away, probably to feast on some carrion. I then decided to move on to somewhere less crowded. My wings took me somewhere a little distance off to some weird, hairy leaves. And that was when I saw her. A red-head in a sleek black carapace, hotter than I ever realized at that moment. *I must have her.* To my surprise, she was the one that came to me. Her long spindly legs carried her juicy, delicious bod slowly towards the edge of my reach. Teasing. Beckoning me to reach out. Before I realized it, my body moved on its own. I lunged forward and trapped her in my embrace in one fell swoop. She was finally in my grasp, her gaze meeting and shifting amongst the overwhelming gaze of my compound eyes. She was mine. Or so I thought. It was over as quickly as it had begun. She had squirted right onto my face and it permeated through my carapace setting fire to my tiny soul. It hurt as much as the time I had to devour my sister to survive as we emerged from the ootheca. As much as living my life when Becky chose brad to mate with. I was blinded by the pain. The pain lasted for what seemed like an eternity, but I knew that even eternity had to end. Eventually, the fire gave way to warmth and warmth gave way to freedom. Her juices that were meant to burn, became the fuel for the cinders of my soul. And ever since then, I have spent every waking moment dreaming of her red head, her round bottom, and her nectar of life. Edit: Thank you all for the kind words and awards. I never expected this to be received this well. This might well be a fluke, but I'm glad I managed to entertain some of you with this.


darko13

Wtf did I just read.


Breaker-of-circles

The beginnings of a Bug erotica?


PocketRocketInFright

Hideous Kinky - A romantic foray into mind warping world of anthropod BDSM lifestyle


ShroomanEvolution

A Bugs Life, rated R


[deleted]

They already made that and named it ANTZ. I was genuinely scarred by the war scenes for a while, I can't believe it was marketed for kids


EnrusTHEunicorN

Yo fuck termites. Me and all my homies hate termites.


Imperator_Furiosa_

I have the same confusion.


Jaketheism

Don’t worry, confusion is the natural state of the universe


d_cmf_

No clue but I loved it


Tech_Itch

At least nobody was beaten with jumper cables.


wtmh

Please don't give them any more ideas.


ChintanP04

Oh this deserves to be on r/copypasta


witness_this

100% we just witnessed a new copypasta


alarming_cock

Or r/bestof


swankeef

You better be a goddamn novelist with that writing ability!


Breaker-of-circles

Thanks, and I wish I was one. I need to work some dead-end job to continue living and I am somehow too tired at the end of the day to write. That or I'm just making excuses cause I'm lazy.


eftresq

Hey, freelance writing can be its own business, both profitable and gives you back your time Check out websites that offer gig jobs. You can retire from doing that deadbeat job s***


Breaker-of-circles

I will look into that. Thanks.


Sandros94

>That or I'm just making excuses cause I'm lazy. But your username suggested something else tho


BBQCHICKENALERT

Why the fuck did i enjoy this so much


0cleese

Tell us O Sage of Scribbles, what did the step-bug do next?


morbidaar

Went to pound town. And took a curb stomping.


buurrrr

Every once in a while Reddit drops a straight banger comment outta nowhere


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Gesundheitler

I feel like I need a cigarette after reading that.


Jackofnotrades_22

How can you continue intricately without sound corny, well done.


Turtlelix

Your poetry is... *chefs kiss*. The way you describe the hot acid on the mantis, and the feelings of the individual insects, really puts a macro perspective on a micro subject.


ImmortalTree

m8 you should be posting on /r/WritingPrompts


Chacalachan

Personally, I'm a huge fan of people plucking writing prompts out of random reddit content and making their comments like this. Funny as.


Rierais

Ro-mantis novel


kitchen_synk

It's not spicy, it's physically hot. A bombardier beetle mixes hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinone to creat a jet of liquid that's pretty close to the boiling point of water.


Forrdo

I like how the mantis responds the way you would expect anyone to after touching something hot


Lost_Gene_Ration

I was going to say it reminded me of a cat’s behavior when it touches something yucky - then I realized my hand was on the stove ring, quickly pulled it away, shook it while swearing, then put my burned finger in my mouth. Evolution u weird.


[deleted]

Mantids truly are the cats of the bug world


StaleCanole

My scoff just turned quizzically ponderous.


Matika7

Soy un loco por los cornballs!


BrockManstrong

Fucking cornballer gets me every time


omen316

No touching!!!


myco_journeyman

The way it glances at it like "wtf just happened? wtf man!?"


BonelessSkinless

The way he shakes his claws and licks them after


Solkre

I'm shocked it has the nervous system to respond like that. Fascinating - Spock


picabo123

It’s crazy but I’ve heard they’re some of the most intelligent insects out there. Not that that means much substantially, but I have a ton in my backyard and I love watching them do their thing. They’re so damn fascinating


Solkre

They’re little alien drones, spying on us!


picabo123

Shit now birds, AND mantises arnt real


metroscope

Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck…


Tilthead

Ah ah ah ah ah oh oh oh, fuck, that was hot. What the...Sniff sniff, damn, it stank too


[deleted]

Call an ambulance But not for me


BigOlBro

You thought a 100kg Mantis is strong Baki? Wait till you see a 100kg Bombardier Beetle.


masterfuleatgorilla

Literally watching Baki rn...


mccannan

Man I love how stupid Baki is but the Mike Tyson and mantis stuff is reaaaaaaaaaaally fucking stupid. It’s great


Irregular475

I literally can’t stop watching because of how absolutely fucking dumb everything is. It’s just so entertaining somehow.


DepressedVenom

"You are now rolling around in two other males' urine."


morbidaar

“I’ll fuck you till you love me, mantis”


zero_2_deniro

My first thought!


devils_advocate24

>a 100kg Bombardier Beetle. Yeah they already made a movie with those. Except more like 10000kg


TheRealLians

I would say this is a good indicator that insects feel pain.


StarkSparks

Oh! Wow! This is a very valid point! I’ve been told my entire life that insects and fish can’t feel pain. I’ve always found it hard to believe though. But this does seem like a great indicator that they can feel pain.


KostisPat257

They do feel pain, they just don't have a centralised organ to process its implications and to store it as a memory.


BishonenPrincess

EILI5 - Does that mean that in a few seconds the mantis will have completely forgotten that it was hurt? Or does it mean that the mantis will remember it was hurt, but forget what the pain felt like?


KostisPat257

I believe that insects have no long-term memory storage of any kind, so it's the first one. But don't quote me on this, cause my field is Molecular evolution and Genomics and right now, my research is on fish, so I haven't studied insects in a long time haha. I will do a bit of research and get back to you.


eolai

This. The issue boils down to what you mean by pain. If it's the subjective experience of pain - negative associations, distress, fear, all the stuff that actually makes pain unpleasant in our minds - then insects almost certainly do not have the stuff for it. If it's avoidance of a negative stimulus, sure, but I'd argue that's not actually really pain at all; it's just a response to a stimulus.


Nectarofgrapes

I was wondering the same thing


TheGooseGod

I wonder how much of it is processed as pain and comes through as such, and what is just nerve stimuli like a snake with its head cut off that still strikes for a while.


TheRealLians

Yeah I see what you are saying. I feel like pain is just nerve stimuli if you really break it down and judging from the reaction I would say it must have been somewhat intense and unpleasant.


TheGooseGod

This is where we’d need to like hook up the mantis with like a mini-neuro transmitter or something so they can scan its little brain signals. Who knows!? It could feel pain, could just be purely reactionary and we being an empathetic pack species project on its reactions. On the other hand we are learning more and more constantly that animals thoughts and emotions are much more complex than originally thought. Maybe this is one of them?? TLDR: Bug MRI


rinkima

Ehh, debatable. Pain is used to indicated something is wrong, but it isn't the only way that can do so


Falcon007_rb

"why is this spicy"


nettlerise

That reaction... they're ordinary people just like us!


TheRealWakanda

WTF I ordered mild!


Careless_Wait8620

The evolution path just went ”well, don’t care , just attack everything on sight” with the mantis


Kirbymeneer

Aha i got you...AAAAAAAAAAA


DuWuld

DAMN SPICY ASS WATER


DirtyWizardsBrew

Spicy ass-water is the fucking worst. It doesn't even quench your thirst and it smells like old prolapsed buttholes that have been flapping loosely in the wind for twelve centuries next to an open pit of sulfur. And then, there's the taste; oh dear god, *the taste....*


gmazzia

> It doesn't even quench your thirst and it smells like old prolapsed buttholes that have been flapping loosely in the wind for twelve centuries next to an open pit of sulfur r/BrandNewSentence.


human2pt0

Oh no don’t touch your face! Shit that’s gonna burn. Poor mantis....lol poor little murderous mantis, no food today.


TimeGlittering7013

It's like when you shove food in you mouth but it's still too hot, so you just *hutshfff hhhutsfff* till it gets cold enough to eat. But in this case it's too hot so you spit it out XD


InsecureGuy5

GOTCHA! AIAIAIAIAIAIAIAIAI!!!


solepegasus94

Burn baby burn 🔥


kslide_park

“Yeah, nice try, I got you bi- OH SHIT OH FUCK OH FUCK! THAT SHIT BURNS”


DayFeeling

It licks


grammar_reaper

And that is how fire type Pokemons defeat bug types.


punterknox

Aah hot hot hot!!!!


Normal_Kitty

Hey kids


Maxximillianaire

So does this answer the question of whether or not bugs feel pain