• Lifetime of a Dynastes Hercules Rhinoceros Beetle - Incredible Metamorphosis Timelapse
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Holy shit I've never seen such a massive grub.
[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;52241948]Holy shit I've never seen such a massive grub.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube_share;QuB3kr3ckYE]http://youtu.be/QuB3kr3ckYE?t=69[/video]
Rhinoceros beetles are cool I have fond memories of making two of 'em fight against eachother when I was a kid (although not a Hercules)
I didn't need this.
You can't fool us! I bet its blood is acid
What in the fuck went wrong during evolution that you get a process like metamorphosis?
I didn't know that beetles were formely grubs, what the hell, is that common knowledge and I missed the mark or ? That was cool as shit.
[QUOTE=Bragdras;52243163]I didn't know that beetles were formely grubs, what the hell, is that common knowledge and I missed the mark or ? That was cool as shit.[/QUOTE] a ton of insects go through metamorphosis, in fact older, "true" bugs (closer to early insects) like dragonflies and grasshoppers either don't or don't fully go through metamorphosis.
wait, so [B]that's[/B] what beetles look like before metamorphosis? shit, i thought they just grew out as little tiny beetles that kept getting bigger and bigger.
At first it looks like a weird Xenomorph, at least it reminds me of that facehuggers i think?
[QUOTE=aurum481;52243146]What in the fuck went wrong during evolution that you get a process like metamorphosis?[/QUOTE] Pretty useful to hide underground when the death ice comes and then fly around breeding when the warm happy comes.
Imagine taking a cheeky bite into that thing when it's still a larva.
Someone call starship troopers
2nd to last stage looked like an H.R. Geiger creation
That is a fucking incredible transformation, not sure if I should have watched it before bed though! [QUOTE=loopoo;52243890]Imagine taking a cheeky bite into that thing when it's still a larva.[/QUOTE] Thats what I imagined Gordon Freeman was doing in Episode 2.
I swear at one point it looks like chicken drumstick
[QUOTE=Noob4life;52256298]I swear at one point it looks like chicken drumstick[/QUOTE] Don't say things like that. You'll make me check twice that what I'm biting into is fried chicken and nut a giant pulsing grub thing.
[QUOTE=KnightLight;52256600]Don't say things like that. You'll make me check twice that what I'm biting into is fried chicken and nut a giant pulsing grub thing.[/QUOTE] I find it encouraging
Rest in peace, appetite.
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