Beetles - The Whole Story 6/13 - Go Wild

With more than 3,000 known species around the globe - and who knows how many yet to be discovered - beetles are the most numerous lifeform on earth. Nearly one in every three animal species is a beetle.
Equal parts aviator, woodworker, sewage disposal, strongman and athlete, the humble beetle is among the greatest survivors the world has ever known. With their hard body armor and endless adaptability to climate and food source, beetles have outlived the dinosaurs and are poised to conquer the 21st century.
We tell The Whole Story on these amazing arthropods.

[@scalz420]

it was killing me not knowing the whole story about beetles, thankyou for this

[@gavinhebert19]

As an entomologist, Bugs to my eyes, in my mind and soul are the most perfect, beautiful, powerful, adaptable, dangerous and truly fascinating creatures in Nature. Insects are always changing, adapting, mutating and evolving towards becoming the most perfect organism. They can come in an unimaginable number of shapes and infinite variety of species, they can be in many sizes, have many, many bizarre and beautiful colors and have amazing patterns on their bodies along with having such fascinating and wonderful behavior characteristics. (I could go on and on, but I think I'll stop there, however I will say this). All hail The Bugs for they are The true Kings, Queens, Warriors and Monsters of The Earth and through out all of Nature!!!!!!

[@dillonsimpson3833]

P R E A C H

[@gavinhebert19]

Will you stand by my side and the side of The Bugs, Dillon Simpson?

[@dillonsimpson3833]

Yes it is my dream to become an entomologist...bc beetles r best bug

[@gavinhebert19]

@@dillonsimpson3833, beetles, flies and mosquitoes are my personal favorites. Anyways. Since insect life itself originated from the seas, it weren't surprise that if they were to go back into the oceans, they'd no doubt become it's new apex species. Don't you agree, my friend.

[@dillonsimpson3833]

Definatly, do you think they would take the diving beetle approach and as the various insects adapted to umderwater life, they would soon evolve specialized legs to act as propellers or a more advanced swimming?

[@bellakatherman1477]

I love their cute little antennae

[@tracybowling97]

I just adore the Whole Story series!

[@paulstovall3777]

Hell, I remember when the 'Beetles' first hit the pop music circuit back in the early 60's.

[@Mary-cd3cl]

wow how old are you

[@paulstovall3777]

@@Mary-cd3cl 71 Sweetheart.

[@Mary-cd3cl]

@@paulstovall3777 ohhhhh ok

[@paulstovall3777]

@@Mary-cd3cl Lol. Yes, I've been around for a while Zanah.

[@christinad4432]

I love this entire series!!! 🙏😁 thank you for sharing this with us

[@thetasteofluck]

Wonders of MOTHER NATURE !!

[@Ocaya_Taban]

Why im i at work, watching this on audio only !! 😩😩🥴🥴🥴 #ilovenature 👏🏿💯💯

[@Aaron-iz3hk]

This was awesome! Dung Beetles are pretty bad ass! Informative and entertaining, I have new respect for beetles now.

[@gavinhebert19]

Oh and I'm a entomologist in the sense of me studying, observing and analyzing The Bugs. While also going out in Nature to look for them.

[@Ronnoconnor]

This is the best doc I ever saw

[@sabernightrose3691]

It's chocolate, it's just chocolate, keep telling myself it's chocolate while I eat

[@juliecampbell5279]

Excellent getaway. Thank you. Peace.

[@ernestpfannen8920]

I have never seen any beetles drink before. Awsome ty😀👍

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

I loved every single part of this video

[@tanphat3367]

Great clip, thank you very much

[@dldenton3982]

Gorgeous!

[@snezhanasz]

Thank you for amazing video! It's a beautiful and professional!🌹🍀🌹

[@marks3173]

who chose that funky saxophone jazz when the long neck beetle came up? it was great

[@miduvall1129]

Very nice to see Thank you Very much?

[@badartgallery9322]

Love it. Thanks.

[@josephlee4337]

It's truly a wonderful and enlightening video that we all can learn so much about creatures that share this planet with.

[@RamiElRefai]

Your videos are the hallmark of nature documentaries. Thank you! ❤

[@cherylpurdue888]

This is a fascinating documentary ,I didn't realize there was so many different types of beetle's 😊🌺

[@crapsound]

Thanks for the vid. I still cannot believe something like the giraffe beetle exists. It's both funny and amazing. 😀

[@kohyangchi4307]

What A Splendid and Informative Video I Just Can't Wait For More 😁 🌈 😁 🏖️

[@VictorFursov]

Wonderful creatures and nice video. Best entomological greetings from Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.

[@SannPisetha]

Nothing amazing as the natures

[@jmp072992]

Yo these whole story videos be having some mfin bangers

[@VsevolodIgorevitch]

Очень хороший фильм. Спасибо!

[@willowwren7752]

Amazing informative video!!! Ty for posting; I especially enjoyed the music during the giraffe beetle!♥️🤗

[@lazeppelini123]

That was creepiest part.....

[@lynnleigha580]

I really enjoyed them too, to bad you couldn't find more episodes

[@lorenamackey218]

It’s amazing

[@roslyngarwood455]

I have learned a lot

[@roslyngarwood455]

Thanks

[@susukumutajapan7194]

And here I am eating dinner while watching the dung beetles scavenging the dung 👀👀🥣

[@seangrexa4707]

RIP George & John!

[@jakerubino3233]

15 advertisements in one video - no thanks

[@tuna22lm]

What a real cool interesting documentary, but I never got to see my favorite beetle which is the rihnosorus beetle, I know I spelled it wrong my spell check couldn't even figure out what I was trying to spell, Rihno for short.

[@bobyoung1698]

I'll never forget the first time I saw them on the Ed Sullivan show!👍

[@superfisto]

God Has an Inordinate Fondness for Beetles

[@anne-droid7739]

Is that Terry Pratchett?

[@dldenton3982]

I can imagine HIS sense of humor also:)

[@revelationtrain7518]

How could you forget the bombadier beetle ?

[@montgomorry123]

I saw the thumbnail and thought this was Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares 😂

[@lynnleigha580]

I love the "African tale" part the most

[@tiedupsmurf]

Brilliant

[@Vitali_Osandor]

Does anyone know what is the plant species shown at 28:18? Thank you!

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

A COMMERCIAL EVERY 2 MINUTES!!!?? 😠😠😠 I really enjoyed the Documentaries, but the sheer number of Commercials is IRRITATING!

[@American-Plague]

Skip to the end, let the video finish, then hit replay. No commercials.

[@ElysetheEevee]

@@American-Plague Doesn't work for everyone.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Fascinating stuff..........."Planet Of The Beetles"...................👍🏻👩🏻‍🦱

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

Somehow dung beetle behavior makes more sense to me than most human behavior.

[@ListenerAggressionAdvised]

Not gunna lie I really like this but I gotta say, dude… out of ALL the beetle species available to comment on, this dude stuck to that dung beetle for a HOT MINUTE bruh 😂 like damn lol ok we get it moooovveee along sir

[@gavinhebert19]

Bugs are the true Kings, Queens, Warriors and Monsters of The Earth and throughout all of Nature.

[@leeshorrock9781]

Top film o i

[@justcallmpeter]

Great now im hungry

[@kazkk2321]

What we find disgusting they call ordinary life. Imagine spitting poop on a home invader. Walls made of poo. Imagine living underground in such conditions

[@peace4peaceful]

You get used it 😂😂

[@jp-um2fr]

Do dung beetles get 'time and a turd' working Saturdays ?

[@jp-um2fr]

England. The 'lady' next door was going to stand on a male stag beetle. I suggested quite strongly she desist. I reached over the fence and gave her our dustpan and brush. Upon rescuing 'Fred' I showed her how dangerous it was by letting it crawl up my nose and into my hair (there isn't much). Fred then took off no doubt in search of a lady friend for his 'hoggins'.

[@poopsk8s]

And the lack of corn kernels is surprisingly disappointing 🧐😔

[@poopsk8s]

For the filmer’s sake, I hope they provided high quality masks during this 🤣

[@Lucien_75]

24:30 The often unseen sax playing beetle, can be found poking it's head out of the dark recesses of the underlying leaf stratum, pouring it's soul out to the winds, and calling to a lonely mate.

[@maddie618]

hi, does anyone know what insect is at 2:32 ?

[@terryford8280]

I love all you videos... PLEASE, tell me there's not gonna be a lot of 💩, or dung!! 😂😂 HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!!🌹😘🌹

[@yahjaylaweh]

Likewise

[@omartistry]

I wish I had beetle powers.

[@jessicarinaldi7742]

Design shows

[@naumanjaved5927]

I was so amused by the tunneling dung beetle larvae. They're like 1940s ad-men for poop. You can eat it! You can plaster your walls with it! You can even use it to stave off hungry predators!

[@lynnleigha580]

Did you know that the hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards?

[@superfisto]

31:05 spider spotted!

[@pedambr199]

i missed that :D

[@ramthian]

👍👍

[@farmerfreakeasy9577]

There's a beetle here in the UK that looks like a bird dropping; wonderful camouflage. I have to say when he said "1600 beetles on a single pile of Elephant dung" it seemed a little fanciful. Unless of course Elephants excrete by the wheelbarrow full.

[@ElysetheEevee]

They actually do. Haven't you ever seen a pile of elephant poop in any documentary? By the time you see little bits of it everywhere occasionally in shots, it had been trampled and eaten up. However, a fresh pile is a decent amount. I could easily see that many in the higher end of number of beetles for elephant dung. Add in the fact that most elephants travel in groups.

[@harrietoxley9546]

Please tell the name of the African choir music

[@feltongailey8987]

Fighting for a pile of poop...my life's story.

[@waynepayne864]

7:28 money shot

[@jeffaller6190]

I never was a big fan of the Beetles.

[@kaythihlaing6038]

😃🤗👍🤝

[@A.Steeeve]

🥰

[@rogerphillips2846]

Just remember the walrus was Paul.

[@Ronnoconnor]

Cut. and Pierce and crush

[@hankzeeshank5650]

The first thing that

[@jeannetteparry5587]

Lovely video in many ways. However, a bug and a beetle are two different things, which the narrator seems not to know.. A beetle belongs to the order Coleoptera and a big Hemiptera because its wings are only partly hardened. a bug has piercing, sucking mouthparts and a beetle normal biting jaws like many other insects. And who says they have been around essentially unchanged for millions of years? Genetic entropy means they (and all other living things would be extinct through error catastrophe long before that.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

That's just a hypothesis. Not the same thing as a fact. Scientists love to make themsevles feel fancy by being reductive.

[@DrKuryakin]

wups wrong female

[@hankzeeshank5650]

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[@Deklectic]

You be mean to me... 🙈🙊

[@12time12]

A fat solifuge, juicy protein!!!

[@ronaldkirkland9859]

Being a bug is a crappy job.

[@lynnleigha580]

Dung made from dung equals some fine plaster, lol!

[@ufos22]

I would actually rather watch this than porn. Amazing documentary

[@ElysetheEevee]

Sigh, the bazillion ads is a bit tiresome, especially if you're binging these episodes like me.... No, skipping to the end and going back doesn't work for me. I'm not sure why, but I've tried several times, several ways. I still enjoy the videos though. I simply wish they'd mellow out with the ads.

[@dangrippi3179]

When trying to erase the ads by skipping to the end - are you allowing the last 15 or so seconds of the video to play before hitting replay? Try that if you haven't, because running the video straight to the very end without allowing those few seconds to play usually does not work for me. Hope this helped. 👍

[@roulettegenie4379]

They keep interrupting the ads with something about a bug!

[@Shushdotcom]

How many ads??! Skip

[@marie22213]

Being human doesn't seem to bad compared to being a fung beetle. Imagine your whole life is rolling in crap, for breakfast lunch and dinner 🤢🤣

[@AlexeyKhlopoff]

dookie bugs

[@brettvv7475]

Those beetles live in a literal shit hole.

[@jonmo6661]

REKLAMY🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤬🤬🤬🤬💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@tazcahoon4051]

Why are the tribe people shooting and killing giraffes?!?!!! 1 poisonous arrow can kill a giraffe in 30 mins don’t you think they’d go for a less exotic animal lol 😂 I hunt and I wouldn’t shoot certain animals if their exotic I feel like there’s def enough reg game to kill 🤦‍♂️

[@mattblake9936]

Fake

[@ironox8480]

The Beetle can be broken down into four subfamilies. Paul, John, George, and Ringo.

[@antekatetaketna]

Thank you, great video but, I hate hearing the B.S. numbers, 439,000,000,000 or 640 million years ago after 439 billion years, give me a break. Creationism makes so much more sense and there's an incredible amount of proof for it. I want to hear the truth ! If you don't know the truth, don't make up these huge numbers, bc you think with massive amounts of time, these stupid theories sound plausible, for instance 999 zillion years ago, nothing exploded and made everything.... No matter how much time you appropriate for the big bang, and all the other ludicrous theories you must brainwash children into believing it. It doesn't pass the sniff test. The same way our children are brainwashed to believe democrats are the only ones who are right, and that couldn't be more wrong. They'll be brainwashed into voting to becoming socialist's, they'll vote to lose their freedom, they'll vote in dictators to enslave them. The department of education is positively evil and they teach rubbish and worse... Every day I see more proof that earth was created 6,000 years ago,. by the all knowing, all powerful GOD, There are reasons to use those huge numbers, for instance I can name a billion different reasons that convince me that GOD made it all, including the earth and everything in it. Instead of using any of the many scientific facts, I'll just give you this, 3 years ago a 7 year old boy got separated from his father in a mountainous area out west. It was a warm spring day and the young boy was only wearing a short sleeved, light weight shirt, jeans and sneakers, when he discovered that he couldn't see or hear his father. His Father frantically searched for over an hour and then left to enlist help, everyone was concerned because the temperature was rapidly falling as the sun set and then it began to snow.. Many more searchers came after hearing of the boy's plight, they all knew if he wasn't found soon,, he would freeze to death. The search went on all night, in the heavy snow and freezing temps. Amazingly the boy came walking toward a searcher at 9:00am, the boy was shaking with cold, the searcher bundled him up and asked him how he managed to live thru the night ? The boy explained what happened and the searcher asked the boy to show him where, and at a near by pine tree, the man who found the boy, saw it for himself and took the pic's. The boy told him that when it began to snow he sat down under the pine, he was freezing and he couldn't keep his eyes open, later on he felt warm, when he opened his eyes he couldn't see in the dark, he went back to sleep, in the morning right before he was found, the boy was awakened when the two huge elk, that were sleeping next to him got up and walked away. The man saw the spot where there was no snow and melted snow around the edges where the elk, kept the boy warm and shielded him from the snow all night. You don't often hear of elk hanging out with humans, I see the Hand of GOD in this.

[@American-Plague]

I have learned better than to try to have a rational conversation with a creationist, so I'll just say this: the only brainwashed loon here is you. I will however agree that the educational system is indoctrinating children for political goals but factual science has nothing to do with that. Just because you don't understand how science works, doesn't mean it doesn't work.

[@hankzeeshank5650]

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