Bug Bites | SciShow Tangents Podcast

[@SciShowTangents]

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[@lexinwonderland5741]

@@SciShowTangents I will likely never start nor grow nor manage a business, but +1 upvote for Shopify for supporting the SciShow team :)

[@nothanks9503]

Pretty sure itch is not a separate feeling it is pain and the itch receptor is the same as the pain receptors nociceptors Ever notice when you have a small irritant on your skin you’ll be like “ahh” and slap or brush or scratch the area instinctively Also to hanks story I notice that if an area is numb and it gets cold it itches inside for some reason so perhaps the itch sensation is a negative response of sorts perhaps it’s generated by a lack of signal from the nociceptor at a time of it being checked for a baseline signal that should be there Perhaps when an irritant is on the skin but isn’t doing damage to activate the nociceptor the nociceptor will shut off a signal to notify the brain that something is abnormal but not damaging currently

[@EffigyOfCorrectOpinions]

"developed shingles a number of times," christ dude that is some bad luck

[@spitgorge2021]

well shingles can often become chronic (usually are iirc) and have flare ups

[@bridgit001]

Let's not forget the suture ant. They're so cool. They have actually been used to close wounds when sutures aren't available. When the ants bite they can't open their mandibles again. The are used to close wounds then their bodies are removed and their heads are left still holding the skin closed, like sutures. So cool!

[@geoffreymartin6363]

That ad read for Shopify sneaking in ads for all of Hanks companies was a work of art

[@harperdilas]

Hasn't Coyote Peterson been bitten by a bunch of stuff on camera? idk if he's done every bug but he feels like the closest to someone who is capable of redoing this - like he's got such a head start

[@chloe.d178]

There's also kings of pain. Good to watch if you want to cringe 😂

[@SpoodyFlopp]

Yes, he did a series on his KZbin where he progressed through the most painful bug bites/stings. All I really remember is some kinda small bug with a 360° rotating stinger. I think it was a velvet ant but don't really recall.

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

He worked his way all the way through the Schmit scale and then went and got stung by several bugs not in the list in order to expand the list

[@ponyote]

Yes. But not all coyotes agree.

[@Delightedly]

Yes but he really sucks and a huge component of the entomology outreach community hates him.

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

Been a big fan of this show since the beginning. I love seeing it on KZbin so I can appreciate your faces!

[@vrpansy]

episode that makes you itchy

[@JHaven-lg7lj]

Something in the warehouse where I work has been biting me a lot lately, and when I scratch I get welts from scratching, too. This is not a good week for me to be watching this video!

[@kcg1257]

Hanks quite "who do you think i am?" Sent me into orbit. I was laughing right along side Ceri

[@badmonkey244]

You're pronouncing prurito perfectly my friends

[@MeriaDuck]

In the Netherlands there is an entire children's tv program dedicated to quite exactly your suggested format. Two people first do some quiz, the loser gets bitten or stung by an insect or plant. Lots of fun 😂

[@kassywilson7292]

In 1789 "pox" was not just small pox. It was also Syphilis, and other STDs.

[@andrew27]

Hank, I am a tour guide in South America. In the Atlantic rainforest! I'm from the UK but I've been living here for the past 10 years and trained as a forest guide. I'm the only English speaking guide at my base so if you ever want an English guide around let me know! Hehe ;)

[@susanmonroemcgrath]

Defining a bug bite was briefly Dr. Seuss.

[@mayaenglish5424]

I'm almost 100% sure I learned the "Butt one more thing" fact already... from Hank Green. 😂 It sounds EXTREMELY familiar.

[@arthursamuel301]

24:45 Hank Green fanfiction? 😂

[@Bluesmudge]

Let's leave this poem out of the scishow tangents poetry book that WILL exist one day.

[@JHaven-lg7lj]

Okay but for the record I’d pay good money for a book of Tangents poetry. Maybe a new volume every year for PizzaMas?

[@SpoodyFlopp]

Fun fact, histamine release in the skin is why opioids make people itchy. Many Mu opioid receptor agonists, like morphine, release histamine from mast cells, which are directly associated with the allergic response. Histamine plays many other roles, too. It causes stomach acid to secrete through the H2 receptor, and Zinc, which deactivates stomach acid secretion, causes more histamine to release as the body tries to reach homeostasis. Prescription anti-acids block the H2 receptor. Also, black pepper increases histamine by working as a reversible MAOI, which is one way black pepper helps to aid digestion. In the brain, histamine plays a totally different role. It releases in the morning as you wake up, along side noradrenaline, dopamine, and cortisol. In fact, H3 receptors butt up right next to dopamine 1 and 2 receptors, and histamine helps those dopamine receptors engage to take on dopamine better. Without it, those dopamine receptors can't deactivate the stress response caused by the cortisol release. If you ever felt groggy and a little panicked after waking up, you may have been experiencing low histamine levels in the brain. Even more, while the other transmitters decrease in level a few hours after waking, histamine levels continue to remain elevated until it is time to sleep. It is crucial for wakefulness and memory, and without it we get drowsy. This is why 2nd generation antihistamines like loratidine were designed to not cross the blood brain barrier. In contrast, Benedryl (diphenhydramine) can cross the BBB where it blocks H1 receptors and conks you out. The serotonin reuptake inhibition (among other mechanisms) also contributes to this sedative effect. Thanks for reading my info dump.

[@christylane5107]

When a scishow tangent is uploaded yk it's gonna be a great day!

[@ponyote]

VESPA MEANS WASP. Literally!

[@ponyote]

Thank you!

[@VinegarPotato]

Playing Frog juice will never be the same again! Great fact Sam.

[@aidanjohnston3477]

Coyote Peterson has been bit/stung by enough to assist in the re-organizing of the pain index.

[@graciehatton2828]

Have you guys never heard of/seen Kings of Pain? They do different bug bites and stings and things like that

[@natorsi]

Hank and co., I have a pet water bug if you want to FaceTime him :)

[@ninadgadre3934]

Hank dismissing the Bugaboo as mythical but Santa as a “maybe”, classic anti-paganism! /s/s/s/s

[@ponyote]

"I hate this" Hank Green 2024.

[@barbaramartinez9290]

Got stung by a wasp the other day, swollen, red, itchy and awful. I finally scratched the scab off along with the stinger. Immediately it started to feel better, within hours less red l could tell the stinger was gone and healed by the next evening.

[@anonymus830]

Am I the only one that thinks Sam is starting to look like Matt Damon?

[@mariafranceschini7662]

Coyote Peterson has done the sting pain scale.

[@ZedaZ80]

My mother did the oatmeal bath trick when us kids got chicken pox!

[@ThePixiixiq]

Knowing what happens to a hand in a non-revolving door I'm pretty sure my visceral reaction is making my pain assessment worse 😑

[@callmeneutrino7136]

I think you need to change the term to “integumentary trauma”

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

fire ants bite and sting tho

[@takumi2023]

I wonder if you guys heard of coyote peterson from brave wilderness 😂. He does just this on youtube.

[@AmandaPollard2]

Ahoy! 🖤

[@ponyote]

Bugs in Animal Crossing aren't that big. Except Atlas Beatles😊. They're big. Lol

[@adriannegentleman83]

you realise that talking about itchiness causes itchiness, 🤣😂

[@magsgraff486]

Me currently suffering from mosquito bites that I’m very allergic to

[@Rufflesandrage]

So wait... y'all didn't grow up being warned about the Loup Garou?

[@gabriellongworth]

Uhhh, Coyote Peterson?

[@ponyote]

So, these marks on my corpus are all Sam's fault? Bush pilots are a stupid metric. Come at me, bruh.

[@yogtheterrible]

Hearing that bush pilot story I'm worried about the guy that goes to alaska and survives out in the freezing weather. A couple times I've heard him talk about the pilot being delayed.

[@Bluesmudge]

Sam's fact made me dead. I can't. I am with Hank, I HATE this. Not googling this one.

[@carollollol]

Ceri working on cables in the future. Us: now she just somebody that we use to knohoooowwww. 🎶🎶🎵🎵

[@muhmuhmonahan4919]

Shut up, Sam! Santa is REAL. 🎄

[@avsgriffy]

He came down to visit when I was in Alert and said hi!

[@Fr00tcups]

Watched this then had a dream that you three bare-knuckle boxed a human-sized bee

[@oneeyedziggy2]

i have a red wine bbq sauce, does that trigger the nugs to go all punk rock?

[@jimcappa6815]

Yes. Yes it does. But, only after midnight.

[@Its.Daem0n]

Holy Shnikeys!! I haven't actually WATCHED the tangents in a while. But I happened to watch this one and I'm like Why does Sam look old and Hank looks like a chitlin? Sam is going gray, Hank has fluffy curls... omfg wtf is going on!

[@lexinwonderland5741]

cancer treatment gave Hank a hard reboot once he recovered, it's like the portrait of Dorian Grey where Sam shows Hank's true age.

[@Its.Daem0n]

As poetic as it is hilarious

[@mayaenglish5424]

Hank's alway's had a baby face honestly. He briefly looked his age when chemo was making him feel like $hit, and now he's bounced back with a cute new hairdo.

[@nottsork]

when was the last time someone spent a hank buck , more like spent a penny for the tangest they run on next sci show I would like to see one on sayings , like hot under the collar , spent a penny , eufamisms a way of saying things without saying it

[@CJStout-ed8kg]

There's already a show "Kings of Pain" and they get bit to make a better pain index

[@jar-jar3806]

This is a great channel

[@XRatedPoetry]

Ad break is 24:49 to 26:34

[@billyalarie929]

Scorpions are not bugs, those are death machines in a compact-er form.

[@Rabaheo]

Can't believe Skeeter Syndrome didn't make the episode, it would be fun to know more about

[@Zappygunshot]

The Schmidt Insect Sting Pain Index is perhaps not necessarily a useful tool for predicting how painful a sting or bite is going to be, as much as it is an interesting look into how different people experience different 'painful things.' The velvet ant is one of the 4s on the list and Schmidt's description of it makes it sound like you'll be wishing for death for hours (he ranked it among the top 3 most painful stings), but I know Clint from Clint's Reptiles tried it together with someone else and they hardly reacted at all. For them, the burn was fairly mild and it went away after about an hour or so. Painful, for sure, but hardly the soul-crushing ordeal it had been to Schmidt. Why would this be the case? I don't know I'm neither medical doctor nor entomologist, but I think it's probably a combination of slight differences in chemoreceptors making it harder for the ouch compounds to tell them they should feel pain; maybe some immune system differences neutralising a lot of the venom more quickly; and maybe to a lesser degree differences in pain tolerance. Or who knows, maybe those particular velvet ants were just shy and couldn't perform as well in front of a camera due to stage fright. Like I said, neither a medical doctor nor an entomologist.

[@shadebug]

It’s not a normal couch, it’s a synecdoche

[@ponyote]

What's the difference between bed bug and anything else? DF6BA!

[@ponyote]

Anaphylaxis does actually matter what bit you.

[@davesatxify]

Sound bytes... sam. dentures. butt bite.. lol

[@skinwalker3953]

"How big is it?" Both; *Measuring with finger space apart* S C I E N C E does not have to married to maths.

[@ponyote]

So, it's clear to me now. You do not have actual broadband. Welcome to the draft horse in Alabama life. You don't even need to go to LatAm for that. :D

[@elainebelzDetroit]

Sadly, a cat in a burrito would make me just as itchy as a cat anywhere else does.

[@One_High_Guy_420]

WHALE WHALE WHALE WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?!?!?!

[@amygensler542]

Arnt fire ants dangerous not because a single bite hurts but because they tend to get all over the soon to be victim and then all begin biting at the same time?

[@joshc-dev]

i love you guys

[@yellowflowerorangeflower5706]

cool

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

ow i have a land dwelling arthorpod bite

[@bjornolson6527]

Is Ceri EVER gonna Paint those Walls!!!