Colombia's largest scorpion

[@xeno9744]

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[@iW3RK]

@@_the_dude_abides_? Yeah bruh no cappery dackery!

[@eriathdien]

I've always been afraid of scorpions, bugs and other critters like that, even though I grew up in Colombia surrounded by them... watching you so casually grabbing this animals is... shocking, but therapeutic.

[@alveolate]

the coffee snake had some really gorgeous iridescence!

[@terrypitt-brooke8367]

Yes! I think they should call it the Opalheaded snake!

[@ace8921]

Your footage just keeps getting better. Thank you!

[@GoldTegu]

thank you for showcasing the biodiversity of my country! :^D

[@Frink77]

Hey Apathy, great video, but for the future, could you talk more about if the animals you handle are venomous (if so, to what extent) or not? I would certainty find it interesting:)

[@GeneralApathy]

For animals with a robust data set on envenomation reports, I might begin to include this information more often. Otherwise, I run into a great number of species that do not have enough data attributed to them to make any sound conclusions. I do not want to inadvertently make claims that could end up harming people.

[@paulbester9516]

Awesome to see Opisthacanthus from the Americas. I frequently find Opisthacanthus species here in South Africa.

[@arthurcallahan785]

I thought I recognised that name, love your Instagram posts mate

[@paulbester9516]

@@arthurcallahan785 Thanks! 😁

[@GeneralApathy]

You don't seem to post them very often though. Can't blame you, though. So many scorpions to see over there. :D

[@paulbester9516]

@@GeneralApathy Never knew you followed me. What's your IG name? Great to see the invert community all knowing each other unknowingly 😅

[@roargathor]

Thankyou for your passion and content. SCORP NERDS UNITE!!!

[@Malboop]

bro is gonna find a jaguar then go on to calmly describe their history, range, definitive traits, scientific name, the name he gave it, and how it hasnt bit him yet even tho he’s been fairly interactive with it

[@Ludvig11]

At least they're confirmed to be non-venomous!

[@dooley9621]

Your knowledge of nature is incredible. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@Tanapseudes]

I learned to tail a scorpion watching your videos. I have 5 now including 3 fattails. Androctonus australis, A. bicolor and H. hottentata. Thanks for the enjoyment.

[@frankdughtank8327]

I really love that Cloudy-Snail Eating Snake! Especially when you do those closeups!

[@dylanberger8701]

I liked the boroscope clip, especially the scorpion seeming to engage with it as you backed it out

[@SagoDave]

Your videos are full of wonders. The innovative crack-cam footage looked fine: no need to apologize for it.

[@Hyperion-5744]

Good video General Apathy.

[@GLUTENFREEbeelzebub]

even if the camera quality was dog water i LOVED the close up footage of the scorpion being curious or angry at the camera

[@darrendrake3737]

Love your videos. I get so excited when I see you uploaded one. Any on Ananteris species or Tityus species coming soon. Really want to learn more about Both and their natural habitat

[@frankdughtank8327]

That’s Amazing to see the Mother and her babies gathered together!

[@bugsnstuff]

Great footage - what camera are you using?

[@Freesteel]

these scorpions seem pretty chill

[@juanderoux6017]

Awesome video! I really enjoyed this.

[@MrBeatenpath]

it amazes me how things that live in the dirt can stay so clean

[@andrewkinsey8754]

Great vid, and the footage in the tree home at the end was great, very insightful

[@carolynallisee2463]

I really do enjoy these videos. I've said before, it reminds me of my childhood peering under evey rock and log I came across, to see what was underneath. What I like so much is that though the guy is enthusiastic about what he finds, he's calm and straightforward when imparting what he knows. So many other similar content makers are OTT for me-perhaps they are meant for children, not middle aged ladies!

[@AnEcologistPlays]

Such an awesome video! I was so surprised when you said the Genus there the first time, as I am from South Africa, and the only scorpion I have ever been stung by was in this Genus.

[@GeneralApathy]

I can't imagine that it was the most memorable sting.

[@AnEcologistPlays]

@@GeneralApathy It was memorable in soo much as I almost died laughing. Not like my friend, who was stung by Uroplectes and was in pain for weeks. XD

[@ilyas3092]

I really enjoy these vids! keep making them

[@priztucker]

Your videos are much appreciated 👌

[@bernhardwalter4297]

dude your one of my absolute favs yt Channel....so nice and iformative content ...!!!!

[@rocklobster3333]

beautiful camera work, general!

[@GeneralApathy]

Thank you. :D

[@MetropolMacro]

The ant at 4:53 is Odontomachus erythocephalus

[@ReptilesRule16]

I love your videos! They kind of look like heterometrus scorpions. Is there any relation? I saw a thing a while ago talking about how species in Eastern Asia are similar to species in the western americas. Does that have anything to do with this?

[@raphnelo]

Really great video as usual and your knowledge and expertise on these species is impeccable! Just a suggestion maybe: if you can, please put the scientific names/common names of the animals you are showing somewhere on the screen. You can make it as subtle as possible. I love hearing the various information about these species, but being someone who doesn't really have any taxonomy or biology background, it's kinda hard to familiarize myself with their names (or the way they are written). Thank you anyways!

[@Dellvmnyam]

Definitely enjoyed as I like arachnids ^_^ What does it take to describe a new species? Or if you wanted could you publish a paper claiming you found a new species?

[@16weblia]

Super cool footage in the crack!

[@bushbolles]

great video again. I see you filming a lot of millipedes, centipedes and other bottom dwelling species, but i miss isopods. In nature where I live, in the Netherlands, isopods are the most abundant bottomlife. Are there not much isopods in the tropics, or do you choose to not film them? Keep up the fantastic work on your video's!

[@jasonkeleher]

Yeahh!

[@phaedraoiva8550]

awesome!

[@woedie002]

Good crack joke! 😄

[@chir0pter]

5:59 is it just a trick of the lighting that makes it look so blue, or is it a younger specimen/molt?

[@thejuiceisloose]

those are some very chill scorpions, can't do that with Arizona bark scorpions

[@a_lethe_ion]

aww that centipede is pretty

[@Pemburugadungan]

Nice video bro

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Can't wait to see more of what i would've called endoscope footage in the past. I think he said they're actually known as boroscopes. Something like that anyway

[@cjthebeesknees]

9:30 that was a pun. Crack.

[@thekolForever]

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[@thekolForever]

God almighty created these

[@TheLordofShell]

How long do you spend in the woods to make a video? Need a General Apathy: uncut version.

[@vortexmazz1137]

You should do a live stream once in awhile

[@fernandoflores3161]

New vídeo! Clever endoscope joke!

[@rseurattan]

Have you ever handled scolopendra gigantea? Or featured it on your channel?

[@charlesseiderman29]

I discovered Thelyphonellus Venezuelans in 2008, in San Isidro, Venezuela. It completely lacks whip appendage!

[@MiguelDeMarchena]

I live in Dominican Republic but i have never been lucky to find a significant sized scorpion or tarantula here although i have found huge centipedes

[@chir0pter]

I’m noticing the peripheral eyes of this scorpion. Not sure if it’s because they’re particularly prominent or I’m just unfamiliar with scorpions

[@azrobbins01]

If you get bit or stung while making these videos, will you document it as well?

[@phobosfinalist]

is this what it feels like to be a crab after a whale fall. Delicious offerings

[@7even871]

Looks like Crayfish claws

[@chir0pter]

A gondwanan *genus* of animals…I don’t think it can be speciation by continental drift, that would place the genus in the early Cretaceous. Must be from rafting/island hopping right?

[@chir0pter]

They used to have tree genuses in particular that would extend back to the Cretaceous…perhaps justified by a slower mutation rate, or at least conservative morphology, but in literature of the past couple decades the fashion seems to be to add “-ites” or “-ides” at the end of the genus name for fossils that appear to belong to modern genera, which is unfortunate in my opinion- if a Cretaceous leaf looks exactly like Platanus no need to call it Platanoides!

[@hcuohc]

Exactly, It is most likely by rafting from Africa. Many authors defend the theory of a Gondwanian vicariance for this genus but I am not really convinced.

[@GeneralApathy]

Post-Gondwanan vicariance is a good candidate explanation for the current distribution and clades of Opisthacanthus, but admittedly not the only possible explanation. This is primarily because this genus originating from the Cretaceous is not unreasonable for the family Hormruridae. The issue, however, is that this is a family that has a great propensity to colonize by island hopping. We have many examples of their dispersal in Southeast Asia and neighboring regions via this mode. Perhaps I made a mistake asserting the first hypothesis as fact in this video even if it is the default for the time being.

[@DruNature]

epiphany: Vinegaroons are half whip spider half scorpion!

[@SaintArcane]

What the hell, I'd have thought a scorpion drowns when it gets submerged, like a spider or most bugs. Seeing that one vibing underwater is mindblowing. edit: lol I just googled it and seems they can stay submerged for days, that's crazy.

[@blazelo1301]

Lfg the bug guy.

[@matowakan]

Do animals ever poop on you when trying to handle them?

[@user-xp6nf5pt6n]

why does arthropods glow up at the shine of UV light?

[@GeneralApathy]

I assume your question is regarding the purpose. There are some hypotheses, but the consensus is that it is still unknown.

[@nunyafunyuns]

Don't you get nervous walking around Columbian jungles in the middle of the night?

[@terrypitt-brooke8367]

Do you know Australia's Bugs and Biology? You do a similar thing--you should form an invertebrate KZbinr's association!

[@macon8638]

Do you know of any other channels like bugs and biology for Australian wildlife be it focused on anything from inverts and marine life to plants and fungi?

[@rolobrown123]

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[@Igorooooleynikov]

How does he is not getting lost in this forest.

[@michaellou7101]

You’re giving me anxiety with the possibility of you getting stung, bitten or punctured with poison…

[@KayoticKKK]

“AHH c’mere ya little mf!”