Millipede Tries to Climb on Lion's Tail

This millipede has the undivided attention of a group of sub-adult lions. The lions are pretty relaxed about the situation until the millipede attempts to crawl on top of one. 😬
While on safari in the @MalaMalaGameReserve, senior ranger Nic Nel shared a truly amusing sighting with LatestSightings.com. Send in your wildlife video here and earn money: www.latestsightings.com/partn...
"We headed out as usual on an afternoon game drive to find some lions. Shortly after some searching, we stumbled across a small pride of lions. The pride consisted of two adult females and multiple young cubs. The lions were all pretty relaxed, close to a waterhole. Even the normally playful cubs were having an afternoon snooze."
Lions are nocturnal mammals. This means they will rest during the heat of the day and store energy for nighttime activities. Hunting, family bonding, and playtime usually take place when it's cool. This mostly happens in the late afternoon, nighttime, or early morning. However, that does not mean they will give up the opportunity to have fun if it presents itself during the day.
"While observing the sleeping lions. We noticed a small visitor appear in the middle of the pride - a millipede. Cats are curious animals. One of the cubs noticed this small creature moving along and moved closer to inspect the visitor. The reaction from this cub triggered a domino effect, and slowly all the little cubs made their way to this tiny millepede."
"Eventually, one of the cubs decided to have a closer look, and as he went in for a little smell, he was unpleasantly surprised and moved off quite comically. That’s because millipedes have a small amount of cyanide, and perhaps the smell was too strange for the youngster."
A lesson from this sighting is: don’t rush your sighting. When watching sleeping lions, or a resting leopard, don’t leave the sighting too quickly. Spending more time at sightings will allow you to witness them interacting with each other or, if you're lucky, with other species.
"At this point, the cubs began losing interest in the millepede and made their way back to mum. The two adult females also then rose from their slumber and began moving. Nightfall was approaching, and perhaps dinner was on their minds."
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[@imarvlog]

May you all have this millipede’s confidence this year🙏🏽

[@Sapphire1721]

😂

[@matuto2007]

😂👍🏽

[@stephanieberwick6549]

May we all have the lions' pacience and wisdom to look and move away when something bothers us

[@juniorcortez8035]

🐛🐛🐛Hahahahaha😂😂

[@jdanje]

That millipede prolly doesn’t know what a lion is 😂😂😂

[@spideyfanw1748]

I love how they’re all fascinated with it but disgusted by it at the same time.

[@alancosta4760]

It exhales a bad smell

[@sainjawoof3506]

@@alancosta4760 it excretes a liquid from each section, called repugnatorial fluid.

[@sainjawoof3506]

@Clint Dempsey it's a millipede, not a worm. They feel so amazing walking across your hand, with all their legs.

[@sainjawoof3506]

@Clint Dempsey what language? Different species of millipede are found all over the world. They're called different names by each different people, both common names and slang. However, what they're classified as, and their scientific name, both are the same internationally.

[@sainjawoof3506]

@Clint Dempsey and what are the words you use in Polish? I'm really interested to know, if that's okay?

[@lindafromcalifornia1155]

Nothing like a game of Millipede to keep the youngsters busy.

[@sainjawoof3506]

In some cultures it keeps adults busy too!😏😉

[@kaiuwu2002]

@@sainjawoof3506 Ayo 👀

[@Blue_Mike]

@@sainjawoof3506 LMAO

[@marcus9434]

Neither a food source nor a threat whatsoever. Just a diminutive curiosity and minor nuisance at worst. No need to harm it. Kingly behavior. 🦁👑

[@wildnfree101]

The millipede is lucky he/she came across the fiercest animal on the plain, imagine if it had bumped into meerkats!

[@duder7396]

“Fiercest”

[@GenericDan]

Let's be honest, mongoose, including meerkats ate truly the fiercest animals out there.

[@duder7396]

@@GenericDan There’s fiercer animals but those are def up there

[@lollipop2993]

Meerkats would have eaten him

[@broadbandislife]

@@lollipop2993 Not unless they're immune to the fucking neurotoxin these little guys shit out for defense.

[@gamerStorn97]

How fascinating it is to see that even wild animals react to millipedes in the same way that humans do when we are children we stay there watching it

[@marlincec]

Hahahahaha 🤣😂all three soo cute and curious around the millipede ...😁 and very good boys, thy did not kill it😇

[@broadbandislife]

These little crawlies shit out damn neurotoxins for self-defence. I doubt anything lacking specialised immunity to those wants to so much as touch them - more than once, anyway.

[@BlueLeprechaun15]

First the turtle at the watering hole starting hunting lions, now this millipede is coming for them XD

[@kaiuwu2002]

Idk who's fiercer the turtle or the millipede lol

[@BeNGALi4LFE]

Kinda of reminds me of when Simba got hungry and Timone and Pumba were showing him an entree of bugs there were to eat.

[@kennethjackson]

Hakuna Matata.. slimly yet satisfying

[@broadbandislife]

Pretty sure these guys are quite dry-surfaced tho.

[@aliciajolley519]

@@broadbandislife Not to mention are built to have a disgusting taste!!

[@mikes7446]

So beautiful and peaceful

[@kristieblu164]

That is such a cat thing to do, too cute.

[@mikes7446]

No my Cats would have killed it, maybe eaten it?

[@broadbandislife]

@@mikes7446 I don't think the _F. catus_ is neurotoxin immune.

[@vj.joseph]

Cutest millipede. Awww... So lovely and so sweet. 😍😍🥰

[@sainjawoof3506]

Giant African Millipede - shongololo/chongololo is common local name. They have two forms of protection, curling up and excreting repugnatorial fluid to repel potential predators. It consists of quinos and hydrochloric acid in this species.

[@johanrebel]

Doesn't always work. I've seen Wild Dogs pick up millipedes, crush them in their jaws, spit them out, and then roll back and forth over the smelly remains. And what on earth are "quinos", by the way?

[@sainjawoof3506]

@@johanrebel Quinones are biological pigments found in a range of living organisms (bacteria, fungi, higher plants, and in few animals). They exist in nature in many forms such as benzoquinones, naphthoquinones, anthraquinones, and polycyclic quinones. "Two millipede compounds, 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone and 2-methoxy-3-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, demonstrate a repellent effect against Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Tufted and white-faced capuchin monkeys anoint themselves with the secretions to ward off mosquitoes." The secretions are neither toxic nor fatal for humans or canids. The hunting dogs could have been trying to mask their own smell, or trying to get some mosquito relief. (Parasitic Infestations, Stings, and Bites William D. James MD, in Andrews' Diseases of the Skin, 2020)

[@broadbandislife]

@@johanrebel Judging by Wikipedia, a lousy spelling of _quinoline._ "Quinoline is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound with the chemical formula C9H7N. It is a colorless hygroscopic liquid with a strong odor." _Quino_ meanwhile is apparently a Spanish surname...

[@sainjawoof3506]

@@broadbandislife you're incorrect, and Wikipedia is not an accepted source of reference. "Quinoline is a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds consist of a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring with formula C9H7N while quinolone is a class of isomeric ketones derived from quinoline having formula C9H7NO." (Paranjeet Kaur, 2021)

[@Sarlat7]

@@sainjawoof3506 Who cares whether it's an accepted form of reference, we're on youtube lmao. Not like this is their PhD thesis

[@nickcrim6735]

They really walked up on him like "Wassup wit you, bro?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@wyyrdojim]

I think Millipedes have a chemical deterrent, that’s why the cubs made a face, he’s interesting,but he stinks!😹

[@broadbandislife]

Yup. One of the few invertebrates safe from the driver ants thanks to that.

[@SLYGUY79]

That Shongololo has got some big balls 🤣🤣🤣

[@patricj951]

Lions: "wtf is that? Edible? Yuck, not for me thanks! Best I move so it doesn't start to climb up on me". Bullfrog: "food! Gulp!"

[@backatit4757]

Finally a video that's not sad to watch

[@DaniMartVtbr]

A great example of the noxious chemicals which, in its most minute traces, is an excellent deterrent to potential predators. Just imagine if scientists could identify and replicate it, thereby preventing livestock losses and urban attacks by spraying it around protected areas?

[@loirigudo]

It's a good idea but everywhere would stink like bugs tho. Sure we would eventually adapt and get used to the smell, but so would the predators.

[@broadbandislife]

Pretty sure anything smart enough to make itself troublesome by looking for food around human stuff is also smart enough to not be fooled very long by such tricks - just look at the sorry history of measures intended to fend away gulls and crows for ex. Also glhf constantly reapplying the gunk.

[@lightning9279]

Remember the Totalitarians want to control us and part of that is making us eat bugs and not beef. But, I agree with you if bottled that noxious essence could be widely used. Especially in a car as a practical joke. Those fart spray vids are to die for.

[@broadbandislife]

@@lightning9279 [visible concern]

[@dr.papadopolis7171]

And the possiblity of different medicines, I'm also wondering

[@JabberCT]

The way they are shaking their heads with their lips curled means that thing stinks and they don't want it in their mouth lol.

[@owenoakheart]

So fucking adorable

[@owenoakheart]

The lion cubs, not the god forsaken millipede LMAO

[@broadbandislife]

@@owenoakheart wym, that guy is cute

[@liyangwang4284]

They are like Simba!

[@xxjonasx100]

Just seeing it makes them sick, they don't even eat it if they're hungry. 😂😂

[@yaahlabanyamyan144]

I love how they lay next to it to get a better view 👀 00:21 00:36

[@johnbrown9092]

Great catch on film. Well done,

[@dnacarnive]

The pride king lion!

[@wolfdenranjeet]

Yeh that amazing

[@itamirpolettipoletti7136]

Leão e muito bonito

[@emancipatedlionm9215]

Well needed for the soil!👍🏾 children will be children, youngsters will be youngsters, cubbies will be cubbies😛💥😛soooooo curious💯👍🏾

[@rogerkinard7446]

Just passing through, guys. Try not to trample on me. 🤔 😲😳😬 🤣😂🤣

[@elena6516]

lions: "wat dat?"

[@broadbandislife]

"Not Edible."

[@kaiuwu2002]

Just looks like cats doing cat things

[@lollipop2993]

Please don't kill it... you're going to make it rain. 😂

[@josephlongbone4255]

It's a chongalooloo, my mum's African and used to play with these when she was a kid, she told me that apparently they're really tickly when you let them walk around on your arm.

[@MustbeTheBassest]

That head bobbing looks like language

[@MrCarGuy]

Excellent image quality

[@FofXequalsYnot]

Cubs know d millepede is not worth their smack or snack😂

[@eternalbeing3339]

Beautiful footage. Whoever shot this has a nice camera.

[@momthegreatest]

fantastic video...

[@fillfinish7302]

bravest millipede .

[@DinnerForkTongue]

Millipedes are homies. I still feel bad about one I ran over with my bicycle once. 🙁

[@thabzmad7265]

Lol, I regularly dodge them when driving, sometimes I see them too late, poor things!

[@anthonyalto458]

Young lions are so mischievous

[@user-999.]

game of lion

[@edise7272]

Does anyone know whether millipedes can spray a foreign substance on predators because @0:30 the cub on the left begins to shake his head vigorously to clear something from his mouth. If somebody can explains please write to us. Thanks

[@yaahlabanyamyan144]

The millipede gives off a pungant odor

[@broadbandislife]

"Giant [African] millipedes have two main modes of defence if they feel threatened: curling into a tight spiral exposing only the hard exoskeleton, and secretion of an irritating liquid from pores on their body. This liquid can be harmful if introduced into the eyes or mouth." - Wikipedia Something as slow and conspicuous as these guys doesn't survive very well without such defences.

[@edise7272]

@@broadbandislife Thanks to you answered my question the lion probably had sniffed coming in contact with secretions.

[@vishwesh2807]

Please upload videos from your India visit

[@NannupTiger]

Definitely! I'd love to go on a safari in India. I love the diverse wildlife there, striped hyenas, dhole, sloth bears... lions! Plus India has Sambar, muntjac and hog deer. *Indian rhino!

[@vishwesh2807]

@@NannupTiger now cheetas too

[@NannupTiger]

@@vishwesh2807 Yep, I read about that a few times

[@falanajerido875]

Nice

[@Jesus.loves.you.123]

🍓 These lion cubs seem to be fed well.

[@buff_n_lu]

They actually look boney, underfed

[@YusifRefae]

I'm watching Baby Lions watching a Millipede. Meta

[@aluikouassi7652]

Chillapede

[@Batony]

Looke like the millipede is spraying

[@faridfarid-ob9vu]

Personally, I'm afraid of this little train, I don't know if it's poisonous or not. 💀👀

[@broadbandislife]

"Giant [African] millipedes have two main modes of defence if they feel threatened: curling into a tight spiral exposing only the hard exoskeleton, and secretion of an irritating liquid from pores on their body. This liquid can be harmful if introduced into the eyes or mouth." - Wikipedia Yes, yes it is.

[@faridfarid-ob9vu]

@@broadbandislife thanks for these informations

[@mikes7446]

Like eeewww yucky, bugs.

[@antpoo]

Lions respect life. 👍

[@broadbandislife]

Bull. Shit. They do, however, respect _chemical warfare_ which is what these creepy-crawlies count on to avoid gettin' et.

[@BrianErwin]

day in the life

[@Jones309]

🦁

[@swizlstik]

Those poor cubs need to eat

[@aliciajolley519]

A cat is a cat, no matter the size!! 😂❤

[@abrahamlenga9951]

Since they are both in the wilderness there is no need to kill such animals. People tend to kill these small animals when they get to their properties

[@broadbandislife]

More like these little fuckers are poisonous so anything that isn't specialised in eating them with due resistances isn't going to try it more than once.

[@jurassicsushi]

Look lions, Nobody wants that thing to crawl on them. We all understand lol.

[@aetreus88]

look at these future scientist. studying biology 🦁🥼

[@ivanaculkova7527]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@816DawG]

knew the Lion King was full of lies ;)

[@willek1335]

Who needs insects when you're full on wild pig. XD

[@mikes7446]

Of course, bet you didn’t know Walt Disney was a 33rd degree Freemason pedo

[@gfullcrayon562]

If that thing came to the hood we shooting it

[@fishingsouthwestflorida1586]

1. That’s a honkin chonkin miliped boo 2. Yay kitties 3.

[@roydamanna]

3. Damn that smell!

[@sharafrizvi6842]

1st view

[@punkem733]

You too, are also an idiot.

[@alanfoster6589]

Not a good-tasting meal.

[@johanrebel]

Truly amusing?!? Truly boring! None of the lions laughed, and neither did the millipede.

[@markdowse3572]

Ahhhhhh, the perils and INTRIGUES of living in the wild! 🤣 Does Mr Millipede have a stink gland of some kind? Many ants do. The cubs were clearly getting SOMETHING nasty! 😧 M 🦘🏏😎

[@broadbandislife]

"Giant millipedes have two main modes of defence if they feel threatened: curling into a tight spiral exposing only the hard exoskeleton, and secretion of an irritating liquid from pores on their body. This liquid can be harmful if introduced into the eyes or mouth.[4] Because of this defense, A. gigas is one of the few invertebrates that driver ants are incapable of taking as prey." - Wikipedia Bugs did chemical warfare before it was cool 😎

[@summovies]

1st view