Talk Show: Dr. Diana Six, the Mountain Pine Beetle, and Another Insect that freaks Hank out

Diana Six teaches Hank about the Mountain Pine Beetle and all its glory, including taste! Then Jessi from Animal Wonders introduces Hank to a couple cuties he is not too sure about.
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[@wXingVinny]

Diana Six should come back! She is made of awesome!

[@carolprince16]

And she did! :)

[@randomheartofgold]

I live in British Columbia. A few years back, you would look up into the hills and they would be a burning red colour from all the dying trees. Now you look up and the hills are grey from all the dead trees. This episode was really close to home for me.

[@madflyer1093]

yup i used to work in prince george in the forestry industry, not any more, i now work in oil. but blaming it all on climate is not true, canfor is equally to blame here and their mono forests. other companies may have had mono forests as well, but im not familiar with their operations.

[@BartolomeJacinto]

Please, please, bring back Dr. Diana again. She's pure awesomeness!! :)

[@lloydgush]

she's awesome!!!

[@Neveko]

I admire Diana's amazing amount of obvious passion she has for her job. I *love* how much she is very clearly in love with insects. It's absolutely refreshing to see someone so unapologetically in love with their interests.

[@TheTigero]

Jessi is my favorite part of this show! She's pretty much amazing

[@syntacticalcrab]

Dr. Six and Jessi shaking their heads together and teaching Hank about creepy crawlies is adorable.

[@nccish]

This is one of the best guests ever. I very much enjoyed listening to her!

[@KidTheFail]

I just fell in love with Dr.Six, so cool! also, her and Jessie together? best thing ever!

[@Mr666Pac]

I remember a few years ago when I was living in Edmonton, driving to the Rockies they where stopping everyone and checking for the pine beetle.

[@Piarou]

Diana six is sooo cool. I really like her way of looking at the world, for so far I can gather that from this short clip. I applaud her. And yes, of course Hank and Jessi are cool as well. But you know I love ya. ;)

[@nicholasaflitto1367]

It's always entertaining to hear Diana talk about bark beetles!

[@TheDeerstalkerHat]

I love how Hank's first reaction to hearing the world record for eating those cockroaches was "That seems like pretty easy to beat." He's like "What, only 36? I could totally beat that!"

[@DasAntiNaziBroetchen]

Considering the world record for eating hot dogs is 76 hot dogs in *10 minutes* , he absolutely had a point.

[@Zeyev]

Dr. Six is a keeper. Bright, funny, and all those good things. I hope you have reason to bring her back.

[@drackar]

Pine beetle pesto? That is AWESOME.

[@Suneleickjepsen]

Dr. Diana Six is absolutely the most interesting and awesome person you ever interviewed! Thank you!

[@meliawilber4550]

I like how Diana is just so upset by them talking about eating and killing the bugs. She is so sweet!

[@barnyardhouse]

I want to be this woman when I grow up.

[@BrokenPointeShoes]

Dr. Six is one of the most amazing scientists I've seen. What a pleasure to have her here on scishow.

[@CStoegie]

Hank, you have developed fantastic timing for these interview style videos. Thank you as always for the content.

[@TenleyAtwood]

Thank you for your work Dianna Six, Animal wonders Montana and SciShow!

[@NathanWood23]

I grew up in Montana in the 80s and every year when I go back it makes me sick to see the damage the pine beetles are doing to the forests. It literally me watching my childhood memories wither and die.

[@Arthropodology]

We have similar problems with the Emerald Ash Borer in the northern Midwest and East. Pretty much all of the ash is gone here in Ohio and wherever these beetles have become established the ash trees have been wiped out.

[@DanThePropMan]

Hank, you neglected to ask Dr. Six the big question - is she afraid of Seven?

[@twiginthebox]

I love Dr Six quite a bit. It excites me when you have these unique professionals on the talk show rather than just youtube people.

[@jacksonbegg]

One of the things I love about this show is that when it comes to living things that have a prejudice (they're gross, creepy, useless, etc.) when they come on or you discuss them, it's not just "they're gross, end of story," it's "I find them gross, what do they do, will it kill me, CAN I TOUCH IT!?" Much more interesting to watch, & a great learning opportunity.

[@janviiic]

I love SciShow Talkshow! Other animals are truly fascinating! Keep up the awesome work :D

[@idespiseguugleplus6511]

omg.... Dr Six is awesome !!!

[@jony4real]

2:42 "Trees are pretty scary" (insert obvious Lord of the Rings joke here)

[@elcruzitoo637]

"How many pine beetles are there?" Me: Bursts out laughing !!!!

[@Stipopedia]

I suppose he meant the different kinds, since she was talking about mountain pine beetles.

[@slimjim178]

I am 99% sure he wasnt looking for a number of beetles. I think he was looking for a number of pine beetle species.

[@elcruzitoo637]

Yes I am aware of that but it was just funny .-. Cause she was like. ._.

[@Stipopedia]

Gerald Perez sorry, my brain has a tick to always try to put jokes in a realistic context - it just happens. I kinda like it, but everyone else doesn't.

[@Altorin]

bring this woman back.

[@Watsit2ya]

Wow, this is the first I've ever heard of a mountain pine beetle and the huge impact the have on forest.

[@mitchumsport]

"the nice smell of the christmas tree, that's the toxins" so we've got some fungi and beetles double-teaming these trees. you make pesto out of their larvae? and courting hissing? wow! thank you Green, Six, and Castaneda. This episode was too amazing.

[@TheScratcherStudios]

fascinating. Great episode on every level. Thank you very much!

[@ChadMartin69089]

"Bug" loving red head!!! I'm in nerd love. I love u jessi

[@danheidel]

Also, Dr. Six reminds me of Jane Goodall.

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

I wanna see more of Diana Six. Her field is similar to what I'm interested in doing as a career.

[@juliocervantes8523]

She's absolutely wonderful. I want to try some that pesto and that beer.

[@katepurrkins6672]

My second grade class pet was a pair of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches. It was our teacers pets from home, she loved insects. The roaches had babies toward the end of the school year and it was fascinating to see them hatch.

[@Macsk8ing]

Whan an awesome person is Dr. Six

[@zack42187]

Dr. Six is one of the best scishow guests ever.

[@Julie1588]

one of the best episodes yet!!

[@Laura-cj9ne]

This program is fantastic!

[@vanmaren962]

This woman was awesome

[@SwedishOldLady]

So very glad I live in Scandinavia. So very glad.

[@ChocolateTeapot93]

I can barely hear this. I always have the volume on my laptop turned up full because I live next to a busy road and this is way too quiet. You should consider moving the mic closer or something.

[@TachibanaTengoku]

its just you, its loud as hell for me

[@CO_Luke]

Check your settings of Adobe Flash Player volume

[@ChocolateTeapot93]

Praseek Its just this video, the rest are fine

[@kylanwalker6015]

It's an issue with your computer most likely. On the 3 computers I use at my home they all play this extremely loudly.

[@ChocolateTeapot93]

Kylan Walker I just said its only this video

[@nelladarren]

I said out loud "don't eat it!" at the screen and then Hank said it. I'm feeling so connected.

[@AlyBaumgartner]

This is one of my favorite episodes! When I was a kid, my brother and I had pet Madagascar hissing cockroaches. This makes me super nostalgic.

[@benjaminmccullough]

Bark Beetle Larvae Pesto!!

[@rautermann]

i don't know why, but your talk shows just sooth my soul! (even if there are disturbing topics)

[@LynneSkysong]

I'm a horrible person... I just thought a new P4A perk: pay a $H*T ton of money for Hank to eat a cockroach. Half goes to Hank, half to charity.

[@LynneSkysong]

***** Ok, they could do it Desert Bus for Child's Play style with each additional cockroach. :D

[@DoctorMikeWilson]

LynneSkysong At what point would you give up caring and just be like "these aren't half bad".

[@LynneSkysong]

I think I would get to a point where I'd say "Well, my mouth is already full of cockroaches and that sucks, but one more really wouldn't suck significantly more."

[@JohnSmith-kw6io]

LynneSkysong Are we talking the Madagascar variety? If so I think the neurotoxin mentioned would dictate at which point you stopped; the point at which one could no longer control their jaw.

[@BestFriendAdam]

Wow, this was my favourite one yet!

[@Ravierave]

15:30 the hank courting hiss XD

[@007Stenson1]

Awesome! I learned a LOT of things from this video.

[@ItoeKobayashi]

Hank, whyyyy do you keep shaking the dish??? XD That aside, there was a lot of good information in this and it was fun to watch. I hope we see Dr. Diana Six return for another episode!

[@normalratrat]

Im from British Columbia, and its scary seeing the huge patches of dried out, red, pine trees within the green forest, and you can see the patches get get bigger every year

[@nephriterivers8143]

I love Diana's reactions ^^ especially when Jessi said about mouths and throats going numb XD

[@zeppelinstark1978]

Great guest and a terrifying topic. My favorite type of SciShow Talk Show.

[@Littlefa3]

It took me quite a while to stop screaming for just seeing them, through a screen!, i don't think i would've stopped if i saw them irl, let alone HOLDING THEM *shiver*

[@nortenero]

She is a very attractive older woman. She sounds like she's very intelligent.

[@looneyalchemist5641]

"Insect that freaks Hank out" ......Favorited and I haven't even seen it :P

[@Sylvous765]

this woman is fantastic

[@thecheeseclubvp]

Dr. Diana seems like a fascinating person. Invite her back! Ask her to bring larvae to feed to Hank!

[@Eyji1]

Good episode. Thanks

[@cooljayhu]

That was the most American pronunciation of Saskatchewan ever. Loved it.

[@patriciakedeni]

Dr diana six... what a cool name. And she makes beer from an exotic yeast too.

[@ryderov0]

I woke up with a tree roach on my chest on the comforter one morning as an early teenager. He was literally staring right at my face. It took a second to register what I was seeing. But then I flinged the comforter up, and he went flying. You don't forget stuff like that.

[@Nairod2]

im sure there are outtakes i want to see them.

[@SerendipitousSky]

I was about to comment on how much I loved Dr. Six as a guest here (sometimes I skip through the first part to see Jessi's animal), and then she nonchalantly mentions eating bugs. O.o

[@MrPuppetMan2]

Oh that's really interesting, then it gets a little quiet and you hear the pounding beats.

[@fuzzygreen3634]

everything about this video was incredibly weird. i loved it.

[@robbbyk8142]

wow Dr. Six is AWESOME!

[@robbbyk8142]

Dr. Six looks like future Jessi

[@hassoony1981]

Merry Christmas everyone o

[@catherinegreene2792]

If the trees have never had to "battle the beetle," as the Professor says, then they have clearly never experienced the glorious, magnificent torture that comes with a reading of Dr. Seuss's "Fox in Sox."

[@Nicko2604]

"...more than us cells" *raised-eyebrow stare* lol

[@GodJasperX]

Yay, more Entomology based SciShows please.

[@n2zapper]

You should do a video purely on the blight, its pretty...impressive. You can drive for MILES in the Canadian Rockies now without seeing a single living tree.

[@tessat338]

My son's 3rd grade class had an insect demonstration last year and they asked for parents to volunteer as insect wranglers. I got to handle a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. They look pretty scary from the top but if you tip them up and look under that impressive carapace, they have cute little black faces and a very modest, retiring posture.

[@LordMarcus]

Just checking in to say: "Diana Six" sounds like an awesome name for an android.

[@Zandonus]

She does look like a slightly older ''Number six'' from battlestar galactica.

[@lordicemaniac]

when i saw her name, first i thought to my self, seven of nine is not that odd name after this one :P

[@zoecchampoux]

Thank goodness I live in Montana aswell. I would die if I saw a cakroch. But there perrty fascinating

[@JaysonMcLeod]

I always get so excited when people talk about Saskatchewan. Even if we are about to get killed by a swarm of insects.

[@osmia]

Awesome episode! Love Dr. Six's attitude. Can you get her back for a return engagement?

[@bigeteum]

hank's face at 3:30 is the best!

[@YUniverseVideos]

Yes!! I'm also a "super believer" in consuming insects as a protein source.

[@VCheesey]

Why are people complaining about the volume? I turned the volume up to 100 and it was deafening. Are you using bad speakers? Headphones or earbuds would work better, I recommend them.

[@TimBowers]

Because it's quite compared to all other sound on my PC. And screw the idea of upgrading to pulse audio right now, that stuff is crazy. So I turned my volume up.... and got deafened by a Facebook notification.

[@MattisProbably]

Another fun fact about cockroaches: If you approach them with a vaccum cleaner from behind they turn around and run into the vaccum cleaner! XD That's because they interprete the air moving from their front to their back as an animal breathing on them. They think there is a predator in front of them so they turn around and run. But I don't know if this is true for all roaches...

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

I'm near Shaver Lake, Ca, 50 miles east of Fresno....Ponderosa and Jeffery Pine and are dying and it's not pretty. I just took down 75 pines, 15-36 inches diameter, 100 to 200 yrs old. They were green in June and dead in July. We have a mill so we have some beautiful blue stained wood. The die off so far is about 5 %, so far....

[@SirNeutral]

3:30. I immediately backed up to watch him make that expression again.

[@Gigaheart]

dat courting hiss.

[@MaraK_dialmformara]

Is "fungi" vs "funji" like "gif" vs "jif"?

[@QaRajhCreations]

Pfft, what's next? That we start calling the big cats for "gaguar"?

[@narc0manic]

Whaaat, I never knew that about cockroaches. So, if you cut off the head, it can't eat or see anymore, but what senses do they retain? Touch, probably, how about hearing (do cockroaches even have ears)?

[@Roxor128]

Quite a lot of variation in cockroaches. I live in Australia and the cockroaches that occasionally show up in my house (and promptly get returned to the garden) are little elliptical black ones about the size of a ten-cent coin.

[@miguelrothe6943]

As a fellow Floridian I can sympathize with the plight of Hank.

[@AtticusAmericanus]

Cockroach diplomacy must be difficult. All it takes is one wrong hiss to tell the tree that you are negotiating a treaty with (after they launched a chemical attack against innocent bugs) that you want to have sex with them. That would be incredibly #awkward .

[@toastsandwich]

she looks like a badass

[@bettigyv]

sharing the enthusiasm is the best kind of sharing

[@andrewofthelemon]

WE NEED MORE OF DIANA SIX

[@kelpsie]

Can someone please make a GIF of Hank 'court hissing'?

[@klarastern5597]

"battle the beetle" :)

[@Fyreblade]

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches! I may have cheered when I saw what Hank was holding. My fourth grade teacher kept some and some stick insects so I have some fond memories, unlike poor Hank xD

[@Poisuna]

GREAT Scitalk!