The only Costa Rican vinegaroon

[@anthonydavies6021]

It is a true joy to have a new video from you. I so admire your attitude towards the natural world and all living things. Apart from when you allow things to bite or sting you, we don't know what unintended assaults you may incur in your work? Your in-depth knowledge is really impressive, and makes me wish I had been true to my childhood dream of being a zoologist. The film quality is excellent. Altogether a real pleasure to watch.

[@GeneralApathy]

Thank you. The rate at which you see animals in these videos defend themselves is roughly representative of what happens off-screen as well.

[@bugsmetropolis1]

@@GeneralApathy Brilliant video dude! I’ve commented on some of your older vids and I’m so glad you’re back!

[@happyshooter01happyshooter44]

It's awesome seeing someone who just loves their passion, and doesn't have to perform to make it interesting for people who don't share it

[@jontancool9181]

The quality of you videos is the creme de la creme of youtube

[@phuriaxounetbfh1649]

Are you french? Or does the expression "creme de la creme" is also in the english vocabulary?

[@jontancool9181]

@@phuriaxounetbfh1649Its used that way in english too, its a saying. "The best of the best"

[@phuriaxounetbfh1649]

@@jontancool9181 Thx 😀

[@hcildwold1751]

I've been looking for this type of channel for a while, subbed.

[@wyrmeleon2002]

I'm so glad to see youve posted again! As someone who loves entomology and herpetology, you've quickly become my favorite "animal finding" channel. I love your calm attitude, your knowledge, and how respectful you are towards the organisms you find!

[@oliverhyde4316]

long shot but do you know any similar channels that look at ornithology? love this channel and want to find other similar ones

[@wyrmeleon2002]

@@oliverhyde4316 man, I wish. I haven't really found any birding channel that scratches that itch for me. The closest I know of is Stefano Ianiro. He primarily makes wildlife photography/homestead and habitat management videos, but I especially like his birding content.

[@frankdughtank8327]

Very Cool to see all the conehead termites gathering together to colonize another piece of wood!

[@AfroRyan]

Vinegaroons are such cool arachnids. I had one as a pet for some time and really enjoyed my time with her before she passed. I loved watching her dig, and she was very fun to feed. She was very scared of me at first but I made a point to always let her "smell" me before feedings, and it really didn't take long before she stopped displaying defensive signs and instead would come out in the open since she understood (in her way) that she was about to be fed.

[@iep_fnf]

I have ADHD and i don't usually watch full videos. But your videos are maybe the only ones i watch till the end.

[@mokeyallaucope8987]

you have tiktok brain*

[@Gonxp12]

Have you been diagnosed formally by a doctor?

[@iep_fnf]

@@Gonxp12 yeah

[@forral1614]

because mentaI iIInessess weren't invented untiI tiktok was?? You might be deveIopmentendIy stunted ngI@@mokeyallaucope8987

[@rakbladsvalsen218]

first line was unnecessary

[@sunny_muffins]

5:40 gentle *YOINK* Thanks for the additional info in the description about the termites. Now I can sleep peacefully. 😊 3:58 Those Taylor Swift scorpions are very cool!

[@kieranfranklin-baker6776]

Good to have these videos back!

[@hivehelepolis6591]

your back!! lol I rewatched a bunch of your old videos not even a week ago so this is an awesome suprise

[@Norre644]

Finally. Been waiting dude, glad to see u back!

[@frankdughtank8327]

Good to see you posting!

[@bugsmetropolis1]

You’re back!!

[@victorlemus482]

Thank you for showing all of these amazing creatures. It is great to see your uploads.

[@onicma8151]

I love your videos General Apathy!

[@alanmolox2095]

When I lived in El Paso TX, I was very fortunate to have been given a fairly large vinegaroon, which was very frightening to me but because I loved insects (and arachnids) I accepted him as my pet, I named him "Vinney". The reason I post this comment is because I noted that as you tried to put your specimen back down it was hesitant, and I can, from experience explain why: It is because they, like reptiles, love warm surfaces, mine loved to sit in the cruck of my arm, completely content to stay there while I typed letters home (I was in the Army at the time, posted at Fort Bliss). Vinegaroons are amazing little critters, quite unafraid of people, and docile.

[@zissou4978]

Wonderful video, I was able to discover new animals through you. The anole was especially cute and the Mayan Lichen Mantis was beautiful. Your knowledge, love and gentleness is admirable and I'm so grateful for your channel. Thank you for this uplaod!

[@GeneralApathy]

Thank you so much. :D

[@zissou4978]

@@GeneralApathy you're welcome!!!

[@Mortuus87]

Thank you for your videos. Travel safe, will be looking forward to the future treasures you have to show.

[@marsfeathers]

Absolutely gorgeous specimens and fantastic camera work and handling!!! I love how you cover these animals

[@oliverhyde4316]

these videos should get so many more views. it’s the best nature channel on youtube in my opinion. both relaxing and informational, i always learn something new

[@UmUs]

That was some interesting termite behaviour, I had never seen termites exposed like that, I'm glad you clarified thr reason for their behaviour.

[@Dustnuts]

This video was a really cool one! Great job again!

[@kkonaice]

Your back yessss!!!!!

[@Ty-bz7zx]

Great video... Relevant and concise info..joy to watch. tyvm.

[@it3ly800]

I was just watching one of your older videos an hour ago funny. Glad you uploaded a new one a few hours ago I was watching the one were you look for tarantulas in Panama.

[@it3ly800]

Sorry not an hour ago a few hours ago.

[@MemoGGG16]

Thanks for the video! Great info!

[@spencerthompson1049]

Wonderful video thank you for letting us tag along. The red coloration of the juvenile Valeriophonus nara is interesting, I wonder why they have it.

[@GeneralApathy]

It is likely not known in this case, but many species change in appearance with age because their niche also transitions.

[@Verminangel]

YAAAAAY WOOOW YIPPEE IM SO HAPPY THAT YOU UPLOADED YOU JUST MADE A GOOD DAY EVEN BETTER!!!!

[@GeneralApathy]

:D

[@realfnneato3111]

Always a great day when GA uploads a video

[@faithful_to_the_bay5487]

Love these vids !

[@SithMami]

So glad to see that you posted again, my friend! Those beetles in the beginning of the video are insane!!!!

[@pablodona5912]

OMG I was checking every day for a new video !!! So happy when I saw it !! Once again, thank you so much for such a perfect video !!!! Professional, informative and fascinating! It’s truly a real pleasure to watch and learn from the best !!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!🙏

[@BlackIronCollector]

look who's back from the dead

[@TeslaTales59]

Good to have you back! Those are big bugs!

[@TheBlargMarg]

I love how Vinegaroons are the most nightmarish looking, but chillest and friendliest critters ever. You couldn't even purposely get it to spray you which is funny.

[@silentandcliche]

I could be wrong but, from what I've seen, the majority of tarantulas fall in this category as well. Scary as hell but, actually really chill and have no real interest in biting humans. Still scare the hell out of me if I randomly happened upon one tho. Can't fight nature, I guess 🤷

[@cactusthestupid7222]

I am still a little afraid of huge bugs, but I think this video has made me slightly less so. The fact that you handled them without injury is comforting.

[@МихаилКовалев-ч5ц]

Very beautiful footage, I enjoyed alot

[@patrickduralia-il2xo]

You have no idea how long i ve been waiting for this video

[@16weblia]

Great footage and insight as always

[@imthebestmayne122]

0:49 no idea if it was intentional, but that was a cool transition

[@JadisVoid]

I just discovered this channel and I'm so happy that I did❤❤

[@triggerofdead]

Damn they look beautiful.

[@ilzambongo]

It's so incredible how rich the biodiversity in that small peninsula. Despite our size, the Osa Peninsula is full of all kinds of insects and animals. Hope you had a great time in Costa Rica. Pura vida!

[@justpassingby-iz9ku]

hope you had a great trip! thanks for the upload!

[@AFMR0420]

What a great video!

[@villain6208]

i love these videos wish i could explore somewhere like that

[@jozefhudak822]

You did amazing job. Thanks a lot.

[@howaboutataste]

Well, if Jurassic Park movies weren't enough to make me never want to move to Costa Rica, this clinches it.

[@Blues40]

Awesome video ! Thanks for sharing

[@FreerunningGamer]

Wow that's so interesting about the Termites!

[@cratecruncher4974]

Great collecting site. I love costa Rica. I occasionally spot stick insects up to 8" in length in my yard in Austin. Their northern range is incredible for such a huge insect.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Brilliant content. A++ Loooove it

[@beauxjames1419]

Been going to Costa Rica since I was 4 months old. From quepos to the osa. Turning 48 this year and I saw a couple things I’ve never seen in this video.

[@theendoftheworld9921]

6:45 cutest snake i ever seen

[@NYInsectFinders]

cool stuff as usual

[@malcontender6319]

0:39 Are those lobed compound eyes?!

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

I'm finding more and more Worm Snakes here in North Carolina. I'm 56yrs old and always lived in the "sticks" and never saw my first one till I was in my early 30's.

[@andyward8430]

I lived in the high desert in California for a while and came across a couple of vinegaroons. They looked like something out of a sci fi movie, like some mutated scorpion. As a kid they had an infamy to them because we knew they existed but you never really saw them.

[@leg414]

These look nasty! Where can I get one or two? Peace

[@webstertarrell9760]

insects and arachnids are by far the most awesome animals 😍

[@X-Gen-001]

I'm in Australia. I remember walking down the street one night with a friend and he picked up this huge Longhorn that was on the footpath, it cut right through the tip of his finger which then bled. He obviously mishandled it. Those mandibles are amazingly strong. Imagine having a bolt cutter for a face.😂

[@JustSushi0]

Hey man I love you channel. I am sure you know but I’ve seen a lot of people reupload your content to shorts on KZbin as well as Facebook. Idk if there is much you can do but maybe try to find them and comment your channel info on them as well as obviously reporting them

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

Omg I’m so glad I stayed in the water on my trips to Costa😂 I did go to the hot springs in the rain forest but NOT AT NIGHT! But we did witness and record an army ant parade where they like made a highway with ants standing up side by side with the colony traveling inside the road they had created. I will NEVER forget seeing that.

[@blazelo1301]

He’s back lfg

[@fernandoflores3161]

Nice! I have never seen those in my country! Can you look for Centruroides bicolor too? That is my favorite scorpion from Costa Rica!

[@avazquez01]

"Unfortunately i am going to wake it up" Anole: NOOO LET ME SLEEP

[@zackcanary7843]

Bro finally back on his account

[@M63Tod]

I had no idea I was so interested in insects until watching this video.

[@squidikka]

3:47 I had to listen to that twice. I thought you said "Taylor Swift scorpion."

[@onicma8151]

I can't unhear that now.

[@zissou4978]

same, but I still couldn't comprehend what he said

[@squidikka]

@@zissou4978 He says "The tailless whip scorpions"

[@zissou4978]

@@squidikka ooh, thanks for the clarification!

[@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL]

Lizards in your videos: is it the humans with the glass rectangles in our faces again?

[@nicholasratapu8500]

I know misty aint gonna like going this route, but ash made a promise to professor oak to fill up that pokedex

[@cosmicpsyops4529]

A new study said bugs fly around lights essentially because they are constantly trying to reorient themselves toward the sun/sky.

[@remo6743]

"Hey guys, wanna go fishin" lookin ahhhhh lizard lmao

[@RapidReptiles13]

BROOOO remember me? Im the kid that asked you if feather millipedes lived in Tennessee!!! I was your 3 000 sub too!!! I love your channel and i made my own. Im heading to florida tomorow in search of scorpions and reptiles. If you could check me out that would be AWESOME

[@raphlvlogs271]

people often mistake termites as a type of ants but they don't even look alike as individuals

[@alexthompson9876]

i thought i was tough untill i watched this.

[@adamheeley285]

Its funny how calm these animals when handled

[@espanadorada7962]

Hell yeah

[@UmUs]

10:36 Katydid jumpscare

[@drop830]

Yeah thats all fine and good, but what do they taste like?

[@samueljohnson4738]

There are soo many monsters in the jungle.

[@kermitoz7734]

Coooolll

[@chriskolb3105]

MORE CONTENT MAN!

[@Amunz0r]

@1:26 There seems to be quite a few creatures in the still frame.

[@josephmedina6403]

The only time we see Vinegaroons in AZ is during monsoon rains

[@imogen1]

1:50 Me when UFO

[@highdesertsunset3011]

they get HUGE in South New Mexico

[@thureintun1687]

😧😰😬😬 Don't you scare?!! DON'T YOU SCARE!!!???

[@yatagan3072]

hey don't be sad The only Costa Rican vinegaroon time

[@cronoscruise8501]

Fan from Pakistan

[@aprilk141]

We have giant water bugs in minnesota. Related?

[@guppiefang]

What happens if you touch that frog? Is it really poisonous to humans?

[@drivenmad7676]

I had a job opportunity in Costa Rica. I m glad i didn't go.

[@keefsmiff]

Holy crap ..we have mice smaller than those bugs

[@moustachio334]

Costa Rica trip has just been canceled

[@It_Puts_The_Lotion_On_Its_Skin]

My opps are some vinegaroons.

[@nathanhale7444]

Well I can add Costa Rica to my list of places never to visit lol

[@sitindogmas]

thise are some biggus assus buggus and cool as fuckus

[@coltonthorpe7812]

You ever wonder what these bugs and animals are thinking when they get grabbed, held in place, looked at for ten minutes, then just...put back right where they were? It's really got to mess with their hunter/hunted mindset.

[@parmesanzero7678]

Insects are pretty much stimulus-response. Their behaviors are pretty deterministic. I don’t know if its experience is altered at all once it is no longer in the situation of being picked up and out down when it is unharmed.