What's This Man Doing With His Other Hand? | QI

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This clip is from QI Series M, Episode 15, 'Mix and Match' with Stephen Fry, James Acaster, Bill Bailey and Jo Brand.

[@peterclarke7006]

Bill's anecdote adds a whole new level to the idea of the bloke not wanting to go home to face the missus "cos she'll bite my 'head off, so she will..."

[@sandrosliske]

It does warm the heart knowing that there is a creature out there that only wants to feed off humans.

[@puirYorick]

Alas. Poor mantis.

[@sirrichel9155]

What an allstar cast. Looks like a good episode

[@titanic1800]

"Finger stuck in a moose" 😂 Love Jo Brand!

[@rino09876]

Never been more disappointed that nobody went for the klaxon.

[@EriktheRed2023]

The whole 'decapitate and anaesthetize' rigmarole seems rather an arduous process to go through. Would the mosquitoes decline to copulate if offered the opportunity? And if they decline, maybe tell them what's in store if they persist?

[@Yvolve]

Knowing which male mated with which female. This can be important in research using gene editing. There was a study where they wanted to know if they could genetically engineer mosquito DNA to make all female offspring infertile. This was an attempt to get rid of mosquitos in certain areas. I'm not sure if it worked out but judging by the amount of mosquitos still left, it hasn't.

[@JonasHamill]

@@Yvolve It actually was very successful, and several places have deployed thousands of these into the wild. At least one such example is California (there's a Tom Scott video on the subject if you're interested). It's just a long game and will take time for it to be fully effective.

[@Yvolve]

@@JonasHamill Very interesting, I never knew! I'll check out the video, thanks!

[@pseudonayme7717]

@@JonasHamill Won't that decimate bird populations? 🤔

[@blessyourheart716]

​@@pseudonayme7717 no

[@JakubS]

straight jorkin' it

[@MartintheTinman]

Bill broke the Bro Code

[@crossmr]

After 15 years in Korea, I can tell you that Asian mosquitoes are very lazy. They're slow, but built like tanks. Canadian mosquitoes are light and fast, but you can kill them easy. Korean mosquitoes will shrug off a hammer, and when they bite you, it tends to swell up for about 3 days.

[@ToddNZMTB]

Worst mozzie bite I ever had was in Busan a few years ago, palm of my hand and 1 finger knuckle, lasted for ages so I can confirm! 🔨

[@suzanneweekes6425]

A perfect description of Korean mosquitoes!

[@youremakingprogress144]

How did they find out that a decapitated male mosquito could still fertilize a female mosquito? Who thought to experiment with that?

[@Yvolve]

Someone who needed to be sure a specific male mated with a specific female. Probably also to study the reproductive system.

[@angemaidment5640]

Scientists trying to justify their grant money

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@@angemaidment5640 in this case it appears the grant money wasn’t just justified, but money well spent

[@redbeard5939]

​@angemaidment5640 given how grants work, the researcher had to come up with the idea and then convince someone to give them money for it. So not only did the one person think of it but someone else thought, "what a great idea"

[@rtyuik7]

"welp, weve tested just about every other situation and factor, but we cant exactly Return these mosquitos, so what should we do with them Now?" '...wanna see what they can do without their heads?' "fuggit, why not?"

[@iagree5313]

So, (am following the Post office Scandal) this is a welcome relief. I reckon Bill's comment in this series is, looking back at the screen, "Ah, ..It's .. something to do .. with this" 😂

[@twocvbloke]

Well obviously it wouldn't be the other M that people were obviously thinking, he's a right-handed guy given he's using his left for feeding the mozzies... :P

[@jama211]

Crazy!

[@cessactdm]

the lady is srsly funny

[@wendelynmusic]

No moose in Tennessee

[@SimonFrack]

Sounds like a court case waiting to happen.

[@IOSALive]

QI, Yay! I liked this video so much, it made me smile!

[@mannmctrash]

You know, when you buy subscribers you're supposed to make it believable.

[@TheModicaLiszt]

Bogies

[@Peter_Enis]

A bit of Bill Cosby science going on?

[@Awoody1987]

I think they only sentenced him to prison, but the Me Too movement might not be opposed to decapitation.

[@glenjones6980]

The decapitate and anaesthetize scenario sounds like the shenanigans many nightclubs play host to at the weekend.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

"they're odd. These Asian .. mosquitoes.... They're really quite lazy". Oh Stephen. What a difference one word makes.

[@gijoel]

That's some silence of the lambs shit right there. Do they put the male mosquito's bodies in their office's crawl space?

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

Why is there a Cyrillic T in with the M series ?

[@guarddog318]

"The female pounced and bit his head off!" Yeah, that sounds about right. 😱🤣🤣

[@TimDoherty]

Mastication

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

Micturating?

[@jcskyknight2222]

“They kill more, as you know, than wars.” Ah, simpler times… (This is hyperbole rather than fact)

[@Yvolve]

Mosquitos infect 700 million people a year, killings tens of millions of them. It is estimated that around 108 billion people have lived in total, with mosquitos killing an estimated 52 billion of them. They really do kill more people than wars.

[@mp4986]

Masticating?

[@john.premose]

And some animals "supply" the blood, he says in an ashamed half tone, because he knows what cruelty that involves but is too cowardly to say anything about it.

[@marcanderson8669]

I wish Steven Fry would stop mumbling

[@mepatton]

Yes, we remember when Q.I. was watchable.