So you think I'm really cute? Geez Internet, what have you been watching
[Jesse]: Oooooh Look at him! His little face and the big eyes
Okay ya, that's pretty cute You're right
But some animals are just so far from cute
That they can only be described as 'BLEH' or 'ewwww' or [shiver]
[sigh]
I'm Jesse, this is Animal Wonders Montana
And I'm about to show you some creepy crawly animal goodness
(Intro Music)
Imagine yourself relaxing on a vacation in South America
basking in the warm sun of the deserts of Chile
reading an awesome book, when you feel a little...tickle
on the back of your arm...
You slowly turn around
and you see... huh, oh, it's just a scrub brush blowing against you
so you move a little bit, readjust
Turn back to your book and AHHHH
8 eyes, 8 furry legs, and two pointy venomous fangs!
Who wouldn't love this guy, right?
This is Fluffy, the Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula
These tarantulas are so amazing 'cause their specialized hairs
called Urticating hairs, and it's not located on the front side, that scary side
it's actually located on the back side
They use these urticating hairs to defend themselves when they feel threatened
by a potential predator, like you
They do this by kicking those urticating hair off their abdomen with their back legs
and they become lodged in the eyes and soft facial tissues of the predator
If that doesn't deter you, they're going to turn right back around,
rise up, showing off those beautiful venom filled fangs
If you're a cricket you should be very scared right now
There are about 800 species of tarantulas
and luckily none of them are deadly to humans
Of course there are plenty of other animals that are deadly
and would happily eat you, or at least lay their young inside you
to eat you after they hatch
Luckily, we don't have any parasites to show you
But we do have one of the largest scorpions in the world!
This is Professor Claw, the Emperor Scorpion
another eight legged arachnid
Emperor Scorpions are found in the forest floors and savannahs
of many areas of Africa and they're best known
for that black color and their enormous claws
Of course there's a little something on the back end too
but who really cares about that
It's just a venom filled Telson, ready to potentially
inject you with life-ending fluid
Yeah, about that deadly venom...
well, about 25 species of scorpions can kill a human
Of course there's 1750 species
so your chances of not dying are fairly high
This is one of her baby scorplings
three months old, come on it's cute! Look how cute, it's a baby!
It has to be cute
...okay maybe it's kind of creepy
Aw, look at the creepy scorpling...
So most people don't have to worry about massive tarantulas or
enormous scorpions hiding out in their shoe
But no one will go untraumatized
If you turn on the light and you saw the quick scurry of
a 100 six legged uninvited house guests
Hello cockroaches!
They don't have eight legs like our scorpions or our spiders
that's what makes them the misfits of our little show here
Oh, poor little cockroaches...
all left out in the six legged corner, can't sit at the eight legged cool table
Poor little guy, being teased--called insect and dirty decomposer
don't you feel sorry for this little bugger
Cockroaches don't need your pity, they're indestructible forces of nature
this guy's costume for halloween is the headless horseman
and it's better than yours because he actually goes headless
Just cause he can
Of course it will only live for about two weeks cause he'll eventually die of starvation
but it's totally worth it
I bet you never looked a cockroach in the eye and told him how you really felt
Here's your chance
This little cutie, I-uhhh, creepy just molted
and you can see her little black eyes, being adorable
...I'm terrified. She's absolutely terrifying
Cockroaches come in over 4000 species but no one cares about the amazing diversity
or the adaptive awesomeness of the cockroach
But you should
Instead it's all about the scurrying and the scuttling and the creepy-crawly-ness
So the next time you're out for a midnight snack, don't turn on that light
you're gonna scare away all your six legged friends
who just want to be like the cool kids
And when your little baby kitty is so cute and adorable
playing with the shoelaces, remember, Professor Claw's cousin might be hanging out
in your shoe
waiting
for that vulnerable toe
And the next time you're watching little Miss Cuteness being
all cute and adorable and fluffy on YouTube
remember the real Fluffy
Because she'll be the one perched in the corner
watching over your shoulder
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Oh wait, that's a cockroach