Welcome to Tokyosaurus, Today we have another japanese character origin video which we'll
go into depth to see where their design inspiration comes from as well as to give you a better
background of what the original character is all about.
So we'll be talking about Beetler from Yo-kai Watch.
Beetler is a rank B earth attributed Yo-kai of the brave tribe.
The yokai medallium states that Beetler is a young battler who fights with his horns
and fists.
He trains with his rival, Rhinoggin.
More on this guy later.
Beetler is an upright beetle that assumes a fighting stance with clothes that resemble
a japanese martial artist.
And he can evolve into the S rank Beetall when fused with a General's Soul.
So where is Beetler inspired from?
Rather than a yokai, Beetler is inspired directly from a stag beetle.
Or otherwise known as Kuwagatamushi.
Beetler's japanese name Kuwano Bushi which apparently translates directly to the meaning
of Kuwagatamushi (the stag beetle) which means Plow's Warrior.
So what's so interesting about a stag beetle anyways?
Apparently in Japan, the tradition of keeping pet insects is a very popular thing to do,
especially two types of beetles.
These two types of beetles are generally very nice to humans but the moment they see eachother.
They start fighting.
The first type is the Kuwagatamushi which is the stag beetle we were talking about earlier,
and the second type is the Kabutomushi which is the Rhinoceros Beetle and also the inspiration
for Rhinoggin who is Beetler's eternal rival.
But back to the stag beetle or Kuwagata, they are named for having double horns and can
grow to 2-3 inches long.
Their rivalry started as old as time, as bug fights has been in the history of Japan for
as long as people can remember.
It was the reason why people kept pet beetles and a whole economy of bug trading started.
In modern japan, not many kids would fight with real beetles they found around town as
there are just too many other things to play with these days.
But it's still something that appears on japanese TV and pet beetles these days are more for
collecting and showcasing purposes.
Nice beetles can get really expensive and kids most likely cannot afford them so it's
market geared towards older people actually.
As we find pet stores that sell fish exclusively, there are many shops in Japan that survive
on just selling beetles and beetle supplies.
The price of a beetle can range between 10 dollars to over 1000 USD for rarer ones.
So as an owner of expensive beetles, it's probably not the smartest thing to bring them
into fights where they can get hurt and even killed in the process.
As a pet itself, a beetle can be pretty high maintenance.
You have to keep the right levels of humidity, and their cages constantly gets dirtied which
needs to be cleaned regularly.
They spray their poop everywhere so it can get pretty annoying.
Stag beetles generally cost more than the rhinoceros beetle because they can live up
to 5 years whereas japanese rhinoceros beetles can only live for a little more than a year.
The stag beetle can hibernate over the winter which the owner has to simulate for . Stag
beetles can also fly so if you ever see one don't let that surprise you.
And finally, stag beetles cannot be put in the same cage as each other.
It is in their nature to fight other beetles and so if you want your beetle to live a long
and healthy life, it is best to keep them alone in their own case.
Japanese specific stag beetles are actually on the brink of extinction because of imported
stag beetle breeding as well as loss of natural habitat in the wild.
So it might be possible that in the near future with the constant crossbreeding, we won't
see these guys for much longer.
But anyways, hopefully that won't be the case and that's all about stag beetles for today.
What do you think of these japanese beetles?
Did you know people actually kept beetles as pets?
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