Bombardier Beetle Sprays Acid From Its Rear | Life | BBC Earth

These oogpister and bombardier beetles have developed a deadly defence mechanism - a sharp spray of boiling acid from the rear!

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[dankeykang]

The gecko imitating the beetle walk was surprisingly cute

[QueenStylin]

The beetle kicking the ants gave me quite a chuckle.

[sumedh]

The cinematography here is on a completely different level..

[SUPRIzEi]

I was not prepared for the "a mongoose" I did not realize this was the video

[brandonbarrett]

The lizard pretending to be a beetle was the most adorable thing

[watcher]

Lizard: "I'm gonna pull something known as a pro gamer move"
**changes teams**

[shakirashakira]

that lizard who impersonates the beetle is adorable

[bosshum]

I've always wondered how the camera crew are able to shoot at such macro levels so precisely at the exact moments. Simply mind-blowing. Surely gives us a great POV of how hard lives of other creatures are in this world and how much granted we take our lives

[michaeljaeschke]

He's melting himself to kill like 2 ants he's a mad man!

[AlexiaBobadilla]

0:45 THAT ANT BEING THROWN SOUNDED LIKE A FOOTBALL IM DYING-

[DingleDarn]

Beetle: I've perfected this walk for kicking off ants who might gang up on me.

Lizard: ima beetle hurr hurr durr

[louis-b]

1:04
HE SAID THE THING! PLEASE LAUGH!

[shareika]

02:08 The lizard casually "crouchy walking" in the opposite direction the very second after the actual beetle left the screen cracked me up. That's hilarious, like from some kids-movie.

[itreallydoesntmatter]

I can’t be the only one who laughed at him kicking the ants

[thadicus]

0:34
“The ants launch a counterattack, and nip his ankles”
“But he simply kicks them out of the way”
he was not lying 😂 that beetle was sending those ants

[LiquidSoapDrinker]

The sound design is so good to make the insects seem both powerful and small at the same time

[chichan]

That Black beetle kicked those ants like a soccer ball.

[SumProject]

Ant: "When I grow up, I want to go to the moon!"

Beetle: "Why WAIT?" 0:41

[alphakretin]

1:02 I can literally feel my sanity slipping away from me

[randomj_]

2:11 "what are you looking at? Can't see I'm a very dangerous beetle?"