This Stick Insect Has a Peppermint-Scented Secret Weapon - Deep Look
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Date: 2025-12-13
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ImBatman-p69
Nature is so cool. This to me is what life is all about. Just himans working together trying to figure things out, understand it and evolve. We coexist with eachother, the environment and earth. I want to hear positive stories from each country. We're all working together for the betterment of mankind and our ecosystems
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Nature is so cool. This to me is what life is all about. Just himans working together trying to figure things out, understand it and evolve. We coexist with eachother, the environment and earth. I want to hear positive stories from each country. We're all working together for the betterment of mankind and our ecosystems
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deeplook
The video production is top tier. The stick bug was a interesting topic. Had one negative comment about your narration. But your inflection perfectly matched the video topic. You have a fan. What lies ahead for you I am curious. But the production values show you have the talent for sure!
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The video production is top tier. The stick bug was a interesting topic. Had one negative comment about your narration. But your inflection perfectly matched the video topic. You have a fan. What lies ahead for you I am curious. But the production values show you have the talent for sure!
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kevinmunger1842
With all the food and various other exposures, I now wonder if there is any evidence that we have done the same to cope with our environment. I'd love to have a built in defense spray or other adaptation.
The closest I can think of is asparagus pee, but that is short lived.
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With all the food and various other exposures, I now wonder if there is any evidence that we have done the same to cope with our environment. I'd love to have a built in defense spray or other adaptation.
The closest I can think of is asparagus pee, but that is short lived.
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BrandAccount-z9e
Doesn't seem like the defence was evolved for or effective against ants, and likely not for any other invertebrate predator either; it is more likely to be against larger vertebrate predators, the spray is known to be highly irritating if it gets into your eyes.
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Doesn't seem like the defence was evolved for or effective against ants, and likely not for any other invertebrate predator either; it is more likely to be against larger vertebrate predators, the spray is known to be highly irritating if it gets into your eyes.
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TongThao-z1d
This makes sense now. The smell of peppermint out of nowhere is these guy. I thought it was my aura smelling good. I knew I was being delusional. Thank you for clearing this for me. There's a moving stick in the leaves, gotcha. Not my aura.
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This makes sense now. The smell of peppermint out of nowhere is these guy. I thought it was my aura smelling good. I knew I was being delusional. Thank you for clearing this for me. There's a moving stick in the leaves, gotcha. Not my aura.
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stephenbrand5661
The southern two-striped walking stick can spray a burning fluid into your eyes if you mess with them, and they’re extremely accurate.
I got sprayed in the eyes by one as a kid in Florida and it was awful!
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The southern two-striped walking stick can spray a burning fluid into your eyes if you mess with them, and they’re extremely accurate.
I got sprayed in the eyes by one as a kid in Florida and it was awful!
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deeplook
at least there are animals in Australia that can't potentially kill you, unless you are allergic to the chemicals in which case you're probably going to die if you don't have the proper medicine with you.
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at least there are animals in Australia that can't potentially kill you, unless you are allergic to the chemicals in which case you're probably going to die if you don't have the proper medicine with you.
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Orca19904
The two-striped walkingstick (Anisomorpha buprestoides) found in the southern US has an almost identical defensive ability, except it lacks the pleasant smell of its Australian cousin.
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The two-striped walkingstick (Anisomorpha buprestoides) found in the southern US has an almost identical defensive ability, except it lacks the pleasant smell of its Australian cousin.
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arthurg8515
amazing visuals but even more surprising amazing sounds too! The instruments that play with every spray and even leg shaking is a very nice touch! Shows this is a high quality video
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amazing visuals but even more surprising amazing sounds too! The instruments that play with every spray and even leg shaking is a very nice touch! Shows this is a high quality video
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thecommanderjb
I went to the daintree rainforest earlier this year and found a bunch of them. They're defense smells very nice although I've been told it can be irritating for us humans too
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I went to the daintree rainforest earlier this year and found a bunch of them. They're defense smells very nice although I've been told it can be irritating for us humans too
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icohorsie
can we just talk about that at 2: 55 literally just 4-5 tiny ants holding that WHOLE stick insect only by the antenna plus even other ants on it
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can we just talk about that at 2: 55 literally just 4-5 tiny ants holding that WHOLE stick insect only by the antenna plus even other ants on it
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deeplook
I was so confused because I only know those ants as weaver ants since they used silk from their larva to weave leaves together to form their nest.
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I was so confused because I only know those ants as weaver ants since they used silk from their larva to weave leaves together to form their nest.
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smurfyday
Trump's crippled public broadcasting & scientific research. It's as if he were carrying out Putin's orders to destroy his rival.
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Trump's crippled public broadcasting & scientific research. It's as if he were carrying out Putin's orders to destroy his rival.
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pastek957
Throwback to the time I bought a peppermint plant to repel slugs from my window, and they ended up getting attracted and ate it
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Throwback to the time I bought a peppermint plant to repel slugs from my window, and they ended up getting attracted and ate it
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deeplook
For a predator that relies on scents and pheromones, hitting them with a peppermint spray is like throwing a flash-bang at us.
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For a predator that relies on scents and pheromones, hitting them with a peppermint spray is like throwing a flash-bang at us.
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caspianchan2371
Are those really small ants These ants look like they would annihilate a colony of black ants that I'm familiar with.
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Are those really small ants These ants look like they would annihilate a colony of black ants that I'm familiar with.
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1. 4142
So technically there could be thousand year old peppermint spray molecules that have been passed on for countless generations
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So technically there could be thousand year old peppermint spray molecules that have been passed on for countless generations
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