Giant Asian Forest Scorpion , Heterometrus spinifer rehouse and care
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- Giant Asian Forest Scorpion , Heterometrus spinifer rehouse and care
The Giant Forest Scorpion is one of the most popular scorpions in the hobby collected in huge numbers we must do all we can to breed these fantastic scorpions to sustain there numbers in captivity and help reduce the amount collected from the wild or we will face the same problem the Emperor scorpion has suffered over the past 40 years .
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That Scorpions mouth parts are CRAZY looking 😧😳😲
Very impressive, Watching it eat was fascinating as I didn’t have a clue as to how those great big jaws worked.
“That’s a good 7 inches” made my wife giggle, I didn’t think she was even listening. 😂
Cheeky 😂😂😂
You have a cable hanging across the top left of your image today, I spent the first two minutes of the video thinking I had a cracked screen 😂😂
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Same!!😂
I didn't 😬🤣🤣🤣
That's funny I see that now that you point that out.
I thought it was a hair. I kept blowing on the phone screen. Lol
Oh wow he/she is huge lol
I've never seen one eat so close up that's so interesting
Very nice looking and shiny
Great video guys 😊👍🏻
Thanks for watching!❤️
Camera lady always does such a great job.
Hi Dave and Camera Lady, hope you’re both well and had a great weekend.
Wow! What an incredible video that was!
It was definitely up for some fun at the start, wasn’t it!? That’s the first time I’ve seen one of these, I think 🤔 It’s the Hyde v’s Jekyll. The gentleman and vagabond 😊😊
It would make a mess of your fingers for sure 😮
Cracking footage from Camera Lady, with it having a munch on the roach 🪳
Thanks for sharing!
Take care and have a great week ahead 💙💕🥰😘🕷️xxxx
They are awesome things ❤
My scorpion is the 1 animal I tong feed I love it .. he will walk around with like 3 crickets in his mouth he's like a little tank😅
One of the things that I really love and enjoy about you is the absolute joy and enthusiasm you still have for the hobby. And there are many occasions when you are absolutely giddy!❤❤❤
I’m still amazed by much of what we see ❤❤❤
Epic footage! Well done Camera-lady!❤
Another awesome video. Not so much my cup of tea but interesting none the less. Thanks again for all you guys do to keep us interested. Much love and respect!!!
Glad you enjoyed it❤️❤️
Beautiful scorpion thanks Dave and Camera Lady xxx
I just got a 2 inch captive breed Asian forest !! 🖤 a friend of mine gave me one of his babies
Dave is 100% correct when it comes to captive breeding!
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Dave, you're an absolute LEGEND! Calm and still as a cucumber you are. 😁 As you've said, this is a wonderful creature and I'd dare to say very clever. Thank you for sharing this one with us. Very fascinating to watch. 👍🏻
Thank you kindly❤️🙏
Brilliant video guys scorpion is beautiful thank you guys xxxx 😊
Scorpions 🦂 are very fascinating creatures. I’m certain they are a kick to watch, but that’s an intimidating stinger. Can’t wait for an update on your giant centipede. Take care you two!
The Heterometrus and Pandinus scorps aren't very dangerous at all. A bee usually does more damage than these guys. Yes, the stinger obviously hurts, but local swelling and a bit of pain is all you'll get
That's an Emperor. Amber stinger and bumpy claws....Asian Forest scorpions have a black stinger and smooth shiny claws.
I was gonna say the same thing
I’ve not got a scorpion yet but I’ve been doing a lot of research to get ready for one and as soon as I saw the amber stinger I thought the same thing.
Love Dave’s channel though. Just searched his channel for scorpion content specifically as I remember seeing some!
I think this one made Camera Lady a little bit nervous at the very end there! I was nervous from the start! LOL Dave- was like a kid with a new Puppy! This proves that Scorpions are not the only interesting creatures on this planet. I love you guys! Peace.
They are nothing to be afraid of just respect them ❤
The pectin or "wings" of the male are larger. Also more in number then the female. Absolutely beautiful creatures!
Waiting for mine to mature to breed them.
Fingers crossed!
I stand behind you with that rant mate 💪🏻💪🏻
We should be doing all we can throughout the hobby my friend 🙏
I've had my AFS for a little over a year, now, and he is literally a pet rock lol He's pretty durpy, if you know what I mean 😆He very RARELY comes out of his burrow, but when he does, he really enjoys his water hole and a few minutes-long shower! (with the watering bottle) Feeding them is fun, since you really just have to hold the prey in front of their pinchers and if they want it they'll grab it. I've never seen mine use his stinger one time. I love this species so much. Even though mine may be a pet rock, he's got my heart and has a super fun personality
Y'alls is GORGEOUS! I never really thought I'd be into scorpions, but now I'd love to have more. They're so fascinating and fun and beautiful
No justification for wild collecting of anything imo. There’s plenty of species being captive bred now. Really sad what happened to the emperor, they are such nice creatures. Ps this one actually was quite well behaved after the initial grab, no attempt to sting or pinch.
It looks so metallic with its shiny exoskeleton , and something I wouldn't like to angry at me . For the first time watching your videos I actually felt sorry for the roche what a horrible death being eaten alive . With the tarantul they get killed by the venom first. You did make up a lovely new home for him . As always fabulous work Camera lady, until next time 🥰 Merry Christmas to the both of you 🎄🎉😃 and to all the Daves little beasties family here on TH-cam 🎄🥳xx
Merry Christmas to you too my friend ❤❤❤
👍👍👍👍👍 this is good to know sir Dave I have 4 spinnifer 2 female, 1 male and one unsexed raised from slings
You raised scorpions from spiderlings? impressive ;)
That's awesome❤️🙏
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Thanks so much Dave this is exactly what I needed .I think I will be cutting back on the feeding of mine as well as getting some new tubs today to rehouse them .I was hoping to see what ventilation you have on that tub . But a beautiful Scorpion and some great footage . 👍
Judge your ventilation on keeping your environment damp
@@daveslittlebeasties OK great so I will start with not too much .
"Thanks", Dave, ....now I want a scorpion...
Keep it up, you are the Bob Ross of invertebrate keepers!
Thank you 🙏
Hehehe, when you said the scorpion likes to muck about at night, I imagined him digging a wee garden in his enclosure, with a tiny garden rake and a little light on a pole, and grumbling to himself the whole time :D
NICE! I was literally waiting for this vid to hear your advice on them... rehoused 2 the other week, and I've got one more coming up soon
Side note, these are not my first. Yes, I have successfully bred these IN captivity(using a male and a female, and watching them do their dance). It was remarkably easy and I've got pics to prove it, lol.
If anyone is trying to and has any questions, feel free to put them here, and I will make an effort to check back and make sure I reply to them 😊
another fine educational video PROFF promoting the scorpion spices of animal. a gruesome scene with the roach having its head munched on. i love the information on these animals to help the hobby and promoting the care for wild caught animals. some great footage CAMERA LADY. many thanks guys and take care
Many thanks my friend ❤️🙏
So funny, I got back from buying 3 well shoulda been 2 but he had no change and got a 3rd for half price. Anyway back on point, I bought 3 scorpions myself today ( Parabuthus Transvaalicus) and when I came home I see uncle uploaded a scorpion video . What a day for scorpions . 😁
Great vid. Love seeing some scorpions here and there.
Thanks 👍
That must be one of the biggest scorpion species in the world.
Brilliant video Dave, that's a stunning scorpion 🦂 Dave, and should be bred in captivity to protect what's left in the wild, as you rightly said Dave, anyway Dave another super job by yourself and camera 📷 lady Dave.
Thank you George and yes we must do all we can to breed in captivity all the things we keep 🙏
This was a great video! A beautiful animal. I liked the way you stressed captive breeding to protect the wild populations. And thanks for the demonstration of scorpion "body language". ("Life is less demanding when there is understanding.")
Thank you very much!❤️🙏
Hi Dave That is a beautiful Asian Forest Scorpion. Very large. So shiny. The pinchers are huge. You always make such nice enclosures. The mouth parts were very interesting. Thanks for all of the information about this scorpion. I hope that you have great success breeding them. It's so sad that they are still collecting them from the wild. I hope that they will not disappear in the wild. You were so gentle handling that scorpion. Excellent video from camera lady. Have a nice day.❤🦂Cindy
Thank you 🙏 ❤
I love your UK timing bc its when im EST avoiding bed ❤
Another fun video! Thanks again Dave and camera lady!
Hello Dave and Camera Lady. Just a quick hello. Loved the scorpion! He has quite the personality. I was surprised. I am leaving for Colorado on Tuesday to be there for my mum as she leaves this mortal coil. It is a very sad thing to lose a parent and I am a bit of a mess. You will see me again. Take care and love each other. Life is too short.😢
Sorry for your loss 🙏 God be with you my friend ❤️
So sorry to hear this I hope you take care of yourselves in such tough times you will be in our thoughts ❤❤❤❤❤
I have had a Heterometrus laoticus (think that is how its spelled lol) for around 5 years now, have never once seen it eat (food goes in and disappears), or moult lol! Think I should look at getting a spinifer now, seem far more energetic
Hello great video information and rehousing Dave
Dave, I just can't take to the scorpions. The are frightening to me. You and Camera Lady have a wonderful holiday season! 🎄❄️⛄️
Unfortunately Dave in south east Asia , Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos etc these cool scorpions are collected for the tourist trade as a snack which brings down the numbers immensely. I love these scorpions and have a lovely communal of more than 2 dozen and all siblings and would love for them to have more babies.
They are communal?
@@jacobhoward7288 when they were born I kept them all together and I’ve never had any problems with them and they all get in well together
@drdoolittlefishhobbyist6055 that's really cool! I love how they do well, communally.
Yes many animals suffer more at the hands of their local population than external pressures , often the locals don’t see the threat and often need the income provided ❤
This is one of the most absolutely amazing arthropods I have ever seen. I concur with your plan as stated at 13:16. This scorpion could use more height so the movement of its metasoma won't be restricted.
My mum thinks I'm nuts cuz I spent the whole video thinking this scorpion was being ridiculously cute 😆
He deffo lives up to his name what a great specimen he is, fingers crossed with breeding success Dave n great work Camera Lady .
Thank you 🙏 ❤
Thank for you another great video 😊 Also thank you for pointing out the importance of making the hobby self sustaining. Lastly, congrats with the 85k subscribers 🥳🎉
Thank you so much ❤
Enjoyed this a lot. I am a fan of scorpions, amazing creatures that were part of my collection for several years.
It has a lovely enclosure! 😍
Thank you! 😊
Stunning! They're very lively. It hurts already just looking at this stinger😉
They're really not that bad. Not that I Know, but even though these are a bit more defensive, I didn't see a single time when it was actually threatening to Use its tail. They're big bluffers... just, don't call their Bluff. Show them respect and you'll be fine 🙂
Such a beautiful shiny scorpion 🦂, very impressive but not scary I think if you handle them with respect! I like this one...
🌨🎄☃️Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year dear Dave and Sweet Camera Lady!☃️🎄🌨
Merry Christmas to you too ❤❤❤
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Wow, that was bloody amazing, I have never seen a scorpion eating the mouth is rather different than I imagined! My adult son was watching the video but his first words were not kind, bizarrely enough he is petrified by scorpions we don’t get many in cold wet wales! I love how shiny they are , but those pinchers must be very cumbersome! Thank you for such an interesting video! 😊
That is a very big lady! Awesome video dave I've a massive soft spot for forest scorps
Thanks 👍
another great video thanks!. He was indeed mucking about haha
Mrs Camera Lady and Dave! 😁👋🏼☺️
Big feller wasn't being aggressive it was just hungry lol
This is a perfect representation of my astrological sign of Scorpio. Cool, calm, handsome, defensive, confident, and clumsy. 😊
And stubborn 😂
❤❤that scorpion sure wanted to go on a walk-about! He's huge Dave! And determined to get out lol. Another brilliant video from the Beastie Room. See you soon!
Thanks so much❤️🙏
Could watch your videos all day Dave! As well as being so helpful and informative it’s just great viewing
Thank you so much 😊
Holy moly I didn’t expect them to get that BIG!! I’ve got a female and she’s about 5 inches long and I thought that was it. Looks like she’s got more growing to do haha
Thanks for sharing. Absolutely fascinating. I was wondering what the yellow part was. I've never seen a scorpion eat. Truly awesome.
I gauge my animals individually but i have been led to believe the Asian forest scorpion is known to be more docile than you believe is baseline.
Scorpions are intriguing but honestly not knees on my bees. I am more an arachnid junky. Thanks for the description!
Never kept scorpions, got myself 8 Tarantulas at the moment, hopefully getting a scorpling H. spinifer soon! Looking through as many youtube videos as I can, and doing as much research as possible beforehand
Morning Dave & Camera lady what an educational video the Mrs bought me an Asian forest scorpion and they are such an amazing creature to have in my collection i've called her Raven and with a uv light they look out of this world
great video ,happy Christmas
Thank you! You too!❤️❤️❤️
My mind went: Touch it, touch it, touch it
Cute stubborn lil fella
Lovely scorpion dave thie time around ove found many new in sights into the hobby and want to do more to give back and breeding is at the forefront i may get into scorpions and breed them too as we need those numbers up love the ending when cameralady told you to get the lid on hahahha 😂
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Fortunately, I have a baby captive bred, not captive hatched, from someone a few hours away. My first scorpion also.
What an awesome critter. My friend had one of these and a dune scorpion, that looked like an opal on its belly. 😊
I haven't been very keen about Scorpions but after watching this video I might just get one! fascinating! cheers to you both.
I really enjoyed this video. I have 3 of them, got them in summer but they don't seem to grow that fast, feeding them number 3 crickets every other week
What an absolute beauty
Awesome looking scorpion Dave. I have a Heterometrus Loaticus sub adult and a scorpling, future project hopefully. 🤞
Good luck 🤞
The sting from one of those feel more like a bee sting, slightly itchy and uncomfortable but nothing bad. Mine stung me when refilling its water dish haha
It hurts more to poke your finger with a needle.
Heterometrus is likely to calm down once they get a decent place to hide. They're very likely to retreat once settled in.
I absolutely love the look of this beautiful specimen! Huge admiration for these beasts. And..my starsign is scorpio 😎❤ Thank you Dave and Camera Lady for this awesome footage 👍👍
Will be exciting to see you try to breed these guys 🤞🤞
That's the plan!👍
Fabulous.
I will confess that until very very recently, like last week recently scorpions were a big NOPE for me. Way more skeeved out by them (and crabs) than anything else. Definitely worse than spiders ever were before I cured my arachnophobia and filled my kitchen with tarantulas.
That was was until pretty much all of my favorite channels/creators have featured scorpions in the last month 🤣
So yeah, this video is now bookmarked for the inevitable time my impulsive nature gets the better of me and I have a new (captive bred) scorpion friend.
Another banging video Dave. Can you do more of scorpions/Centipedes please?
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I love how you keep saying how comfortable he is as he is actively trying to get away. 🤣 How can you not be impressed by these amazing critters. They can go just as fast backwards as forward. That is something I didn't know. That is so damn impressive. I can barely go forward, let alone backward. 😂Oh Merry Christmas to you and Camera Lady! Best wishes to you and your family and friends. I don't know if there will be another vid before as it's getting close, and people are traveling to see family/friends or vice versa and they are hosting family/friends. Thanks again for another great vid! 🕷❤
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WOW what a Scorpion you sure you dont have a Lobster there Dave lol yeah they do get to a decent size I need to get back into my Scorpions again I do have a Giant Flatrock and shes a bit crazy for the species but they are STUNNING
I'm definitely a T guy, but I can see the appeal of these guys!
Love ❤️ it good job
Same thing happened with the flat rock scorpion and African burrowing scorpion, one ever bred them and now they’ve all but disappeared from the hobby
He just wanted to explore the beastie room. 😂 beautiful creature. Very impressive.
Wow, that was an awesome video! I’ve never watched a scorpion for that amount of time. It seemed so personable and social 😂 I think it’s just the claws, they really make it seem curious. Also, the fact that it doesn’t move around as fast as spiders might be a reason it seems more chill. Seems like a really cool pet to have! Awesome job handling it at the end, Dave! Really cool to watch those little claw things work when it was eating too, I didn’t know they had those
Glad you enjoyed it!❤️
really giant
I've come to have a sting of a good time.
quite a beastie , beautiful, I hope you have a great success breeding, hope for the future Earth !
Would love to see a breeding video! 💙
I wish you both Happy Holidays and a good new Year, stay healthy and take care of you both. ❤❤❤❤
You too my friend ❤❤❤
Look at the bright yellow little bristly fibers, in its mouthparts! What are those called? I cant believe how yellow they are--I wonder why they evolved to have that striking color in their mouths? Also, he didn't even bother stinging that roach. I guess, why waste the venom?
He's like stop touching me
Very interesting. 👍👍❤️
Thank you! Cheers!🙏
20:38 You have insulted the scorpion by not accepting the gift of food it was plainly offering you. Say you’re sorry.
I can’t figure out where its eyes are?🤷🏼♀️Maybe because of the shine😂Also the mouth has claws too, very interesting. Also, I too am a scorpion 🦂 (Scorpio😉)
In the middle of the "forehead", there is a little dimple. That's where the eyes are. But they're nearly useless like with most arachnids.
Well if you are truly a scorpion then you should know where your eyes are O O O_o o o (get it... cuz it's O_o but usually they have 6)
But the answer is, Yes. The eyes are There. And also There. And There. They're not all in one cluster like spiders, they're more scattered all over the face
What a beast he is. Stunning scorpion.
Have a great Christmas and a good new year
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Happy holidays!❤️❤️❤️❤️
He is friend