What Do Earwigs Do With Those Pincers Anyway? | Deep Look
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- Earwigs are equipped with some pretty imposing pincers on their rear, and they're not afraid to use them. But when it comes to these appendages, size isn't everything.
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Many animals seem to show a preference for symmetry in a potential mate. It can be a clue that the mate has the genes necessary to develop properly and thrive in an environment full of stresses and dangers.
But in some critters buck the trend. Like the earwig, a diminutive insect found on every continent except Antarctica.
Andrew ZInk, an associate professor of biology at San Francisco State University, has been looking at how symmetry affects earwigs success when it comes to social interactions.
He’s studying maritime earwigs, a larger and more powerful cousin to the common European earwig you might find in your backyard. Both creatures bear fearsome looking pincers on their backsides. And they aren’t afraid to use them to defend themselves. Zink knows all about that.
--- Do earwigs climb into your ear?
The quick answer is no. Earwigs are not interested in climbing into your ear to lay their eggs or otherwise. They’re no more likely than any other bug to accidentally find its way into you ear. The name earwig come from the old english words for ear and insect. It may have been named after the shape of the common European earwig’s wings, which when extended resemble a human ear.
--- Do earwigs pinch people?
Earwigs will use their pincers to defend themselves, but the pinch is typically not strong enough to be considered dangerous.
--- Do earwigs fly?
Male common European earwigs have wings and can fly to disperse and find mates. Females do not have wings or fly. Neither male nor female maritime earwigs have wings or fly.
--- What do earwigs eat?
Most earwigs are scavengers and omnivores. In addition to scavenging and eating plants, the common European earwigs also hunts small prey like aphids. Maritime earwigs are carnivorous hunting smaller arthropods like sand hoppers.
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Looks like there are lots of questions about how exactly male earwigs with more asymmetric pincers to their advantage during fights.According to Muñoz and Zink, earwigs slide the straighter side under their opponent and then bring down the the tip of their more curved side onto the top of their opponent’s abdomen. So instead of just grabbing their opponent, they are now poking them with the point of that curved side. Sometimes they apply enough pressure to actually penetrate their opponent’s abdomen, which is usually a fatal injury. There are illustrations in the scientific article.
www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Asymmetric-forceps-increase-fighting-success-among-Munoz-Zink/8d04ce84806b1e4da666fdbc0256c425235c92c1/figure/2
Deep Look you have a new subscriber greetengs from Romania
Deep Look yeah, just like a prison shanking I'd say
Deep Look cool video, first time on your channel tbh....... I'll be back, interesting.... thanks!
I actually like cutting off an earwigs pinchers
Taylor Leger animal abuse. Kappa.
Earwigs want nothing to do with your ears.
Sounds like something an Earwig would say
Serbian Crusader the secret council of earwigs are using their tech to pose as humans and lull us into leaving our ears open
KILL'EM ALL!!!
was just trying to sleep and felt one crawling behind my ear :/
tearing whole room apart now
krashdown102 my old next door neighbors used to say that earwigs crawled into their ears, laid eggs, and my neighbors had to go to the doctor to get those eggs removed from their ears
Lauren Tulis well that’s not good :o
"So what was your PhD on?"
"Earwig death matches."
I actually saw one fight a spider, in my bathroom
Who won?
@@Zii_Vii spider
@@vortex2.061 sounds like something a spider would say
WHAT
I like how they have the decency to make sure to fight someone their own size
Not that romantic when its just the little ones realizing they dont stand a chance vs a bigger one.
They don’t want to waste energy either.
Most insects do this. Their fighting style usually means the larger one will win, so if there is an obvious size advantage, there is no need to fight.
When TH-cam recommendations explains a childhood curiosity that you forgot you had.
I never forgot. This question still plagued me until today, I didn't even know what they were called haha.
Touch one, you'll find out what they're for really quick
"Turns out females don't care if a guy's pincers might be a little crooked" 3:37
Well, that's good to know...
Samer Benhamed ahahahh
Oh my 😖
Little adult humor lol
St
A little curve in the pincer can be nice
So basically the males randomly encounter one another and play slapass for a moment then go on their way...... interesting indeed.
😅😅
Normal dude Tuesday
What little lads they are
uwu
😂Bahahaha 😂Hahaha
I remember when I was a kid there was a wheeled cooler in my grandpa's backyard that hadn't been used for years. It was overgrown with mosses and embedded with dirt. I'd often open it up to see a huge mass of earwigs all crawling about the walls and bottom, along with their eggs tucked away. I never told anyone about them for fear that they'd be exterminated, but I remember for three solid years those earwigs would make that cooler their home.
Unfortunately when my estranged uncle of sorts tricked my grandpa into signing over the house he had the entire backyard reworked. Last time I ever looked in that cooler all those earwigs were gone and the inside was completely cleaned out.
I'm not saying the backyard should have been left in disarray, but in the time it became overgrown a lot of animals made their homes there. It was sad seeing all of that get taken away from them, and that house taken away from my grandpa.
You are Weird!!!
@@sjbutler2330 Unlike you, i'm sure...
@@sjbutler2330 What part of his story makes him weird? No really I read over it looking for the weird part and got nothin
@@sjbutler2330 why is there a 5 year old here bruh
I admire your compassion for the earwigs and for your grandpa of course.
Studying the effectiveness of symmetry of earwigs' pincers in fighting is a great subject for a Ph.D. student to build a career on.
the study of why burdock and other seeds cling to woolen animals led to VELCRO.
many of the most innocuous studies of flora and fauna have led to technological innovations we take for granted today.
you're not supposed to talk about bug fight club
ok, best comment so far!
So why are you
"The first rule"
So it's about learning
🤣
They use those pincers to bite their way into your ear, reaching your brain, where they take you over and make you post TH-cam videos claiming that they're safe and won't climb into your ears! D: D: D:
Thats an urban legend buddy. Its not true
@@gabrielmessam2374 sounds like what somebody with an ear wig in their brain would say.
@@gabrielmessam2374 it’s obviously a joke bud
Lighten up
You are right. Earwigs brought about the downfall of the dinosaurs. Its just the asteroid impact theory draws more attention.
@@malcolmabram2957 some scientists have theorized that the "asteroid" that brought about the end of the dinosaurs, was actually a giant space bug that came hurling through space in search of life.
It struck earth with the force of a 100 million megaton bomb, and burrowed itself deep below the mantle, where it began to suck up our world's resources and lay eggs.
Some believe it still lurks down there, burrowing tunnels and causing large earthquakes as it digs.
It's only a matter of time until it is ready to emerge, much more powerful than when it arrived.
We'll all be consumed by giant asymmetrical pincers, and the world will get depleted.
The Earpocalypse is nigh.
I love how scientists made the equivalent of a rooster fight with earwigs and got away with it because they wrote a paper about it. I wonder if they gave the earwigs ring names and bet money on them.
The difference being that the only thing typically injured in an earwig fight is pride.
We literally have our kids do wrestling matches, if you heard they DONT fight to the death.
@@megancornelius9237 I bet you are fun at parties
A few years ago, we started getting earwigs in our house. My wife was freaking out until I explained to her that they don't actually go in your ears. A few weeks went by, and I woke up around 2AM one morning with a sharp pain in my ear. I started panicking as I could hear something moving around. Ten minutes later, after nearly ripping my ear off, I finally felt it and pulled it out. Sure enough it was a big ole' earwig. I had to go to the doctor the next morning and get ear drops. He said my eardrum was bleeding from it cutting me up with its pincers. Earwigs are no more likely to go in your ear than any other bug, but that doesn't mean that they can't. Haha We had a pest control company come out immediately.
Did it happen though
OMG. that is a true nightmare
@@xl000 I've killed them in my bed before, so it isn't too far fetched.
Happend to me twice as a kid, although they were only in my ear lobe.
Dont be like my uselss parents, take care of your property around your house
"Hey mate, are ya gonna stand right there or we'll fight?"
"Hold on let me turn around."
"Ya ima do the same"
U guys 😂
"Who said that?'
Earwig: Don't turn your front on me, coward!
You pit earwigs against each other and they call it science. But I do it with humans and suddenly I'm a criminal.
They just want to know if shape means something and etc. On human though you need to ask first if they wanna fight cuz we are smart enough to have rules
wow you actually typed that answer?
@@deoxi how else would it have gotten there? Speech to text?
hmm another one.. okay lost my hope for earth
@@deoxi should've lost hope for yourself when you actually typed that. Your attempts at being snarky,and edgy just fail horribly and fall short.
When i was a kid, this monstrosity fallen right from the roof into my ear. No kidding. It ran around in it for 3 secs, then ran away with little help from me. I was terrified.
Bruh
That's some nightmare
This reminds me: we were chilling outdoors and my dad and sister laid down on the grass, there were ants, the redish ants with longer legs than the regular smol black ants, and I was scared to join them because of the ants, but after they insisted that I join them and that there was nothing to fear I laid down as well, not even 5 minutes later my ear felt ticklish and I inserted my finger to itch it, felt something inside, thought my ear was just dirty, when I looked back at my finger there was a destroyed ant on it T-T I'm sure both the ant and I would've preferred not to go through that, ugh.
Most Insects: I will tear my opponent in half, feast on their insides and use their hollow corpse as a cradle for my offspring
Earwigs: If I squish him harder then he sqishes me he'll go away. only if we're evenly matched tho, wouldn't want the match to be unfair
That would be more of a male/female comparison
Earwigs love living in their natural habitat of my freaking laundry room
That’s one room closer to you ear.
@@DelcoAirsoft and one room closer to your wig
@@RickyRiceB you did em sirty
@@RickyRiceB dirty*
And on my porch specially when I try to sit out there and relax. Along comes one to want to mountain climb, lol! On me!
Have you seen the ear-wigs from Hammerfell?
They have curved pincers! Curved! Pincers!
Stop! You violated the law. Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence. Your stolen goods are now forfeit.
You're my favorite kind of person. Thank you.
Disgusting creatures. I hear the high elves train them.
No wonder they got pushed under ground after the war
Kick Saunders
“When one male meets another, they size each other up”
Thats a bit sus…
amogus
Another function of the pincers is they help them fold their wings! Their wings fold up like origami into tight little elytra on their upper back and they're iridescent. They don't often use them given how much time they spend underground. I've heard people call them "secret angel wings" because of how pretty they are when unfolded!
"Hey, let's make these 2 earwigs fight eachother!"
"Splendid idea! That will give us insight on how the shape of their pincers affects their prowess"
"Uuuhhh, yeah... Exactly! That's precisely what I wanted to do!"
Bloom HD - 2 Ear enter, one Ear leave 😩 #EarwigBattledome
@@DJDeezyThaTruth ear wig thunderdome
They could save a lot of money and just hire 10-year-olds.
The best part of this is the fact those scientists would have needed to run earwig battles dozens of times before drawing conclusions. There is an earwig fighting tournament that I demand to see!
She lies! She says "earwigs are not interested in your ears, they just want a place to hide out".
YES, in your ears!!!
They pull your brains out through your ear with those pincers!
o_o
@Aidan Snyder yes they do.
I've personally had the pleasure of a night time 'ear visitation' from one of these little monsters.
Thought it was a myth, now i stomp them on sight.
Google it, the names they've given around the world, most involve 'ear' & something else horrible.
The Germans call them 'earworms'.
🤣🤣🤣
@@mechasentai (Sigh) No they don't. That's just a myth.
Man, I used to be terrified of earwigs when I was a kid. I don’t know why my dad told me to be very afraid of scorpions because they’re venomous and could kill me, but forgot to tell me that they are not commonly found in ONTARIO, so when I found an earwig under a rug when I was four and thought the pincers were that stinging tail I’d heard about.
These things make me want to join "Rico's Roughnecks" and take the fight to the bugs.
why?
@@mareksicinski3726 Would you like to know more?
@@GaryDunion my god that is a golden moment in comment history
Nice
@@GaryDunion Well done
"They've got curved pincers. Curved. Pincers."
Lol good one
Did someone steal your sweet roll?
typical earwigs from Hammerfell
was looking for this
Turns out females don't care if their pincers are a little crooked
BRUH
Us watching WWE: man, this is boring
Scientists looks at earwigs: FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!
Let them fight! Let them fight.
Lol
By ghad! He's broken in half! That man has a family!!!
XD
And the chair is replaced by a stone
“Size isn’t everything” there ya have it folks
nah it's all about shapes now!
Yeah, curvy tools owners may be happy now.
For a good time, dub some tickling sounds over the fight.
Earwigs: **Practically harmless**
Me who's seen earwigs in my bed for the 7th time: *I'm gonna stop you right there-*
i mean yeah you get in their business they get in yours
Sounds like you got a pest problem lol
🤣
I got bit in my bed by one... Only one
So they fight with their butts ._.
And how!
"MY BUTTS ARE BIGGER THEN YOURS!"
Rose Gold At least the females don't judge butts unlike males do
Battle butts instead of battle bots.
notconvincedgranny 😂😂 good one!
I love earwigs. They used to freak me out but once I picked one up to bring outside and weirdly enough it reminded me of my guineapig. They’re very curious and timid. I had to force him onto my hand and he wasn’t excited. He never tried to bite me or hurt me in anyway he was just exploring my bracelets until I brought him outside and he walked onto a bush immediately which is a problem I have with mothes. Once I pick them up they never want to leave. I wouldn’t actively seek out to hold one again but they weren’t as scary as I thought they would be. 8/10 because I had horrible goose bumps the entire time
"Earwigs just want to hide out"
Yea in my ear
Lol
Plot twist: An earwigg simpathiser made this video.
*earwig, *sympathizer
Not sure how that's a plot twist, but sure
When you spell it with 2 G's it sounds like a mad scientist lol
An ear-Whig if you would
Booooo. Weak, dude.
3:24
My face when my teacher gives me my test and I failed.
"Bruh are you serious?"
@@souzpawtheaboveaveragehope2123 What? It was funny
Perfect
3:27
Teacher:Haha Get noob
I'm dead
0:33 “really, they just want to hide out”
YEAH…In your EAR!!!!
"That's it, let's fight! Turn around!!!!"
I’ve been pinched by them before, it hurts more than you’d think.
It really does hurt. Surprisingly. Short lived pain but intense.
Cody'sLab Thank you for answering one of my longest questions. I always jokingly poked them but didn't really want to find out if it hurt. I've been bit by a cricket and it tickles and hurts mildy. I'm assuming this is worse.
Never been pinched by them in my life, but I was always careful around them because I didn't want to find out the hard way. Thank you for confirming my suspicions, mate. You took one for the team and it will not go to waste.
When I was a child I was playing with them and got pinched on the back of my hand a few times. Didn't hurt me once, but is disgusting when I think about it now.
I love the videos you make Cody
"So what did you do in the lab today?"
"I got earwigs to fight... Repeatedly..."
This is such a great video and answered a lot of questions you could have.
When i was younger a relative told me earwigs were called that because if they get in your ear they will eat through your ears and that scared me enough to not laydown on the grass for the entirety of my childhood.
I was told by a relative that they laid eggs in your ears and the baby’s feasted on your eardrums.
This fear was reinforced when I was bitten multiple times around my ears from moving around in my sleep from an earwig.
I still wont lye down outside anymore
To be honest, earwigs are the least of your concern when you lie down outside.
@@crowdemon_archives exactly
" earwings are not interested in your ear " follows that statement with : " really they just want to hide out " ..... do the math .
they are not interested in your ear, they just want to be inside it
First cousin goes to the doctor... "Doctor, I can't hear."
Doctor checks ear. Pulls out earwig.
Me: Creeped out for 30 years since.
"Earwigs are not interested in your ear they just wanna hide out”
YES IN MY MY EAR
Earwigs are really common right now, it must be their favorite time of year.
Bruh I find one in my kitchen almost every night june through August it's pretty annoying honestly
Thanks, this made me feel much better about my pincers.
Earwigs have another genetic quirk. Here in Riverside County California, I've seen some with wings. Maybe three in the last twenty years. They aren't in the class of hymenoptera, so there's no queens.
Apparently it's a recessive gene that occasionally shows up. I have observed that trait works to their evolutionary disadvantage. The ones with wings are out flying about, having fun, partying, drinking and showing off.... right where they become easy prey for birds and other predators. The preferred wingless Earwigs are hiding under rocks, out of sight from predators.
interesting
I live in central oregon and I have see quite a few with wings but have never seen them fly. I carefully squished one as to not destroy the wings and they do look fully functional (I'm obviously by no sense of the word an expert). We have a huge "problem" with them where I live since we are in a valley and have springs underground which always mean moist dirt for them and as much as I hate the little things they are pretty fascinating.
Most species do have wings, and they can actually fly! They just don't do it that often. The wings are carefuly folded beneath their very short elytra, and in some species, the folding job is even another use of the cerci.
Earwigs in my area have one for all
They are, very likely, named "earwigs" for the peculiar shape of their hindwings.
*that closing statement* Bow chika bowow
Paulo I got that too XD
the pause right before....crooked
Paulo thats what my baby said
Bow wow wow
And my heart keeps pumping
"Earwigs want nothing to do with your ears." then why did I find one behind my ear when I was 7 years old playing in my neighbours back yard?
same reason you'd find an ant or beetle there lol?
at first I thought these were pretty creepy. but finding out they have brawls to assert dominance without having to kill each other changed my mind, these are very cool!
They pinch your brain and pull it out through your ear.
@Snich Trolliana of course not... your brain is literally 100 times the bug's size •_• it's like you pulling a whole house
@Snich Trolliana ... it's possible
@Snich Trolliana you're a smartie
@Snich Trolliana where tf is the conversation going dude?! 😂 see ya ✌ peace
@@wattpad9728 woosh
1:47 "They size each other up. If they're evenly matched, its on."
So, even bugs will only fight bugs their own size. More than you can say for a lot of humans.
That's because the smaller bugs know their place and accept defeat without fighting unlike humans.
Naru Kami true but alot of big dudes fight small dudes for no reason
ComputerNoises Nature for the most part has a sense of balance to it. Humans not so much.
Well, it's more of the smaller ones just run off before a fight, while humans like to dispute it a bit more. The big ones will still essentially bully smaller ones.
Bugs don't drink alcohol. It's obviously the difference.
3:18
This guy is like oh yeah this new place is pretty co- 0_0
I had no idea about any of this. Thanks, PBS educational video folks.
"but size isn't everything" what your girl said but never meant.
It’s not the size it’s how curved to one side it is and how they use it ayyyyyyy
I like when my girl says its huge and we both start laughing cause its not. But it feels good to hear it :-)
@@snailnslug3 what girl
Also how curved things are
@Rory YT what grills actually talk?!?!
That crawling sound effect they use legit sounds like someones fingering spaghetti
Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! Lol
The fact that you know what that sounds like concerns me.
>Implying it's not the actual sound
Ever heard ants crawl?
I bet the spaghetti likes it though ;)
I can’t unhear that now ugh
Aww poor lil earwigs, fighting NOT to the death, they're kinda cute
When I was a kid I used to think they were called earwigs because they would crawl in your ear and pincer your brain.
"Just want to hide out."
Me: Yeah, in my ear.
😂😂😂😂
This made me laugh more than it should
They also use their pincers for carrying food, they will back up to a dead insect just like a tow truck backing up to a car to carry it back to their nest. Earwigs are one of the few insects that actually take care of their young after they hatch.
There are giant ones here with wings, and imagine the size of the food they can carry, the pincers on the flying ones are really big, they could be doing some interspecies transportation too, carrying as a rescue animal. New studies are identifying the profound empathy of the bug world recently described by science.
1:55 "Is it on bro? Is it on, you want some of this, I'll give it ya".
I sleep the way I do because of earwigs!
As a child I was so paranoid of one crawling into my ear that I started to sleep face down - one ear on the pillow and the other covered by pulling the blanket up over the back of my shoulder and tucking it in beside my neck/jaw and ear of course
All this because one DID crawl into my dad's ear! A moth also crawled into his ear one time as well. I remember us as a family trying to get it out for him... Good times
“Asymmetry is uncommon in nature”
*[looks in the mirror]*
I’m... special?
no
Yes
peoples faces usually arent perfectly asymmetrical
nobody is symmetrical
mirror the left side of your face and then the right side. you will end up with 2 slightly different Faces
"Earwigs want nothing to do with your ears."
I killed an earwig once when he was about to enter my ear.
Rephrase.. it isn't particularly looking to go into ears.. they are trying to hide, and it might look like an emergency hidey-hole to them.. They don't realize it's part of the creatures they are trying to hide from...
@slapypenguins101 IT WAS GOING INTO HIS EAR
Did you wig out? lol
@Alicia P sounds like anxiety, what if it goes in your nose hole instead?
@Alicia P lol
are you also scared of ants in ur ear?
"Let's compare sizes!"
-Earwigs meeting eachother
"Earwigs want nothing to do with your ears" -- I know better. I've seen _The Wrath of Khan_
Don't watch anything related to that🤢
His pincer curved because he was single for far too long.
ASMR-SENSEI 🤣
Curved feels good to be honest😈
only some perverts will get this joke lol
Loading Mobile i think every single normally developed adult should get this one.
hack job on his routine infant pincercision.
One time at a park, I was curious about what was under these 2 white cylinders pipe thingies protruding in pairs of two near a tree, I decided "Hmmmm, why not lift one of the covers of one of the white cylinders up?" So I did and to my absolute horror, it was literally JAMMED packed with hundreds of earwigs and I closed the lid faster then you could get out of school for summer break! Having a huge fear of earwigs didn't help either!
I watched this video to find out if they pinch humans and if it hurts. I don't feel like testing it out but do you know the answer?
@@NintCondition It barely hurts, but it won't draw blood or anything. Don't worry about it.
@@aarontheperson6867 unless the fucer is frickin huge because it fuccin drank gamer girl bathwater then that's when they can use enough force to almost sever a finger if you let them.
@@NintCondition They can't pinch very hard.
@@NintCondition i use the catch the european variety in my mom's garden as a kid. you can feel the pinch but it doesnt hurt. thats also how you catch them by grabbing the pincers.
I recently decided to research the Earwig, and I’m glad to confirm they’re more interesting than I could have ever imagined! Fun fact: a scientist went through about 10 centuries of literature and only found a single report about an earwig actually entering an ear.
Fun fact: by the time a driving under the influence is issued by authorities, they figure the drunk driver was caught on average the 8th time they were unlawfully driving under the influence. Now, imagine an ear canal that started to itch on said driver.
Earwigs eat a lot of things besides smaller insects. Peaches ripening on trees and corn silk on ripening corn are two examples. They only come out at night so birds can't feed on them. You can easily trap them with a plastic container with a few holes drilled in, a little molasses in water, a little yeast, perhaps a little liquid dish detergent.
I have a pet one of those, although he recently died of “old age” he was so freakin cute. Rip joey
Awe, how old.?
Mr. Cicada you had a pet earwig?
@@ARtorNot8 🤣
Cute 😆
Joey went to earwig heaven
“Go to the shoreline...”
*Y-You mean the shower...?*
?
those arent maritime earwigs in there
The guys that made those earwigs fight must have had so much fun. Makes me remember my childhood when we made beetles fight each other.
I'd like to know more but still pretty informative. I've seen these since I was just little and kinda forgot about them
As a man, I feel a lot more confidant with myself after watching this video.
I think as men, we can all feel better about certain body parts hanging asymmetrically.
Do you duel with crooked pincers?
@@zestysupreme9482 your comment made me spit my soup everywhere. 10/10 hahahaha
Imagine getting into a fight with somebody then looking them in the eye while you both have a battle with butts.
There’s an anime about that
@@doomslayer1210 uh, wut
@@doomslayer1210 I need answers
Wonderful video
I remember a number of years ago the prevailing belief was that the cersi were for defensive use. The animal could bury its head in between rocks or in its burrow, and leave the less sensitive rear of its body exposed while defending the head. Seems like more has been discovered since then, which is always a good thing
my favorite thing is that they don’t actually kill eachother, it’s like they’re just play fighting like kids.
yellowboba check out stag beetles
rhinoceros beetles also
nah, more like sloppy bar fighting. or duels
they are fighting for territory, thats worse than fighting to death. loser will prolly die from hunger or get killed by a predator while looking for a new place.
most bettle like insects are like this,allowing others males to leave, gives them 2 advantages, 1 its a diferent target from predators, meaning, it diminishes the chances that you will end up as dinner, but more importantly, it also raises teh chances of procreation.
killing other males, doesnt garantee that you wont be hunted, so if you die, and there are no other males alive, the entire species suffers.
I was wondering like an hour ago where is your new video and here you are. Thank you!
One time I felt something in my mouth, and was quite horrified when I took out a live earwig. I still have no idea how it got there.
I remember on school camp in year 8 these things were everywhere and most of the other kids (girls in particular) were freaking out about them and then there was my studying and collecting them
😩When you click because you’re curious but immediately start itching.
+ jacojami850 ANN - 👍You’re lucky 😃
+ jacojami850 ANN - 👍They’re the worst! 😩
LovingAtlanta eww
immediately got that feeling like something was crawling up and down my back and neck.
*shudder* I can feel it on my leg
I read "what do earrings do with those piercings anyways?".
Mwer Keller you should probs get your eyes checked
Haha same
What do those eyes do with reading ?
Radbiker33357 sorry it happens when you read too fast fyi
Mwer Keller same
We started seeing them in the 80's. They would be in our patio which was close to a lot of woods. And they like to hide under outdoor brooms, too. Creepy.
I can still recall a summer invasion of these. We lived in a city but near a creek, well - not ever really near it. It was a good 100 meters or so behind our street. One summer it was a nightmare, they were all over our windows, got into the house. We were vacuuming them from the window sills. I don't think it ever happened again, but it didn't make for a pleasant summer!
Awww, Lucas the spider is doing cameos now....
Para Momal Hahahahahha
You can see the rest of our jumping spider episode here: th-cam.com/video/y7qMqAgCqME/w-d-xo.html
I don't know why I laughed at the female spider looking down on him XD
Have we named him now?
Khonsu the Core There is an adorable cartoon called "Lucas the Spider" here on TH-cam. I highly suggest anyone check it out, even if you're terrified of spiders.
Male Earwig on AskReddit at night: Do women care if your pincers are a little crooked?? Asking for a friend.
I went camping as a kid one once earrings started pouring out of the corner of our screened in area and there was a massive moving pool of them between branches in a tree
I learned today that earwigs have wings. I'd love to see a deep dive on that!
Too bad they didn't show it in the video. They actually specifically use their pincers to help unfold their wings.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the amazing camerawork that went into this episode? Truly phenomenal
You need to look up the word "phenomenal."
@@DiffEQwhy, i think he used it right. They complemented how the visuals were extraordinary and very real
I know three differ People who got one in their ear. It does happen.
Can we just appreciate that this comment would have been perfectly fine without the “can we just appreciate” part and that it’s only there to farm interactions?
amazing camera, I can clearly see the world of insects and science
For real though, I wonder what camera and lens set up they’re using. Phenomenal shots
The world of insects. What does the world of science even mean. You use what you get to perform science.
Earwigs??? We've always called them scissor tails.
@@childofgod884 We always called them pincher bugs
"Other researchers wanted to know if that asymmetry came at a cost"
Proceeds to not answer the question for the remainder of the video.
By cost they meant whether or not they could get still get females and breed.
Though would be interesting to know if the lifespan was affected by being asymmetric? Presumably not if get more access to food and area
What are you talking about, friend? They explained it directly following the question. They explained that symmetry often is a desirable trait, indicative of health, which makes an individual more attractive to females. The question was whether the more asymmetric earwigs, while better in physical competitions with other males, were paying a corresponding cost in less attractiveness to females. The answer, apparently, is no.
I felt like the mating thing wasn't sufficient too. I expected them to talk about how it affected their hunting/self defense etc.
@@ZippyDan That's what i just said... I "expected them to" but they didn't.
@@deadstones1 Actually they did talk very briefly about them being used for hunting or defense.
In a comment by the channel above, it notes that asymmetric pincers allow the earwigs to slide the more flat side under their opponent, while the more curved side then comes down in the "middle" of their opponents' body, sometimes piercing it. This same strategy may be more effective when defending against or hunting other creatures.
In short though, there may be *other* costs associated with having asymmetric or symmetric pincers. The scientists in the video only analyzed one potential cost. It would take more research, investigation, and experimentation to try to determine those other costs, and then a longer video to explain them. Maybe the research just hasn't been done yet (there is a lot to research and only so many scientists and so much time and money) or maybe they just wanted to keep the video to a "bite-sized" length.
I used to be scared of those things when i was younger. Though I had no idea if they were dangerous. Their appearance makes them come off that way.
I used to dislike earwigs but I the more I learn about them the more interesting they become. Earwigs are actually fantastic mothers! They care for their young until they're nearly adults, cleaning, feeding, and protecting them from predators. Incredibly rare behavior as far as bugs go, it's hard not to like an insect with that much personality. I love this channel!
I have a question though. Why do they go into the ears of people
@@JanJan-uf9mvbrain tasty yum yum, ear cozier than nose
So they are twerk fighting......
XD
Keijo
*r/woooooooshhhh*
Ya like only on a rare occasion do they die from the twerking battle
😂😂😂
Oh goodie. Clicked on this thinking it would make me less afraid of them, and now l discover they're even at the seaside! 😬
Good question!!! Always wondered. 🤔
Being British I know what a good nature documentary looks like but these 5 minute videos on creatures are pretty amazing. Lovely narration and camera work with interesting facts. :D
Owen Jones as an American, if I am looking for a good documentary on any subject I immediately search for a British documentary. American television documentaries have become a joke.
Being American, I’ve always known David Attenbourough to be the king of documentary narration. However I love this channel too
That music choice, though.. 😬
They’re also, quite critically, absolutely adorable
I once saw an earwig on a spiderweb holding the spider upside down with his pincers between the abdomen and thorax while it seemed to be busy foraging for some sort of sustenance. At the time, it was not known what purpose the pincers served.