Scaring scorpions makes them more venomous
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Although they look all A-team tough on the exterior with armour-plating and a don’t mess with me stinging tail, scorpions can actually be a bunch of scaredy cats. But don’t take this as a weakness because the scarder (yes that is a word, Google said so…) they are, the more potent their venom becomes. No-one has been able to show this in any other venomous animal.
Here’s how it all goes down (or up in this case..) Scorpions have two components to their venom. One for using in defence against furry animals with sharp teeth such as small marsupials and mice who like to eat scorpions and the other to capture prey such as crickets and spiders.
What researches found was that when the scorpion was regularly exposed to predators i.e the highly frightening frankenmouse, the amount of venom for defence increased and the venom for capturing prey decreased.
Which makes perfect sense, you need to try and give anything that is going to eat you as much whoop-ass as possible which comes in the form of a deadly tail fashioned with a venomous sting.
What is even more amazing is that they can do this within 4 weeks! If a venomous snake tried to pull that off, it would take them generations, which makes it super cool for a scorpion to be a super scary cat. The key message here… embrace your vulnerable side it could give you super powers. Don’t take our word for it, check out the video.
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"Here's a deadly creature. We're going to piss it off and see it that makes it even deadlier." Fuckin' aussies, man.
+Hirumaru the Rageaholic What can I say? :-)
Deadly? People need to specify whether something is deadly? Down here everything is deadly.
+Boglenight XD
Jayhawk2k16
One time I went camping and a scorpion made it's way into my shot glass which I had left unattended, you can probably see where that went.
Boglenight It went to a special place right ._.
I bet that scorpion had some stories to tell when it got home.
+The Count of Monte Disco I'm sure it did!
"Honey, you won't believe what happened! They kept shoving a dead rat in my face for 4 weeks, it scared the venom out of me!" hue
then theyd tie me down with a rubber band and shock the fuck outta me! oh love it was horrible.
Vegan Clorox for real
Nobody believed him...
This is a man who LOVES his job. Beautiful to watch.
Kymani Kirby
Samuil Samuil wassup?
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Come on now, you know that almost all animal presenters are like that.
Yea, I want what he's on too...
Fun little fact. That pill bug he picks up in the beginning of the video isn't actually an insect. It's an isopod, closer related to crustaceans.
hidanprime Most so called insects are not insects at all.
Woodlouce
hidanprime its latin name is isopoda, that would explain a lot😉
No it's actually called a rolly pollie
They’re rolling pollies
There seems to be a trend with Aussies, childlike enthusiasm, dangerous/venomous animals and a desire to provoke said animals... Love it. Keep it up :D Just... please don't get stung by any of them.
Keen Trasborg we enjoy life! We like to have fun!
Scorpions are not highly dangerous, in general.
Rip Steve Irwin my childhood hero :''(
Keen Trasborg he just loves his job how’s that childlike?
Nope nope nope nope nope nope. Pick up scorpion and put him in a jar to take back to the lab? Nope. More like, put myself into a scorpion proof jar and roll myself back to the lab.
Davis Djubovs :D
AirIUnderwater lol same
:D
most people would say that not all scorpions are venomous to humans its venom would not kill you
TencoYT91 cant really grow out of phobias, takes a lot of time and exposure to cure a phobia
"Aww, guys! You made me venom. :("
this comment should have so many more likes
@@Juggalotusable lmao. Maybe they just don't get the reference
I love his enthusiasm
We couldn't agree more. it's infectious.... The good type ;)
I know this guy here from Smartereveryday's interview. I'm so glad I found this channel!
+Efren Chen Shhhhh don't tell anyone it's him :) We're super glad you found our channel to. Share away friends...
+The Nature of Science Also found this channel through Smarter every day. Applying for a Bachelor of Science Marine Biology at James Cook next semester.
That's brilliant @Dylan Durose!! Let us know how you go and drop by to say hi.
The Nature of Science
5:28 Walks away like a boss !
Yeah, we think he's pretty cool too :)
The Nature of Science k
haha he's walking off to get his check, then for lunch break!
Faisal Al-Enizi 'You haven't seen the best of me !'
Johan Dale I know!
And this is an exact example of why my zoology professor says basic research is necessary because it can be used in applied research. Any normal person might ask "Why do we need to know this shit? I'm not going around scaring scorpions." Then, by the end of the video, "Oh, we can fluoresce cancer cells and find them in the body." No way would I have ever come up with that idea.
Darius Serrano ww
Oh yeah I knew that already I was just... My brain wasn't working properly atm...
Most under-subbed channel on CZcams.
+G-Games thanks. Subb away peeps :)
Agreed! Hopefully you can make some kind of collab with Destin to promote the channel!
+Charlie Ringström Ive done some videos with the man himself, Destin, from SED and he is a huge supporter of us. SED is an AWESOME channel and if we can achieve 1/10 of what he has done then we will be happy vegemites :-)
+Jamie Seymour Yeah, but you didn't have your channel to promote back then! :-)
+Charlie Ringström hmmmm good point ! :-)
Hell of a job, scaring scorpions for money
Yeah we think we have pretty cool jobs. At the end of the day it helps us to better understand these animals and how we can treat incidents.
The Nature of Science scaring? They electroshock the scorpion!
They do this so idiots like you can be treated in hospitals with the right antvenoms
david z shut up
That guy is just really fun to watch. He could be like "Okay guys, in this episode we are going to find out if blending the peanut butter and jelly together tastes better than jelly and peanut butter on each slice of bread, and that is just the nature of sandwiches"
+Mr. Midnight not sure how to reply to that ;-)
Jamie Seymour Haha any reply is awesome. Keep up the amazing work!
+Mr. Midnight POTATOES
Scorpion at the end: “I’ve seen some shit”
Video Starts at 0:00, thank me later.
wow thank...dont know what i would do without you
BiFF can you help me find the end please.
Oh really?
GrALV XD that helps heaps!
Is that so Captain obvious? Your keen sense of observation is simply miraculous
Man, your laugh is more venomous than the scorpion 🦂
Anyone else seen him on SmarterEverday?
Destins CZcams channel is awesome
I am willing to give away my accounting career and work for this man...it is so interesting...
We love working with him too! You should come and study with him :)
+The Nature of Science I am travelling to Mt Isa followed by Cairns in June, I can drive down to Townsville - I guess it a 4 hr journey. It will be great meeting the prof. in person.
TanKpb.p
Fairus ProdigyGod the Frick are you on about?
So what's the news? Are you scaring scorpions now?
Aussies... the mad lads. Goes out into the jungle at night in shorts looking for scorpions
The editing is superb, and you have a fantastic delivery. I hope you get many more subs. Great channel!
+urgetester Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for taking the time to give us some feedback, it's much appreciated. We're hoping to get some more subs too.
I just adore how enthusiastic this guy is in all his videos. Such a great presenter, and I imagine he'd be a great teacher and co-worker. A real love for science is pretty rare in people. I'm glad youtube lets us see people like him when they would usually remain rather anonymous and unknown outside of their fields.
**his laugh** HOO HOO HEEE!! HEE HAHA HOHOOO HA HEEHEE!!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
When the Stuffed Mouse "Attacked" the Scorpion "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,MY VENOM IS NOT WORKING, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Really cool experiment. Would have been neat to see your chromatogram from the FPLC to see the ratio of the two proteins in the venom.
Why do you need to kill that rat with the scorpion's sting? Unsubscribe and unlike. This is clearly animal abuse.
Yo that's a stuffed mouse
Dark_Lord wtf
Dominus Icarus it was dead and couldn't feel anything so clearly it isn't animal abuse
As outlined below, this is a stuffed mouse.
Did you all just assumed that it's a dead mouse or a stuffed mouse? Ugh, society is disgusting. What if he/she/it's a rat/mouse with Parkinson's disease?
Omg i just realized the guy was in smarter everyday's video of the stonefish
Edison Zheng holy crap, I just realized as well....how did I forget about the....VENOMOLOGIST
I love how he always ends on bombshells lol. great!
Yay! Love this channel, thank you for the new video! Florida checking in - I've been stung by a scorpion. I was around 4 years old and lightly stepped on it. I must have righteously ticked the thing off because what I can remember is screaming my bloody head off in pain. Though I was 4 at the time...I'd like to think 26 years later I might have been able to suck it up. Eh, probably not. :)
+btwomfgstfu depends on the scorpion species. There are some seriously venomous scorpions in the USA. You guys have evn had deaths from these guys!
This man knows what he's doing and doing it well .. Look how happy he is
I was hopeing that was a real rat
Cane Garcia me to
Cane Garcia why?
well, its a real rat but just is already dead as to not put the animal is the pain of being stung at pinched.
Amazing! It only now hit me scorpions have 8 eyes despite knowing all my life they are arachnid! Blown away! :D
+lennutrajektoor cool hey :-)
Someday when this channel gets 1 million subs, I will comment that I subbed when there were only 25k subs.
Thanks for your kind words. We're trying to get some resources together to bring you some new videos
Subed!
Bro this channel died 6 years ago lol
"What are you doing playing with those bugs?"
Curing cancer.
"Oh. Nice"
i love the channel!! i learn so much thank you very much =)
+That Guy Pleasure, glad you enjoyed it :) Subscribe if you to see more of our stuff
This channel defintely deserves a lot more recognition
Am I weird for finding scorpions quite adorable?
+ChirrupForScience Embrace your weird bc we think they're awesome too! Of course the guys in our team wouldn't say it was adorable but our resident mermaid would :)
Scorpion to its family: "I GOT ABDUCTED BY ALIENS I SWEAR"
lol at cruelty comments. If shocking some scorpions is cruel to you (and for medicine ffs), be grateful you haven't seen anything worse in your life that you could be focusing on instead.
materiauser agreed
I think killing a Brown tentacle monster using electricity is cruel
Please, Don't stop uploading this educational stuff. Your voice is comforting too ngl haha 👌
Thanks, will let the Professor know :)
This is Like Brave Wilderness From Coyote Peterson
Jason Goldsmith except these fellows are actually doing something not just getting stung/bit for$$
Incredible precision with that venom collection.
Omg that little scorpion is so cute omgomgomgomgomg eeeeeeeee
You know.. you are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.
She's extra beautiful.
i was sort of thinking the same thing...seriously pretty, dang, girl
don't be all white knight up in here
Atley, I think I'm in love with you.
5:14
Scorpion: STOP ! HEY HEY!! YOU STOP SON OF A !! STOP POKING MEEE !!!HEY YOU LITTLE BRAT STOP POKING ME!!!
You may have the machine that goes "ping", but what about the most expensive machine? As I understand it, the director is quite proud of the leasing scheme of that one.
+Tim Sidaway Ok, way way to abstract for a dumb academic like me. Not sure I understand the question, sorry :-(
+Jamie Seymour He's referencing Monty Python, meaning of life. Unfortunately I am nerdy enough to know that.
Some silly questions from an academic here! For the analysis of the venom, what kind of detector do you have hooked up to your LC? Did you do MS/MS ID to confirm the identity of the venom as well or did you rely upon something like UV absorbance pattern with a reference standard? I'm not a biologist myself (toxicology/pharmacology here working in drug development) so am super interested in the characterisation of the venoms and their exact composition.
Do you have a published paper available on this so I can take a squiz at the methods/results?
Don't think I've ever seen a guy get so excited about finding a potentially dangerous animal before.
what's the point in glowing under uv light for certain animals?
+Florian Wh great question. Short answer, we dont know! Great PhD topic for some one!
He is the Most unprofessional but scientific person I've ever seen.................I LOVE IT!
I too love the machine that goes "ping"
scorpion is like "STOP poking me!!!!!" XD
id be the same Lol
Kids theese days.
Having grown up in the most callous times of animal-experimentation I was deeply to see the Doc let that scorpion go in the end.
I'm pretty sure that was just for show but liked it anyway. Because maybe it's not. One CAN expect good things from a guy actually using a machine that goes "bing"!
so what was the point of the "what am i" intro if you put scorpion in the title...
at first when he gave the description i thought the animal was a dog then i figured out it was a rabbit
Great vid as usual! You guys need to get with SmarterEveryDay and Veritasium more often so you can tap into those subscribers, I'm sure most will start following you with great content like this!
+Akram Jerab Thanks for the support. Love to do some more stuff with SED and Destin. He is a great bloke, his channel is awesome, but he is on the other side of the globe! Having said that we have discussed me going to the good ol U S of A to do some stuff with him, I just have to find the dollars to get there!
Jamie Seymour
If you keep posting regular content I'm sure the YT channel will pay for the trips. Just remember we're in the internet era, you guys don't have to be physically next to each other.
Anyway, thanks for the response and I'm looking forward to your next vid!
+Akram Jerab yes, that's true, but its WAY WAY easier to do stuff when you are in the same geographic location :-) However, I'm now thinking we could do something in the USA and Australia at the same time. Like the simpsons episode of does water in the toilet go in different directions (yes i know it doesnt but I think you get the idea). At any rate, your suggestion has got my brain working! I'll chat with the team (and Destin) and see what we can come up with. THANKS!
Jamie Seymour
No sir, thank YOU! I hope it happens, it'll be fantastic!
For those of you freaking out, scorpions are more likely to run and hide than to sting you.
Mine is the size of my fist, but he's a little scaredy boy and has never stung me.
He's a Heterometrus Longimanus species, so his sting is about as bad as a hornet.
How did you just pick it up like that by its tail?
U grab it's stinger
Not really, there is a part or its tail called the knuckle and is is whats a ttached to the stinger and can move co - dependantly, that what you opick the stinger up by. :)
U literally just explained how he did it
i love his enthusiasm about his work 👌🏾
in my opinion that is a baby scorpion the smaller they are the more potent only because they are not able to control there venom
that was an adult scorpion. while it's true younger scorpions don't have good control of the venom they inject, its the smaller species that tend to produce deadlier neurotoxin.
Tenebrio morio was it really wow that was tiny for an adult
***** it's about average size for a California common scorpion, if not a bit skinny.
wow those are in California i never new we had any out here thats awesome thank you
NOSTIX VASQUEZ
I think that lab coat is 1 button to tight ..
is there any proof of this? how you scare the scorpion? is the scorpion scare all ready by you just holding it?
you know if he is scared if he try to defend him self insteed of run away or attack
DIFERENCIAS CREATIVAS proof that the scorpion was not scared/scared enough
Was that the Scorpion would have stung him since if it scared it would consider him a predator
I had never realized that tiny scorpions are super cute!!!
Oh my lord.. much rather watch Coyote Peterson.
ProMc yes I agree
he already got a scorpion sting bruh
Talon his channel would be so much better if he did
ProMc because you're simple as fuck
Chauncey McGuilicutty and you're basic as fuck
i know that its a dead mouse but i still feel sorry for the little guy he's so doing his best to protect himself
wtf did anyone hear that akward laugh😨😨
Doctor Seymour you are amazing I love your laugh especially you really enjoy your job and have a lot of fun while being a great and serious scientist. You are an example!
Thanks for your kind words. We think Jamie is pretty special too. Will pass on your comments to him. We know he will be chuffed (happy).
Ooooh thank you guys
Thanks. We will.
heres a clue its in the fucking title
Yeah.... we know. Our bad.....
Hahaha
2:25 scorpion was like 'why you bully me'
more!
+Tim Tamas thanks! More on the way!
Keep making great quality videos like this and you'll get a huge subscriber base!
+Tanner M Thanks we hope so :)
This is unnecessary cruel.
Oh shut the fuck up..
xProdergy i'm not talking to you.
JJ DV nonetheless your still bitching about it..
xProdergy Still not talking to you.
JJ DV why are you responding back? You seem really hypocritical....
“These scorpions can glow in the dark.”
[5 seconds later]
“Now I bet you’re wondering why we’re looking for them in the dark”
Nice video as always ! I'm passing my license in France in preparation for my coming to JCU ! I hope that my health will not prevent me from being accepted :') Keep up the good work Dr Seymour !
+Stanaerone Thanks. Look me up when (not if!) you get to JCU!
Manhandling a venomous scorpion... Man's got balls the size of Jupiter.
+Saahil “The Nukatopian” Dhar In another video, he shows all the scars he has from handling box jellyfish when they catch them for research. He doesn't know what fear is.
Suchnothing you don't say.
Suchnothing you don't say.
I love your videos, I was dying to find any of your films when I saw you on SmarterEveryDay. If only they were longer, nonetheless i appreciate the quality of the videos too.
+miran sabljic thanks. Yes, its a trade off on the length. Id love to do a full length film (if there is a production house out there that wants to do a doco, the team is open to it (hope nat geo, discovery channel, etc read this!) but we have been told that for youtube they need to be short.
This is epic. How does he not have 1 mil subs?
The bike race music brings back beautiful memories from years ago 😩
“What animal changes its venom depending on how scared it is?”
“I dunno the thumbnail, title, and hints suggest scorpions but your questioning can only mean it’s raccoons.”
An ad with Rhett and Link played before the video and I got so excited for a sec thinking that this was one of their videos lol.
2:50 I'm happy to hear that coming from the authority on venom. I was taught that as kid when shown the difference between our local bark scorpion and the other less dangerous cousins.
0:12 Iron man wearing 3 pairs of glasses and has medical syringes instead of cannons and he has a lobster that sheds in a fish tank with glow sticks
i love how they put it back after the experiments
+Sanyuj Gupta :-)
Hormurus Waigiensis is the species of scorpion, if anyone was wondering
I guessed "scorpion" immediately. Probably because I searched for "scorpion" and the title of the video says "scorpion" in it.
2:26 Scorpion: "STOP TOUCHING ME, HUMAN!!!"
Why are we in the Rainforest?
Well, we're trying to find Rainforest scorpions!
I m 11 and i would love studying with him. I even own a few inverts myself. I own an Asian Forest Scorpion, an Egyptian Giant Solpugid, a Homalonychus aka American Sand Assassin which is related to the very dangerous Sicarius aka Six - Eyed Sand Spider, and a Jerusalem Cricket.
How come you guys have such good production value, and still lack views? I think this is a fantastic channel!
+Pope “Iamsepope” Poperino Thanks for the feedback, we're glad you're enjoying the videos. I think we're the new kids on the block and it's going to take some time to get our subs up. I think it's also about where our content is shared which will drive traffic here ie reddit, buzzfeed, wittyfeed etc
Ah, I see you've got the machine that goes PING. Very good.
I found this channel after seeing the frog heart video, and it's the best one out there if you're interested in venom, I'm recommending it to everyone.
this channel has become one of my favorites. Pretty fascinating. Dr. Seymour, did u ever have any interactions with Steve Irwin? idk if that's completely ignorant to ask. but im curious, it wouldnt surprise me if u both crossed paths
+Tate Miller Yep, certainly did. I was with Steve the day he died. He was without a doubt the most passionate animal conservationist I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. A pretty amazing individual to say the least. we lost an awesome bloke when he passed. CROCS RULE!
The scoprion is a lot less aggressive than I expected. I guess that the movie scoprions are not acting naturally
Doesn't glow in the dark, glows under black light
Haha, "Neat little machine that goes PING!" Love the Monty Python reference :)
That little giddy chuckle tho lol pure excitement
It was the Montey Python reference that won me over.
this guy gets excited like Bubbles from trailer park boys when he finds a kitty
some of those facts you mentioned at the beginning, i had no idea of! scorpions shed their skin? and glow in the dark? *and* have eight eyes? jeez..... they're so amazing. along with all other arachnids. yeah, i like arachnids.
deal with it >_>
Every time he picked up the scorpion by its stinger I whispered what the fuck to myself like 5 times...
If you pick it up any other way you'll get stung by the scorpion.
Oh, so that's where the marker from FISH comes from.
One time I left a rawhide bone outside and at night I saw it COVERED with those rolly polly things in the beginning. Left me thinking those little things eat bone or tissue. Science that!!
this guy is like my teacher but the difference is i actually listen to him.