Bug Weightlifting: Strongest living species

[Chris25698]

Some ants can carry 50 times their own weight. These beetles make them look like pussies.

[RectalExplosives88]

1.05 Ass spank.

[JesseJurassic420]

so if a car rap it over it would smash, that crazy!

[thybuilder]

This is all thanks to teh exoskeleton, If humans had and exoskelton, theyd pick up houses too.

[13thcolossi]

Now to imagine this bitch scaled up to human size...Or even larger...

[xseeker339]

they can carry 1000 of their size that i know

[rekevin1]

Reminds me of Blue Gender.

[TheSundayScoop]

funny how a beetle is the strongest organism and not like the lion or shark or somthing.......science amazez me

[dchen345]

In what weightlifting exercise can you support 17 times your own bodyweight?

[billy9039]

the analogy that was used with weightlifter is inconsistent. rhinoceros beetles have a exoskeleton that gives them more support than human tissue can give to weightlifters. the narrator should have used a direct strength example such as lifting or pulling a specific weight to get a more accurate comparison. olympic weight lifters don't do trestle lift in competition. They should also have used more natural comparison such as with other powerful animals just to provide a holistic comparison.

[MsOhayoOhio]

ooo when it flew i got goosebumps!! eee

[triggerhappybullets]

i wanna see 1 of these and a giant weta cricket fight

[immortalindian22]

heracross use body slam...its super effective!

[EdisonLai2]

missionary position

[glassesfreak]

Rhino beetles would make the greatest bouncers.

[neosoc]

0:47

"For England, James?"

"No. For that hot beetle momma!"

[thebeast2033]

To put that into perspective that would be like one of us lifting a 65 ton armoured tank.

[manman123491]

ugly ass beetle

[DMCNeroDevilTrigger]

2 grams only times 850 times

meaning it can weight up thing up to 1.7 kilograms

[Zimmeehe]

We meet again 240p

[dialga09]

bow chicka wow wow 00:56 lmao

[1997hollie]

i love rhino beetles, i found a huge one in italy and i pickd it up x

[phayn3]

Bakugan Brawl !!!

[taigokai]

I had rhino beetle with the bottom one jaw thingy alot loner in japan I trained it and breeed it ! i had tons i sold em for money

[fairyboy5311]

i bet he could beat me up he can carry 160 pounds O.o

[boredandhungryTV]

i wanna see a little kid try to step on it hahahaha

[1ZombieRob]

@boredandhungryTV

laugh when he flips the kid

[1997hollie]

thts mean :P

[Vlaxerman343]

if one of these beetles were the size of a human he could lift a 65 ton tank

[Cathybubles]

wow



[AhKillYu]

lucky guys have an excuse for being quick during intercourse.

[DaBoomz13]

think if those would be the size of a car...

[TheWWExpert]

The goliath beetle is also the strongest animal in the world sidelining the Rhinoceros beetle!

[musicmakespeace]

YEAH.... U GO HERACROSS. SHOW THE WORLD WHAT U MADE OF...

[MeAndMyFamily1992]

Wow XSO81 is in both the top comments...epic win

[mecorizone]

Imperial is not as easy to understand as metric but it's mathematical uses are limitless unlike metric. Confusing? yes. Accurate? Definitely! Let us all realize that simplifying math is like abbreviating a two letter word. Just plain LAZY!!!

[Hafwaffy]

1:11

Woah. Just what would you call a position like that? XD

[FinCbDrummer]

@Hafwaffy whatever it is, it won't beat the upside-down spiral stair position =)

[twinturboteen18]

@ssj4Zaped i remmeber reading somewhere saying if it was the size of the average human it would beable to lift 60 tons with ease and rip an abriham m1 tank apart with no effort

[LadyBludgeon]

@twinturboteen18 Took the words right out of my mind. I was going to post that if a human were to have the same strength as this gorgeous animal, that human would be able to lift a tank over his/her head without a problem. Good job at pointing that out. Mad respects to you. Peace.

[jdlund]

So what? I could lift 850 times a beetle's weight too.

[Xelvielll]

@jdlund But can you lift 850 times your weight? If you're 150 pounds, you should be able to pick up a train car.

[blargers123]

People. This is a beetle.

[munnymike]

That experiment looked fucked up xD

[wrich1162]

That beetle is amazing.

[HyperVegito]

Whoa. This beetle is a hardass.

[angelinaramon]

The strongest man in the world can't lift 17 times his body weight. That was a huge FAIL

[komun1212]

@angelinaramon yeah, mariusz can lift like double lol.she fails

[MrMorax94]

0:50 i wonder if he threw him into a herd of ants ;D

[Sarju114]

note to self do not fuck with that guy

[RealBlkShinigami]

My feet felt itchy while viewing this

[Damirok]

1:00 *fuck yea*

[TehRsPur3]

These vs a gorilla? Mhm...

[Smo0theCriminal]

@TehRsPur3 IF these where the size of a gorilla? Mhm....

[reddevil230292]

jesus this is boring...

[sparrowarcher]

1:23 - 1:40 animal cruelty

[nuggert]

Humans cannot support 17x its own weight lol

[PivotDemon548]

1:00 reminds me of FRIENDS.

I WIN! I WIN!

[afiq360skatevids]

after this video, please do not read the comments on any video because there are so many uneducated americans writting stupid things. No offence, i give big respect to the educated ones, but there are so many of them from America.

[salkizar]

it should be like that down the pub when 2 blokes are chasin the same bird.....pick him up and chuck him out the door then get instant sex!

[Damnationization]

People shyt up with all the hate. Also the insect can lift so much weight due to its exoskeleton or carapace.

[indycardino]

steped on one yesterday. it went CRUNCH!!

[Montyleeny14]

Turn one of these beetles to a human and he can lift Big Ben :D

[TheViceIT]

@Montyleeny14 Who's Big Ben?

[Montyleeny14]

@TheViceIT It's a structure in London.

[GabbieLeyanna94]

Here you go Frann, Strongest Animal in the World....do you believe it ????

[WESKERfromEVIL]

Amazing.

[rikisaltacorp]

i just found one of this at an abandoned building. i was afraid to touch it until a friends little sister graved it and started playing with it. she didn't hurt it she is like friend of all animals.

[johntheant]

0:56 either PROMOTION!! or INVISIBLE SANDWICH

[sabrina1996]

Strongest animals in the world in comparrison to size.

[maxzen963]

there rino bugs lol

[yogocomedy]

haha try to step on that thing and it will kick your ass

[johntheant]

@yogocomedy if these things were the size of rhinos.... they can lift up cars and houses....we will be screwed

[69Jcivic]

LMAO he is like fuck yeah im doing your chick

[rainshot]

the beetles are douche bags, wen its mating and the loser gets back, its all like "yeah, ive been fucking your woman while you were gone :J"

[Mrmaxipants]

LOL they wrestle to see who gets the chick xD

[huggiehuggie1]

LOL!!!! HAHAHHAH!!!! 0:59/1:57 He throws his arms out victoriously while hes mating!  HAHHAHAH!!!!, really awesome

[unitron]

Its because there bones are on the outside I think its cuz our muscles are not armored...

[MultiAREE]

@unitron what you mean is that if we took out our bones and put them on hte outside, we could fill all this space inside us with muscle, nice idea 

[rainshot]

@unitron well the exoskeleton does help with the fact that its not guna get crushed, but it doesnt do anything to the strength of the beetle

[koyukionna]

So cool!

[Espada6666]

I saw them in starcraft..

[wildlife011803]

they r really strong but only by comparison 2 ther own body size its still no more stronger then a human in real life and by comparison so if we replaced r human strength with a rinocerus beetles strength we would be weaker but if we were strong as them by comparison of r own body size then we should b able 2 carry a tank with out breaking a sweat like zapikachu said u may need a hundred 2 push/pull a couch but u just need 1 human 2 do that but it also depends on the size & weight of the coach 2

[TheOptimus17Prime]

human weightlifting champ being able to support 17 times their own body weight??!! Don't know if that's accurate

[whoknowswhoknew]

@TheOptimus17Prime

Paul Edward Anderson lifted a bit over 6,000 lbs. Not a full squat or anything, but he completely supported it.

[marobra00]

so if a fat lardo weighs 150KG he must lift 127,500 KG = 127.5 tons to compete with the beetle. which is equal to a medium sized hydraulic crane.

[celebrei]

Don't make this beetle angry, you won't like him when he's angry!!!

[Shah01041988]

'...did so with such energy efficiency, that it left the scientists baffled'

off course they were baffled, loook at it, its crawling along lazily on the treadmill. lool

[jakec916]

this beetle can hold a maximum of 2 pounds about... and weighs less than 1 gram. its fucking insane.

[Bodybuddha]

spiderman would be made to look a pussy if 1 of these fuckers got out the lab and bit you lol

[amalskating]

If they are the strongest animal in the world, can they lift a giraffes, rhinos and elephants O_O ?!

[ninjatho08]

theyre frucking...

[BIahBlahBIahBlah]

oh man.. i cant lose by an insect

[JABUUTY671]

Hmm.

So if the Rhinoceros Beetle was genetically mutated and evolved into a much larger species.

We can have larger, stronger pack mules, yes?

[ZeroXAegis]

@JABUUTY671 and armored!

[udedmario]

humans only 17 times their own body weight, what more can you ask for!

[davincentcode]

heracross xD ^_^

[babemagnetvids]

how is this stronger than a tiger or a lion..

[juliosnap]

@babemagnetvids

It is proportionally stronger than a lion. The beetle can lift 850 times it's body weight, but a lion can't lift 849 other lions.

[spungii117]

@babemagnetvids its alot stronger

 u better watch out because it might attack you for your stupidity!

[greatjoe22]

LOL mate with his arms in the air going like YEAAAaAAAAaHH

[dardraa]

@greatjoe22 ROFL yeah

[muscleartist90]

Males beetles are really cool, how females are supposed to defend themselves against other insects if they don't have horns?

[jxz107]

@muscleartist90 Well, they hide... and that's why females lay tons of eggs, very few survive to make more eggs.

[yellowfellow]

Berkeley student 1: DUDE! LETS FUCKEN GET A RHINOCEROUS BEETLE AND PUT ALL THIS SHIT ON IT AND SEE IF IT CAN STILL WALK

Berkeley student 2: OH HELL YEAH! then we can send the video to someone and people will actually think this is science!

[brite2nite]

lol ass smack at 1:05

[889bball]

@brite2nite: LMAO!!

[Funkstylesaydee]

@brite2nite lololol

[recon345]

if that was as big as a human it could destroy probably a gorila or mabye even an elephant

[redeyedol]

It's not a maybe.

They can lift 800 times their own weight. That is like a man lifting a TANK. Also, these beetles are heavily armored, so a bear, gorilla or elephant wouldn't be able to hurt them.

Bugs ftw!

[recon345]

i meant that the bug would destroy an elephant

[MrFkin123]

well i think there's nothing here in USA because i'm recently living here in usa from the philippines well in my country there are beetles like that we call them salagubag or u ang but here in usa im already trying 2 find 1 for 4 months but nothin

[yboben]

where cani get a beatle like this i live in the USA?

[Phytoxic]

i have to say i think a human is much stronger then them or a cat or dog rabbit horse pretty much everything is

[07tsime1234]

Alter the proportions and make them as big as an average human. It will destroy you.

[TRiCKSH007ER]

Yeah but this isn't the strongest pound to pound animal, it's the strongest. And those insects are not as big as us, they might be stronger than us if they were, but they're not.

[travonwoo1]

ur missing the point. Pound for pound this is the strongest animal in the world. Of course it couldnt be stronger than an animal bigger than it. But if the bug was the same weight as u, it could lift tons of weight.

[metal1o1]

@Phytoxic dont be ignorant, its all about proportion

[macro312]

how bout ants?

[noodow715]

ants and beetles dont fight, because neither one of those species can hurt eachother.

beetles have armor that covers their entire body and is lighter, but harder than iron. ants cannot defeat it no matter wut number the antys are in... and the beetle cannot affect the ant armies and beetles would never cooperate with othe beetles. now im not exactly an expert but this is the least that i would know

[killaguy555]

ants do eat beetles in africa anyway...

[noodow715]

not hercules beetles

[Rayner1234]

@macro312 i think ants can lift weight 30 time of his own

[siaohelang]

they are actually not cheap though. People use them to gamble. In a way make them fight.

[noodow715]

well actually beetles can never harm other beetles no matter how strong or weak in comparison. they can only lose if they get flipped on their backs or if they get tossed to the ground. no beetles ever die ina beetle fight therefore they are legal. unlike chicken fights, roosters' beaks are strong enuff to rip the strength of their own strength. the worst that could possibly happen to a beetle during a fight is that they might injure a wing during flight, which would quickly grow back

[wkkimmy]

thats true. Beetles have strong armor. Not even a spider fang or scorpion sting can go through it. But as you said, chickens can hurt each other very badly. Some places actually attach sharp knives on the chicken legs so it would to more damage..its horrible.

[darkguy483]

0:53 this is sparta!!!!

[dave3190]

I see these in my yard on rare occasions. They make a loud hissing noise, it's kind of scary even though you know they can't hurt you.

[RANDOMNESSOFWAGS]

if i was a beetle... i'd be SO LAID! awesome rofl.. get whacked and watch.. trippi!

[tacoshitter]

if there so light, and so strong then youd think the fight would last for like 1 second and then one gets ripped in two like paper.

[moneyforreald]

HAHA ROFL!!!!

[madmave1221]

lmfao look at 57 seconds in hes like FUCK YEAH I WON!!!!!!!!!!

[andyroyful]

thats a lie!damn!

[detectiveconanaddict]

Rhinoceros Beetle can carry more heavy things than Elephants

[phileeep]

I'm pretty sure it's UC Berkeley, not University of Berkeley. Nobody calls it University of Berkeley.

It's equivalent to calling UCLA the University of Los Angeles! Any Californian will immediately understand that something is wrong here.

[elkabong69]

"at 2 grams..."

Fucking idiots. Hercules beetles are much heavier. Of course a woman narrator will tell you it's lighter thn a penny

[bumwau]

strong is not the same a heavy ?

[zapikachu]

If someone were to get 100 of these beetles, would they be able to push/pull a couch?

[Dodongo340]

i totally have to try that

[rapisode1]

hahahahaha

[SolPhoeniXx]

hey ! Good question...

Makes you wonder

[Iceaged69]

@zapikachu I wouldn't have a problem remodeling!!! =D

[TheMortalGhost]

@zapikachu

She did say they're are the strongest thing in the world so maybe you only need one.

[24Tyson]

1:23, Beetle labor...do you think we'll be able to use them for work.

xD!

I'm awesome

[Poserq]

that flying kinda freak me out lmao

[ArmanMoo]

holy shit at the end.... it knocked that fat log away!

[Digglepie]

no it didn't... it was obviously on a slant and it rolled down after it nudged it

[ArmanMoo]

yes I know but still...

[E4tMyH0lySh1t]

i LOVE how these male beetles are willing to fight against each other in order to have the possible chance of being able to bang the female beetle! xD

[twizzle1919]

pft this bitch is stupid, nobody in the world could lift 17 times there own weight. in any type of lift

[kewballl]

yeah wtf, no-one can lift 2-3 tonnes...

[XSO81]

@Shinobi; One metric tonne is 1000Kg, I'd like to see any human lift that kind of weight... what a stupid thing to say...

[sharpnova2]

@XSO81 typical ignorant foreigner. You use the metric system but you don't even really understand why or how.

Why call it a metric tonne when you could just call it a megagram? Sorry I guess that's taking the metric system a bit too far off the well understood road.

Foreigners have such tiny brains.

[XSO81]

@sharpnova2 Because I had an education outside of America, I was taught both systems. In this case, unlike you, I have some authority to say that metric is a far superior and easier system to understand and calculate than imperial.

People that argue that they don't understand metric or that metric is 'stupid' really must have failed at basic level maths when they went through school. You can't get more logical than 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s.

That being said, you are American, you must be right.

[sharpnova2]

@XSO81 Sigh. Typical foreigner arrogance.

I think I made it clear that I'm comfortable with the metric system. Since I actually say megagram and not a metric tonne, like illiterate buffoons like you.

It's the fact that you think base 10 is the most logical that betrays how incredibly ignorant and shortsighted your meager excuse for an intellect really is.

Prime bases or bases that have lots of non-unique prime factors are actually far more useful. But I wouldn't expect a foreigner to know.

[ZaFishR]

@XSO81 Don't be hostile towards American, we are not all ignorant. I actually do prefer metric even though I'm from the United States,

[guitarhero2211]

why do people think they are being cool by bashing America? is it because it's a trend to do it or is it because they don't want to admit and accept the flaws of their own country? oh that's right, i forgot that only America has stupid people. no other country in the whole world has stupid, ignorant, arrogant assholes. how silly of me

[Pivotpro24]

@guitarhero2211 i say it because of a few things

1. We kick almost every1s ass, especially Britain

2. We try to stop them from hoping the border and steal our jobs

3. we make of of a gay lil faggot with a high voice from Canada

4. We are pretty much assholes to every1 XD

5. People think that EVERY1 in America is fat (but hey i can prove that wrong)

6.They are all "smarter" even though no country in the world has as high tech weapons as us

the list goes on, people are just jealous

[blargers123]

@Pivotpro24 that's a bit...presumptuous to say...though regardless of how high tech and well trained our military is, fact of the matter is that at this point and time it would be impossible to win a ground war against any country. Not iran, not north korea and MOST DEFINITELY not Britain (disregarding the fact that we are on relatively good terms with them, diplomatically). Because of our engagement in iraq and military occupation in so many places middle east and elsewhere, it's not possible.

[bobandnorman]

@Pivotpro24 dude shut up you clearly know nothing about Britain just read @blargers123 comment he is an awesome American 

[Smo0theCriminal]

@Pivotpro24 Äll you "high tech" is worth nothing before the event that took place on October 30, 1961, in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago.

[weirdkid5]

@Pivotpro24 I'm American and it's the people like you that give us a bad name.

[Pivotpro24]

@weirdkid5 its what i do :D

[ElJavier04]

@XSO81 lol why are you arguing about metric and imperial systems xD

WHO CARES!!! hahaha