Video of a Costa Rican Onycophera

[monitorlover1]

@zaxckee Their glue and their mandibLs are slightly venomous like spiders just milder

[MrGman962]

It is a living transitional form between segmented worms and arthropods. Take that creationists!

[zaxckee]

@Phantom3660 No. No they're not

[fuducker2]

the fact that these guys aren't arthropods is amazing!

[GerbilEssences]

0:13 ACCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOoo!!!­!!

[SanFisVomitosis]

Que hermosos son los Onicoforos :D

[5mnz7fg]

@ InfiniteWorld:

Do they give birth to living youngs or do they lay eggs?

You write in the text below the video:

"Onycophera shoot a sticky substance out of their antennae, to capture prey."

I don't think that`s correct. They spit this sticky substance out of special glands underneath their antennae, as far as I know.

[IDKYGA]

At :11 you scared it and it fired slime at the leaf. lolz

[beadM97]

there legs are so cute

[Phantom3660]

it's that poisonous?

[irongollem]

Nice addition of information in the subtext

[MrMudNugget]

cool hurt like hell when it uses its pincers to bite

[darklorddogg]

Gross!

Fire needed

[MishaPilsudski]

fire for ur house?

[jouserjouse]

Thats awesome. I dont like bugs but i been watching weird bug videos on youtube for past 10 mins and theres all kinda crazy bugs in the world!

[Atomicskull]

These creatures predate cockroaches or even insects (or anything else that has legs). It's thought that they were the first creatures that could "walk".

[kirlinks]

@Atomicskull It's interesting how they are still in existence but didn't evolve.

[xarvh]

@kirlinks they evolved, just not in obvious or readily visible ways.

Think metabolism, for example.

[samthesnakeman]

i own one and will do a vid on it

[tenderlovincare89]

does it bite?

[nighthunte29]

so it thought the leaf was prey!?

[SegamenXp]

@nighthunte29 maybe? :P

Velvet worms are pretty adorable though, wish I could keep one

[2luper]

thanks for sharing! these creatures are very gentle - and lucky the homeowner with this 'exterminator' in the house!

[JCMac777]

It does look kinda cute hehe.

[VulcanMarine]

Did it throw up or something at 0:13?

[JCMac777]

Yes it did. Read the description.

[Sakura1CAS]

Oh, its so cute. I wonder what it would feel like crawling up your arm.

[unknowuser10]

i saw it on yahoo

[borhos222]

Wow look at all of the "also watching now"--20 people! your video is on one of the pages directed from the yahoo homepage!

[ChingBak401]

THIS WAS ON YAHOO

[sheikhbond]

what does it squirt at 0:13?

[drbroccoli1]

A liquid glue used to trap prey. Perhaps it's used defensively as well.

[sheikhbond]

its not vegetarian? lol

[drbroccoli1]

No. It has kind of scary looking jaws. Deceptively cute.

[sheikhbond]

very cute indeed

[FirriTriah]

Wow, it's actually . .. cute. No wonder people want these as pets.

[bedupolkerpenguin]

i think its a velvet worm

[InfiniteWorld]

It is.

[snoobeagle]

"Supposedly, the males mate with the females by just poking them in the side and squirting sperm into the hole" Not unlike humans, but without the alcohol, dinner and dancing prior.