New Zealand Weta

[dudekiwi]

Yeah you could be right oscarceus? But they are not easily found and are normally hidden in DARK scarey caves, over hanging CREEPY crawly NZ bush. The places where average holiday makers don't go unless they are looking for adventure and hidden treasures. hahah ...............

[oscarceus]

stupid

you just give bad reputations

then people go oer them to kill them

then extintion comes

BITCH

[cbslilmama]

Is It Just Me Or Did That Jaiint Look Like It Was Smilin '?

[Jaguwar1804]

Your so gay...

[dudekiwi]

I my opinion people who do not post their own movies or can not make movies should reframe from casting comments you twit !

[SpinninTom]

you're a twat..

[Croozer]

LOL.

[ZetaVS]

Shoot it.

[russ9356]

they bite mate .i know from experience

[rudelight]

Brilliant!

[Dimunic]

lolol. Wetas are harmless. Not even aggressive.

[Scotttyist]

If you are scared of Wetas you need to piss off back to aussie, you bloody bastards :)

[FuntossisBACK]

are these creatures DANGEROUS?

[SytheClaw]

@FuntossisBACK nope they can bite thou and it would hurt

[theoryg]

Anyobody know how to get one or two??

[StarSpawn06]

how fast can it run ? can it jump ?

[dudekiwi]

@StarSpawn06 . Yeah they get along fast enough to escape attacks from predators. Off course they jump up 1.85 metres high and 2 metres long !!

[flyinganimepig]

WHY DID YOU YELL YOU SCARED ME

[dudekiwi]

That was the whole idea to give you a fright , I'm glad it worked . Ka pae Bro

[troubledseed]

@flyinganimepig Who watches these videos with the speakers loud enough to scare you??!?!?!??

[fuckamericanidiot]

@troubledseed it doesn't have to be loud to be able to distinguish between talking and shouting

[mecagoentoooooooo]

LOL 

[maxxis202]

lol

[ThePseudo1]

haha wow, they are actually really clumbsy, never been bitten cos they always seem to have one leg missing or some shit... inside joke shared by 4.5 million people :P

[chevytech350]

do they bite???

[BerserkGorilla5]

@chevytech350

Yes, they hurt like hell.

[joshuachan56]

The description says that you will history with only a single bite by the weta....That doesnt make sense at all....Can someone honestly tell me how pain it is when the weta bites someone?

[TimmyGal]

It's a giant cricket!

[dudekiwi]

I don't know ? Maybe they are related ?

They are more aggressive than hoppers.

[TimmyGal]

I've never been bitten by either one myself. But here, the grasshoppers and crickets are so small, you'd never notice if they did bite.

[stuchly1]

as far as i know, hoppers (if you meant grasshoppers) are the least agressive, they only slobber green liquid for protection. howver, there are only tiny ones where i live. one can find much bigger katydids - bush crickets - over here though, and when handled in a wrong way, they can bite painfully, but arent primarly agressive. crickets are very tiny and shy here, and we sure have no wetas here, but ithink they are more agressive than katydids, and with more painful bite.

[stuchly1]

@stuchly1 i judge from grasshoppers being herbivorous, katydids being omnivorous (believe it or not, but they are) and wetas being carnivorous. ;-)

[MissEemia]

*shudders* so scary D: glad I've never come across a live one yet haha

[twoboysmum1]

Hehe, bloody funny - gosh alot of people don't get the joke thing aye! - well done;)

[whataweta]

Excellent!!!!

[spiderpug]

Its a joke guys... no one calls a cobra, a "kobra snake" lol

[chicken0licken]

no where near a sdangourous as a cobra

[chicken0licken]

wetas are not poisonus that i know of so i dont know hwre u got that from. i live in wellington, new zealand and been bitten by one of these fuckers and it just lookded like a itchy bite. also found one on my bed with me last night freaky shit!

[KennyParkz]

fuck!!@!#!$% i just found a huge one in my covers.. scared the shit outta me!!@!#$@#$ argggh.. now im searching it on youtube... seeing if its dangerous

[vikingreign]

theyre teeth give a really nasty bite. my friend got bit by a little grasshopper and it broke his skin and drew alot of blood

[alistairhaste]

hahahaha hell that was funny.. fell out of many trees having these feckn things crawling on my hands.. panicking as a kid and leting go of the tree only to fall hahahaha they could kill hahahahaha

[chrisdotwynn]

they are no more dangerous than a cricket...

[Audinos]

No, they have huge, sharp ... look at the bones!

[Keurgui1]

that think can;t kill you it is hrmles go read a book

[niggaslipschips]

it's like an giant armored ant! What do they eat? I'd bet they'd chew a praying mantis up?

[Starhawk73]

I take it you've seen that video too!!

[ZenWolfDances]

They're vegetarians and they don't even have stings. They do have sharp spines on their back legs, though.

[IgnatiusJones]

Hi great video-ing dudekiwi with awesome closeup work.

Cheers Iggy

[SmashedBones]

no they do not bite your finger off

[januspiet]

Shit, you're lucky it didn't take your finger off in one bite.

Great photography, I like it.

Have a nosy at my wetas and let's know what you think. Cheers, JR.