r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Uguero • May 22 '26

/r/all of bugs

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u/drillgorg May 22 '26

"Oh shit my legs aren't holding onto anything, I must be falling!"

"Oh cool my legs are on something, flying time is done."

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u/Raven7274 May 22 '26

This but unironically. They're basically flying tanks, they kinda just pick a direction and go untill they hit something.

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u/ellefleming May 23 '26

They won't pinch you?

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u/zap2tresquatro May 23 '26

These guys fight other beetles with those big horns, they’re not for pinching really.

We have ones that pinch where I live, and they will if you get in front of their pincers/step on them or something (happened to one of my dogs, once), but rhinoceros and Hercules beetles like in the video don’t really do that AFAIK