Parasitoid wasps: Like the Alien movies, but real!

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  • Опубліковано 23 жов 2020
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    Imagine that after it punches it's way through your chest it makes you tuck it in and cook it dinner. That's what this wasp actually does!
    Cotesia golmerata, arguably the most interesting animal in all of nature. I (TC camera op James) have been trying to film this for the last three years. This was my white whale. Hope you enjoy it!
    Original score by Richard Collins. Check out his other work here: www.richardcollinsmusic.com/
    Here is a link to the specific track used in this.
    richardcollinsmusic.bandcamp....
    Narration by Dave Gillies.
    Additional footage by Richard Mann.
    Special thanks to the following people.
    Mark Bushell
    Mark Pajak
    Rhian Rowson
    Dr. Gavin Broad
    Prof. Marcel Dicke
    Dr. Ross Piper
    If you like what we do please consider supporting us on Patreon. / teamcandiru
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  • @CesarAbeid
    @CesarAbeid 3 роки тому +33263

    If I'm an insect and I start hearing the soothing voice of an English voice actor, I'd know something is up

  • @hellothere5871
    @hellothere5871 3 роки тому +3185

    Wasp: imma end this whole man's career
    Catapillar: Imma turn this into my career

    • @BanditOfBandwidth
      @BanditOfBandwidth 3 роки тому +121

      When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

    • @amanofculture9885
      @amanofculture9885 3 роки тому +28

      General kanobi

    • @shivamjoshi5421
      @shivamjoshi5421 3 роки тому +19

      Underrated comment

    • @fynkozari9271
      @fynkozari9271 3 роки тому +9

      The second one is funny.

    • @KingvGio
      @KingvGio 3 роки тому +10

      Dang is it me or does the insects baby have more mass then the mama catapiler

  • @thelatiosmaster
    @thelatiosmaster Рік тому +1496

    The fact they lay their eggs into other "guests" and they develop inside them is not that special, but the fact they also REPROGRAM the guest to protect them to death when they grow out... that's the truely scary part

    • @danilozaurus7797
      @danilozaurus7797 Рік тому +49

      it is like we raise and develop the AI.

    • @SalvableRuin
      @SalvableRuin 10 місяців тому +6

      Truly*

    • @mitaskeledzija6269
      @mitaskeledzija6269 10 місяців тому +5

      ​@@danilozaurus7797or we develop the AI to develop our children lol and do shit for us like slaves. That's the only comparison I see. And AI and God have two key values that are amazing and terrifying same time. We should stop with it though.. it will lead humanity to extinction.

    • @HopkinsIsNotAVictim
      @HopkinsIsNotAVictim 10 місяців тому +4

      After they hatch, they get a bar mitzvah.

    • @94oddy
      @94oddy 9 місяців тому

      ⁠@@danilozaurus7797Just for the AI to feed on our minds later on

  • @tonybmusic1166
    @tonybmusic1166 Рік тому +491

    The Ichneumon Wasp was the inspiration for the movie “Alien.” The writer read about this species and created the storyline for the movie. Kinda interesting when the host is a caterpillar…..not quite so much when it’s a human.

    • @onion_____
      @onion_____ Рік тому +2

      Source,?

    • @joshuaking9589
      @joshuaking9589 Рік тому +2

      Got a source?

    • @LillyWhiteFairy
      @LillyWhiteFairy Рік тому +8

      You literally can search it...

    • @savionmcqueen8944
      @savionmcqueen8944 Рік тому +10

      honestly ichneumon wasp have a particular spot in my mind, im fascinated by them. When I was a kid we took a field trip to some flower field but I just remember this giant black wasp flying by me with what I thought was a huge stinger. I was so terrified and disgusted at that time, I thought how could bugs exist like that? It wasnt until I was older that I tried researching that bag and understood that insects are just elite life forms in a small body. If they were bigger and smarter bugs would absolutely terrorize the planet.

    • @q45ij54q
      @q45ij54q Рік тому +18

      It also was one of the main reasons Darwin stopped believing in the Christian God thinking that no all-loving being would create something like that.

  • @dlasky
    @dlasky 3 роки тому +6595

    The quality of the footage here rivals some multimillion-budget documentary channels and studios

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  3 роки тому +401

      Thanks!

    • @firegator6853
      @firegator6853 3 роки тому +147

      really i still try to understand HOW the hell they showed a footage so big of such tiny catterpillar and the even more tiny wasp larvae the catterpillar in that footage is like the ground and the wasp larvae digging upwards

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  3 роки тому +98

      @@KD-os7kv Richard Collins did an original score for this, www.richardcollinsmusic.com/

    • @AgentExeider
      @AgentExeider 3 роки тому +26

      Yeah it really makes you ask how much money goes toward the production staff and how much goes to fat cat producers.

    • @joefernandez5787
      @joefernandez5787 3 роки тому +6

      @@firegator6853 macro lenses It's what most likely they used

  • @wesleybradshaw2609
    @wesleybradshaw2609 3 роки тому +43702

    Nature is scary in general, but insects are on a whole different level of terror.

    • @wesleybradshaw2609
      @wesleybradshaw2609 3 роки тому +2265

      @Hayden VI God: Lucifer...
      Lucifer: What?
      (God throws book of creation at him)
      Go crazy.

    • @veasnatdm4861
      @veasnatdm4861 3 роки тому +515

      You need to see a life cycle of micro organism, It is also very different from other.

    • @davidhujik6078
      @davidhujik6078 3 роки тому +141

      @@wesleybradshaw2609 he made the boogie man it scared 3 people, then Lucifer made a Republican they scare people at election times. The he made oprah Winfrey she scared thousands. Then he made the spiders and wasps..them fuckers scare everyone lol

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  3 роки тому +3276

      "Mercy is for the weak"
      - Invertebrate fauna probably.

    • @ImNotDelusionalYouAre
      @ImNotDelusionalYouAre 3 роки тому +18

      @Dick Borbon I am atheist rat

  • @brendandash
    @brendandash 11 місяців тому +67

    the fact that the caterpillar is alive and takes care of the larva is insaneb

  • @leonardolopezmartinez6340
    @leonardolopezmartinez6340 Рік тому +254

    When I was about 13 years old, in my garden there were a lot of caterpillars and I was very excited to see how these insects became pupae and then butterflies, but I remember looking at a caterpillar and seeing that it behaved strangely, to which I kept observing when suddenly , those worms began to emerge! I was simply shocked because I didn't understand what was happening, how it was possible that worms came out of a caterpillar, I was appalled, but then I did some research and found out what it was. A bit mirk.

    • @FuchsiaRosa
      @FuchsiaRosa Рік тому +28

      Looking at this video and comparing your experience I don’t see how you weren’t scared for life

    • @thediaz07
      @thediaz07 Рік тому +12

      I would've burned the wasps.

    • @Sheenifier
      @Sheenifier 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@thediaz07no trust me you want the wasps. The wasps won't eat your garden

    • @thediaz07
      @thediaz07 8 місяців тому +5

      @@Sheenifier but they'll eat my brain 🧠

    • @Sheenifier
      @Sheenifier 8 місяців тому +10

      @@thediaz07 understood. You got caterpillar for a brain

  • @GoEvenHarder
    @GoEvenHarder 3 роки тому +8760

    Caterpillar: WTH IS GOING ON???!? WTH ARE THESE THINGS COMING OUT OF ME???!?
    2 minutes later
    Caterpillar: Mah babies

    • @alexgajardo93
      @alexgajardo93 3 роки тому +106

      Like Randy Marsh😂

    • @phoemizito
      @phoemizito 3 роки тому +52

      lmao

    • @thefoxorsomething8235
      @thefoxorsomething8235 3 роки тому +59

      Right that's so weordt

    • @LoogPed127
      @LoogPed127 3 роки тому +8

      😆

    • @Hi-vf9wx
      @Hi-vf9wx 3 роки тому +168

      @Tyler Stone OP said that because the caterpillar takes care of the larvae like its own babies

  • @nrdpc5975
    @nrdpc5975 3 роки тому +3704

    The caterpillar paid the ultimate price in child support.

  • @studentoflife3149
    @studentoflife3149 Рік тому +749

    I literally had a moment where I stopped and said “wait wtf, how can this be real?” So incredible to amazed with the magic of nature

  • @Nihlux
    @Nihlux 10 місяців тому +21

    Thank God I'm not an insect. What a terrifying world...

    • @munch762
      @munch762 9 місяців тому +1

      You know there are species very close to you right now that want to use you as an incubator too, you've been the birthplace of millions of creatures my friend, congrats🎉

    • @dritzzdarkwood4727
      @dritzzdarkwood4727 7 місяців тому +1

      Right now thousands of larvae are living on your eyelids in their little colony.
      Fortunately, we have an alliance with them. They keep our eyelids clean from bacteria, we let them live rent free.

  • @bigdaddypatty8348
    @bigdaddypatty8348 3 роки тому +9267

    Imagine just being a chill caterpillar on a leaf then see a bunch of cameras focused around you for a documentary of wasps

    • @cesar6447
      @cesar6447 3 роки тому +306

      And it gets worse that they're just to watch how you get zombiefied by a wasp. That caterpillar watch them... just staring at it... without helping...

    • @jasonspades5628
      @jasonspades5628 3 роки тому +46

      Damn, that's one hell of an observation

    • @joice2871
      @joice2871 3 роки тому +23

      U act like they gaf

    • @jasonspades5628
      @jasonspades5628 3 роки тому +28

      @@joice2871
      The level of irrationality and irrelevance with respect to the nature of your comment is by far the most insufficiently nonsensical response I've ever seen on social media. And I debate creationists.
      Be proud of that. It's not easy to be nonsensical. Even trying to be irrational requires a level mindless structure.
      But you have managed to demonstrate the existence of pure academic ignorance with the social morals of a cockroach seeking anything they can attempt to poke fun at wherever it appears to be editable after dark scurrying legs can find for itself.

    • @no.more.losses705
      @no.more.losses705 3 роки тому

      😂😂

  • @Begam_chan
    @Begam_chan 3 роки тому +3217

    The wasp : *slaps the top of caterpillar*
    "This bad boy can fit so many larvae in it."

  • @nkemcels
    @nkemcels Рік тому +25

    That initial fight between the caterpillar and the wasp was MMA level

  • @pratiksharma3538
    @pratiksharma3538 Рік тому +37

    i can only imagine the amount of hardwork that had gone into making this video
    thank you so much for giving it for free to all of us
    🙏🙏

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  Рік тому +10

      Thanks. If was a real labour of love and we are happy to share it.

  • @juanpablocastano2192
    @juanpablocastano2192 3 роки тому +3864

    Caterpillar: what can I say, they're my babies now.

    • @name-vw6ll
      @name-vw6ll 3 роки тому +104

      Here, I shall give you my like so your underrated ingenious comments can grow.

    • @damondshoyo3307
      @damondshoyo3307 3 роки тому +27

      Made me laugh

    • @christianmarx3249
      @christianmarx3249 3 роки тому +12

      but why

    • @damondshoyo3307
      @damondshoyo3307 3 роки тому +4

      @@christianmarx3249 which one of is you talking too?😂

    • @good_vibes2026
      @good_vibes2026 3 роки тому +71

      "I have been tricked!..but they arrrre kinda cute."

  • @TangoSierra888
    @TangoSierra888 2 роки тому +9026

    The fact that the larvae feed on the caterpillar’s insides without killing it, then burst out & force it to protect them until it starves to death is insane.
    Nature is weird, man.

    • @juanrodrigo3646
      @juanrodrigo3646 2 роки тому +33

      Yup

    • @saooran7364
      @saooran7364 2 роки тому +166

      Kind sir please inform the spoiler beforehand, mind you.

    • @jueylewisandthebrews
      @jueylewisandthebrews 2 роки тому +197

      Do I dare point out the similarities in your description betwixt a human mother and child?

    • @leschi7432
      @leschi7432 2 роки тому +128

      @@jueylewisandthebrews as a new mom just born my baby this is highly disturbing image :V

    • @dynamicentry6157
      @dynamicentry6157 2 роки тому +21

      you know what they say...."life is not fair" lol

  • @joeyb6285
    @joeyb6285 2 місяці тому +6

    that went from *horrific to wholesome to tragic* right quick!!

  • @SuperHaoken
    @SuperHaoken Рік тому +22

    it's amazing that the caterpillar develop a maternal instinct for those warps.

  • @kayskreed
    @kayskreed 2 роки тому +6400

    The mind-blowing thing is that the caterpillar was forced to be the caretaker of its parasitic killers. It was completely zombified at that point. Nature is truly more bizarre, twisted and disturbing than any horror story I've seen. For anyone writing horror, take your cues from Mother Nature.

    • @MikeM-uy6qp
      @MikeM-uy6qp 2 роки тому +9

      Yeah, the Alien writers actually toned it down.

    • @wesmerit8855
      @wesmerit8855 2 роки тому +888

      Meanwhile, there are people out there who lose their minds if preferred pronouns are not enforced.

    • @goead
      @goead 2 роки тому +32

      @@wesmerit8855 lol

    • @monetum1392
      @monetum1392 2 роки тому +145

      @@wesmerit8855 Dude could people like you just stfu and stop bringing this shit up so randomly 😂

    • @nihilego3634
      @nihilego3634 2 роки тому +42

      @@wesmerit8855 🐹 ⋆ 🐷 🎀 𝑅𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝐹𝓇𝑒𝑒 🎀 🐷 ⋆ 🐹

  • @clfrey75
    @clfrey75 3 роки тому +1943

    Note to self: Do not come back as the Large White Caterpillar.

    • @arneljamilon308
      @arneljamilon308 3 роки тому +8

      @sherry your pic profile is bird

    • @TomSNC
      @TomSNC 3 роки тому +20

      @sherry I mean they suffer at the hands of other animals too

    • @TheAnimationStationTAS
      @TheAnimationStationTAS 3 роки тому +3

      @@TomSNC especially humans.

    • @TomSNC
      @TomSNC 3 роки тому +7

      @@TheAnimationStationTAS Im not sure of that 100% as theyve been suffering at the hands of each other long before we existed. Humans can be pretty shitty with a lot of things tho but other animals aren’t devoting the resources to save other animals that humans are. However humans are also destroying the environment, so it’s like a 1 step forward and 1 or 2 steps back kinda thing

    • @TheAnimationStationTAS
      @TheAnimationStationTAS 3 роки тому +2

      @@TomSNC sorry, I thought you meant humans suffered at the hands of other animals.

  • @angel7martinez
    @angel7martinez Рік тому +14

    I am a huge fan of horror movies. This right here shook me to my core.

  • @bassman494
    @bassman494 Рік тому +8

    Incredible camera-work. What a mind-blowing video.

  • @testarossa53
    @testarossa53 3 роки тому +1906

    The narrator feels like he's persuading me to join the Thieves Guild

    • @CaIamity_
      @CaIamity_ 3 роки тому +53

      Ave, true to Caesar!
      Oh wait, wrong game...

    • @aimarlangley4156
      @aimarlangley4156 3 роки тому +16

      omg he does sounds like that guy

    • @Twiggyay
      @Twiggyay 3 роки тому +70

      Brynjolf has left his thieving ways behind him, and has since made an honest career out of nature documentary narration.

    • @ThatMadCat
      @ThatMadCat 3 роки тому +38

      Never done an honest day's work in your life for all that coin you're carrying, eh lad?

    • @baconnator179
      @baconnator179 3 роки тому +11

      @@CaIamity_ we won't go down quietly. The legion can count on that

  • @iralol3771
    @iralol3771 3 роки тому +1950

    "As well as being incredibly aggressive"
    *Wiggles violently*

  • @cher8005
    @cher8005 Рік тому

    Subscribed. Decision was a complete no-brainer😏. This channel is a winner. Bravo!

  • @luciusesox1luckysox570
    @luciusesox1luckysox570 6 місяців тому +6

    Makes the film Alien seem all the more believable .

  • @botanicleaf3824
    @botanicleaf3824 3 роки тому +2595

    This is like a car crash. Hard to watch but hard not to. Incredible.

    • @Ze_N00B
      @Ze_N00B 3 роки тому +46

      "You're like a marshmallow in slow-motion. It's like I'm watching you eating salad through a windshield."
      -Time bending Scout

    • @FrappuccinoAlfredo
      @FrappuccinoAlfredo 3 роки тому +2

      @@Ze_N00B lmao I just watched that like 10 minutes ago

    • @shotokhan4078
      @shotokhan4078 3 роки тому +3

      perfect description!

    • @psychosemantics
      @psychosemantics 3 роки тому +7

      It's so physically uncomfortable but I can't stop watching due to curiosity

    • @BassLineProductionsI
      @BassLineProductionsI 3 роки тому +1

      @PARK give it a rest

  • @gianlatorre9357
    @gianlatorre9357 3 роки тому +889

    This is why you should always evolve your Caterpie.

    • @xRolyJoel
      @xRolyJoel 3 роки тому +25

      Good thing they evolve early

    • @jhalo2554
      @jhalo2554 3 роки тому +11

      Bro-

    • @shenalkagunasekera2574
      @shenalkagunasekera2574 3 роки тому +31

      Ninjask doing em dirty

    • @szymanowski7
      @szymanowski7 3 роки тому +3

      @@shenalkagunasekera2574 😫😭😭

    • @orgil279
      @orgil279 3 роки тому

      What if the metapod evolved to venomoth instead?

  • @SwiFTDBL
    @SwiFTDBL 9 місяців тому +5

    the fact they got uplose footage of all the processes and different steps of this is INSANE! especially the larvae eating and coming out of the caterpillar, actually insane footage, and the 9M views that this vid got seems to agree! keep these videos going and this channel will be at million subs no time!

  • @Bendetoma
    @Bendetoma 10 місяців тому +12

    As creepy as this video makes them seem, those wasps are actually incredibly useful in controlling pests.

    • @finnmchugh99
      @finnmchugh99 5 місяців тому +1

      Just like cicada killer wasps

  • @dudethmcgraff7627
    @dudethmcgraff7627 3 роки тому +1527

    Holy crap I can’t believe it’s actually WORSE than I imagined

    • @Raydensheraj
      @Raydensheraj 3 роки тому +17

      Turned Charles Darwin pretty much into an Atheist...😂

    • @poop_schmoop
      @poop_schmoop 3 роки тому +1

      im scarred

    • @Welari12
      @Welari12 3 роки тому +6

      Read this in Gordon's voice

    • @condorX2
      @condorX2 3 роки тому +2

      I wonder why the caterpillar create a harden web to protect the baby Wasps?
      The plant food is just under the caterpillar, why didn't the caterpillar eat it?
      It's because his stomach already being cut opens? Hmm that might be it.
      It guess the caterpillar view those Wasp as it offspring and die happy.

    • @dudethmcgraff7627
      @dudethmcgraff7627 3 роки тому +11

      @@condorX2 the narrator touches on that in the video by saying there are powerful chemicals racing through its body, caused by the larvae

  • @VikingerOnYT
    @VikingerOnYT 3 роки тому +10802

    That's honestly scary

    • @1911dawg
      @1911dawg 3 роки тому +84

      I heard this can happen to humans ;)

    • @thanxxxx
      @thanxxxx 3 роки тому +11

      Damnnnn

    • @trickyclown3719
      @trickyclown3719 3 роки тому +131

      @@1911dawg AYO WTH

    • @TimSzabo
      @TimSzabo 3 роки тому +108

      @@trickyclown3719 dude he means parent hood lmao

    • @ahmeteminsenyurt131
      @ahmeteminsenyurt131 3 роки тому +93

      Imagen getting bitten by a wasp... only to have babys emerge out of your skin 2 and a half weeks later! THATS SCARY.

  • @sciencefellows777
    @sciencefellows777 Рік тому +1

    Excellent video! Good capture of the natures workings.

  • @markembile9510
    @markembile9510 Рік тому +2

    *A LITERALLY AN ALIEN-LOOKING CYCLE IN THE INSECT WORLD*
    This channel: *proceeds to put an uplifting song background*

  • @SeriousJB
    @SeriousJB 2 роки тому +2777

    *"70% of large white caterpillars suffer this fate"*
    Well, I now know what I don't want to be in my next life

  • @salty8202
    @salty8202 3 роки тому +3871

    that caterpillar is more of a mother to their children than the wasp that laid them

  • @jeremykyle123456
    @jeremykyle123456 Рік тому +5

    The narrator has a soothing voice and makes anything not so scary

  • @PhilAse-ki8ks
    @PhilAse-ki8ks 5 днів тому

    The quality of this footage is top-notch 💯

  • @matthewgriffin1782
    @matthewgriffin1782 3 роки тому +713

    This dude just said "70% of these caterpillars will go through the same fate" and there's something spine-chilling about that

    • @EggwonMusk
      @EggwonMusk 3 роки тому +7

      @@nobody7817 thats a nice fact i tell random people lol

    • @nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife
      @nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife 3 роки тому +3

      Cells have a kill switch, i kinda wish all life had a kill switch. Id just nope right out of it. Something too terrifying, could nope right out.

    • @pamelapap
      @pamelapap 3 роки тому +11

      I feel sorry for them. I might go looking out and kill a couple of these wasps when I see them.

    • @ungobungo7986
      @ungobungo7986 3 роки тому +1

      @@pamelapap Why? Its nature

    • @Lucas-Nunes
      @Lucas-Nunes 3 роки тому +5

      @@pamelapap You shouldn't do that.
      There is a reason why so many die.
      It's nature's ecosystem,it's balanced as it has to be.

  • @secret6338
    @secret6338 3 роки тому +810

    When they say it's just stomach pain but then the camera crew shows up:

  • @jeffreysokal7264
    @jeffreysokal7264 6 місяців тому

    Excellent! Kudos for a job well done.

  • @sandrareynolds7379
    @sandrareynolds7379 Рік тому

    💕 the narration on this piece. Nice voice.

  • @AtesliTeyyare
    @AtesliTeyyare 3 роки тому +749

    I never thought one day I was going to watch a survival battle between a parasitic wasp and an aggressive caterpillar, narrated with a Scottish accent, for 8 minutes.

    • @jonfoster5685
      @jonfoster5685 3 роки тому +15

      Yeah, I just had one of those "What the hell did I just watch?" moments myself.

    • @Millenimorphose
      @Millenimorphose 3 роки тому +3

      This is not something that surprises me about myself.

    • @alexselvanathan
      @alexselvanathan 3 роки тому

      I just realized umi watched it for 8 mins

    • @TheTranceCartel
      @TheTranceCartel 3 роки тому +1

      His accent sounds Portuguese to me

    • @L3GHO5T
      @L3GHO5T 3 роки тому

      It’s not one of those things you plan for m, it just happens 😂

  • @TheAsharedhett
    @TheAsharedhett Рік тому +4165

    What I'm most intrigued by is the "mind control" aspect of this. If she simply laid they eggs and they parasitically grew from within the caterpillar, that wouldn't be any kind of shock, but this fundamental change of behavior to become sacrificially altruistic towards the offspring of its former prey is fascinating and disturbing.

    • @TIKIWOLF
      @TIKIWOLF Рік тому +1

      Maybe That's why the Davos Elitists want us to eat these insects. 🐛 To further the hive-mind. 🐝 🐝 🐝

    • @R0DSTER
      @R0DSTER Рік тому +1

      this is just me guessing without further research but i'm not sure that it's necessarily mind control...it looked like the parasites covered themselves with the caterpillar's own silk, possibly to deceive and be accepted by the caterpillar as its own. in return this could cause some instinctive trigger in the caterpillar's dna of taking care of them, even if these caterpillars don't have their own young at that stage cycle

    • @Master__Chief117
      @Master__Chief117 Рік тому +47

      He explains that it isnt common

    • @sneakycheeky531
      @sneakycheeky531 Рік тому +370

      @@Master__Chief117 makes no difference to this comment

    • @Master__Chief117
      @Master__Chief117 Рік тому +1

      @@sneakycheeky531 if it isn't common, then that means there's no mind control and this caterpillar is just bored or somethin. You seem to be the only one saying irrelevant shit

  • @gigazerkertv
    @gigazerkertv 9 місяців тому +3

    Its like in alien resurrection, the anthropomorph alien thought Ripley was her real mother.

  • @HorrorFangirl34
    @HorrorFangirl34 11 місяців тому +4

    This is incredible footage! WOW! This looks creepy and super painful! Man, nature can be so brutal if she wants to be!

    • @mojo7495
      @mojo7495 11 місяців тому

      "Nature"? In other words, you believe blind chance evolution is responsible for the millions of miracles we see everyday?
      You are deluded.
      Try reading Genesis 1:1.

  • @sds3558
    @sds3558 3 роки тому +1853

    I was so sad when the caterpillar died, wtf. It was like my favourite character of a show dying.

    • @Lucas-Nunes
      @Lucas-Nunes 3 роки тому +121

      Right?
      Such character development, for such death.

    • @sincereeastman6972
      @sincereeastman6972 3 роки тому +76

      @@Lucas-Nunes man we could of had another season but the writers didn’t have enough money to keep the show going

    • @stanclark8824
      @stanclark8824 3 роки тому +4

      it was cute too!

    • @jasenworrell6214
      @jasenworrell6214 3 роки тому +17

      If only it would've snacked on the extra leaves and made it's own cocoon towards the end they could've flown away together

    • @kevinvassago
      @kevinvassago 3 роки тому +13

      Some game of thrones shit that happens in our backyards

  • @Williamob
    @Williamob 3 роки тому +512

    The fact 70% have this happen to them is insane, and the fact the caterpillar becomes a care taker is a whole other level of wild

    • @Peacemaker-96
      @Peacemaker-96 3 роки тому +25

      Nature's way of saving the plants from being overeaten!

    • @EggwonMusk
      @EggwonMusk 3 роки тому +3

      have you heard of the Cuckoo Bird?

    • @Emajenus
      @Emajenus 3 роки тому +40

      It's not insane because this is how ecosystems do population control. Some animals are eaten, some animals are used in other ways.
      It's a very delicate balance.
      The less of these caterpillars are there, the less the wasps can breed, and the more caterpillars are there, the more the wasps can breed. If the caterpillars go extinct, the wasps will follow. And if the wasps go extinct somehow, the caterpillar population would go out of control, likely impacting the feeding habits of some other animals in their ecosystem.

    • @Peacemaker-96
      @Peacemaker-96 3 роки тому +3

      @@Emajenus well explained!

    • @Antside
      @Antside 3 роки тому +1

      @@Emajenus ik it's to keep everything balanced it's just that i think it's an horrible way of dieing. I'd rather see the wasps just kill and eat and the caterpillars instead of this. But it is what it is

  • @david7800
    @david7800 Рік тому +1

    lovely stuff man👍

  • @TonyScavini
    @TonyScavini 8 місяців тому +2

    It's almost like the entire purpose of the caterpillars existence is to produce the wasps, 70% of them live and die for this, it's absolutely insane.

  • @cmillspa1
    @cmillspa1 3 роки тому +1407

    Wasp looking at a caterpillar: "It's free real estate."

    • @NL-tq1yr
      @NL-tq1yr 3 роки тому +30

      And free day care, yayyyy

    • @RamdomView
      @RamdomView 3 роки тому +1

      No, you saw the damage the wasp took.

    • @yukinamiuka
      @yukinamiuka 3 роки тому

      Literally

    • @jerryamescua
      @jerryamescua 2 роки тому

      Wasn’t free. It cost damage

    • @cmillspa1
      @cmillspa1 2 роки тому

      @@RamdomView Ya must be fun at parties.

  • @carlosmunguia3843
    @carlosmunguia3843 3 роки тому +1408

    Reality is often more disturbing than fiction.

    • @Ali-fb5km
      @Ali-fb5km 3 роки тому +31

      Fiction is a twist on reality

    • @beefboylatestestorona3963
      @beefboylatestestorona3963 3 роки тому +16

      @@Ali-fb5km reality is more twisted n complicated though.

    • @legrandgougoulilumine6940
      @legrandgougoulilumine6940 3 роки тому +2

      Just like parents in law..

    • @nambelas
      @nambelas 3 роки тому +1

      Multiple chest busters on the same body...?

    • @sw-hg8eq
      @sw-hg8eq 3 роки тому

      In the fiction, it was the humans and I didn't care but here we have innocent baby animals.

  • @dizzytoytles4694
    @dizzytoytles4694 Рік тому

    This takes the meaning take one for the team to a whole new level

  • @jeffl977
    @jeffl977 11 місяців тому

    This footage is incredible

  • @andrewsinclair7159
    @andrewsinclair7159 3 роки тому +442

    Caterpillar is like "I have no idea what these are, but they came out of me so they must be my babies and I love them."

    • @MahouShoujo-Studios
      @MahouShoujo-Studios 3 роки тому +77

      It's brain was chemically hijacked by the wasp.

    • @andrewsinclair7159
      @andrewsinclair7159 3 роки тому +43

      @@MahouShoujo-Studios Yeah, that tends to happen in one way or another with wasp venom. The exact composition naturally varies from species to species but it's usually a cocktail of proteins, peptides, and neurotransmitters like acetylcholine that paralyze insect nerves and cause pain in mammal nerves.

    • @MahouShoujo-Studios
      @MahouShoujo-Studios 3 роки тому +17

      @@andrewsinclair7159 I'm looking back at my comment and I'm like "I used the wrong 'its'. My entire statement is now invalid.

    • @andrewsinclair7159
      @andrewsinclair7159 3 роки тому +12

      @@MahouShoujo-Studios We are both big dumb nerds.

    • @MahouShoujo-Studios
      @MahouShoujo-Studios 3 роки тому +14

      @@andrewsinclair7159 Yes we are. But nerds are cool nowadays so :)

  • @OriginalKKid
    @OriginalKKid 3 роки тому +1627

    I thought my life was s***, now im just glad im not one of these caterpillars.

    • @Ilovegrunge123
      @Ilovegrunge123 3 роки тому +34

      Well there is always reincarnation, hopefully if it exist i come back as a human.

    • @firegator6853
      @firegator6853 3 роки тому +39

      @@Ilovegrunge123 or as a pet dog.....their lives are the best if they are raised properly and not thrown outside

    • @expectnothing9032
      @expectnothing9032 3 роки тому +6

      *yet*

    • @jennifermiller5696
      @jennifermiller5696 3 роки тому +9

      I have no idea what to comment but I guess this counts

    • @dannyvendetta6677
      @dannyvendetta6677 3 роки тому +3

      No cap Thank you God 😂😂😂😂

  • @bob-sb2zu
    @bob-sb2zu 9 місяців тому

    Happens frequently where I live ,the caterpillars climb the house walls to pupate but are found dead surrounded by yellow cocoons, not seen any protective behavior from the towards the cocoons though .With local Small Tortoiseshell butterflies the caterpillars pupate but only tiny wasps emerge from the pupae leaving tiny holes .The numbers of these butterflies locally has plummeted drastically in recent years.

  • @michelegould5637
    @michelegould5637 Рік тому

    Beautiful video, well done.

  • @derbyjr
    @derbyjr 3 роки тому +979

    “It will protect the cocoon from any intruder.”
    The caterpillar with a bug on its face: *Y E E T*

    • @chrislister4326
      @chrislister4326 3 роки тому +12

      Tbh this is one of the funniest comments I’ve read this month haha

    • @SubstituteNiggaReaper.
      @SubstituteNiggaReaper. 3 роки тому +18

      7:11

    • @gavinherwood1073
      @gavinherwood1073 3 роки тому +5

      I'm dying, I agree with Chris, funniest comment I've read in a long while. Made me choke on my tea 😂

    • @pathwalker2867
      @pathwalker2867 3 роки тому +3

      That insect got yeeted into next week :D

    • @ebola3455
      @ebola3455 3 роки тому +1

      Why he protec tho

  • @broccolycowboy3016
    @broccolycowboy3016 2 роки тому +2075

    seeing that caterpillar throw down with that wasp made me realize how tanky they really are. as humans, we think they're small, squishy, and helpless. but in the insect world they're basically tubes of muscle!

    • @darnit1944
      @darnit1944 2 роки тому +152

      The insect world contains many powerful beings. The ants for ex can lift items 10-50 times their mass.
      That's the equivalent of a human (probably 60kg on average) lifting a 3 ton object.

    • @foxymetroid
      @foxymetroid 2 роки тому +173

      1. The square-cube law works in both directions. This means that as a species's average size decreases, the more efficient it gets strength-wise. It's why fleas can jump and fall many times its height without injury, but an elephant can't jump without destroying its legs.
      2. Their skeletons is literally their outsides. That means there are no bones inside to take up space, which leaves more room for muscles.

    • @sheilashineleofany822
      @sheilashineleofany822 2 роки тому +10

      depend on type of wasps... carnivore wasps already had if flying to their nest

    • @Sjaapdespaak
      @Sjaapdespaak 2 роки тому +2

      @@darnit1944 60kg on average???

    • @darnit1944
      @darnit1944 2 роки тому +2

      @@Sjaapdespaak Why are you acting so surprised?

  • @WebflingerJoe
    @WebflingerJoe Рік тому +2

    Damn dude when that caterpillar sat on a pile as large as itself it blew my mind

  • @KDuff-2015
    @KDuff-2015 Рік тому +22

    It’s crazy how the Caterpillars look changed from 2:20 when it got bit to 7:00 when it’s protecting the baby wasp. Almost like it mutates

  • @adithyalfc
    @adithyalfc Рік тому +3416

    the patience of the cameraman and the team to film these things..just amazing

    • @monsterx3055
      @monsterx3055 Рік тому +65

      its all set up in a studio.

    • @steveRoll595
      @steveRoll595 Рік тому

      @@monsterx3055 ah yes, the wasps are paid actors!

    • @notorioustony6033
      @notorioustony6033 Рік тому +12

      @@monsterx3055 proof?

    • @DashhunterLP
      @DashhunterLP Рік тому +11

      @@monsterx3055 citation needed.

    • @brootal4234
      @brootal4234 Рік тому +82

      Meanwhile, the caterpillar is yelling “For God’s sakes, man!! Put the camera down and help me!!! I’m slowly being murdered!!! They’re emerging from my body!!! Why are you still filming???!!! Aughhhhh!!!!”

  • @xupin9783
    @xupin9783 3 роки тому +1468

    wasp:imma implant my children on you!
    Caterpillar: *our* children

    • @raihannurulfikri4654
      @raihannurulfikri4654 3 роки тому +48

      Technically wasp children was born from the caterpillar,so its not completely wrong 😅

    • @minimongo9560
      @minimongo9560 2 роки тому +8

      @BLADE except humans need a man and a woman to have kids???

    • @raphaelj.r5804
      @raphaelj.r5804 2 роки тому +26

      *USSR National Anthem starts playing*

    • @xupin9783
      @xupin9783 2 роки тому +14

      @@raphaelj.r5804*USSR anthem intensifies*

    • @blakhawk999
      @blakhawk999 2 роки тому +1

      Your pfp is everything to me 😭😭

  • @beatles7238
    @beatles7238 Рік тому

    OMG how amazing was that and the caterpillar after how many chewed there way out of his guts, I love these videos and great up close shots 👍💙

  • @lonesquid
    @lonesquid 3 місяці тому +1

    The more we learn about the mind-boggling complexity of life, the harder it is to believe that it arose randomly.

  • @broodstar1337
    @broodstar1337 2 роки тому +6707

    I never met a wasp that I liked or thought deserved continued existence. As of today, there are still no exceptions.

    • @antoniolima1068
      @antoniolima1068 2 роки тому +3

      better to spray the crops with pesticides that go down the water pathways until all creation is contaminated, you will cherish this wasps after you witness your kids suffering mind and physical disturbances from the poisons we release, just think.

    • @MariaIsabellaZNN
      @MariaIsabellaZNN 2 роки тому +327

      There's a parasitic wasp that preys only on ticks, how about that one? Other than that.. yeah I'm good.

    • @chitinskin9860
      @chitinskin9860 2 роки тому +263

      @@antoniolima1068 A little dramatic but I get your point. What wasps do may be horrific, but it keeps ecosystems stable and is an excellent alternative to pesticide use. They definitely deserve continued existence, when they aren't doing parasitic horror show stuff, they are doing many other ecological services like pollination. Having them gone would not only result in their prey species overpopulating, but would also result in the deaths of numerous flowers (bees and butterflies don't pollinate everything) among other things, mostly related to plant health. A shame people only judge them by their covers, considering that when it comes to wasps, that's often the least charismatic part of them.

    • @antoniolima1068
      @antoniolima1068 2 роки тому +19

      @@chitinskin9860 theatrics are fun and sooth my artistic nature, natural kingdom is a infinite source of inspiration, i would advise japanese horror manga artists to look into this wasps.
      If you care about allegorical reasoning, pounder the parallel between narcissists/fly vs empaths/ bees, how can a bee tell a fly that polen is better than s###, we have deep social problems from this precise conundrum, both are a species necessity.

    • @TheMastertbc
      @TheMastertbc 2 роки тому +38

      Wasps prey on all kinds of herbivores that would ruin plants
      like aphids and weevils

  • @StormStar626
    @StormStar626 3 роки тому +1229

    This might be the sickest most disturbing thing ive ever seen an insect do... its bad enough that they burst from the caterpillar but that its possessed to give it life for them afterwards is horrifying

    • @placeholder2617
      @placeholder2617 3 роки тому +6

      You have a weak constitution..

    • @StormStar626
      @StormStar626 3 роки тому +204

      @@placeholder2617 My constitution has nothing to do with it, I am not physically repulsed by this, more that I find it mentally disturbing that a creature exists that has the power to enslave another creature in this way

    • @industrialfear5055
      @industrialfear5055 3 роки тому +10

      without tactics like this happening for millions of years you sir would not be on this planet. we have all come from survival of the fittest.

    • @StormStar626
      @StormStar626 3 роки тому +152

      @@industrialfear5055 That is not survival of the fittest. Many insects lay their eggs in the body of another, in this symbiotic way. Yet for that creature to then willingly give its life protecting the very thing that is causing it pain and feeding upon its body that is not survival of the fittest.

    • @elimarc3891
      @elimarc3891 3 роки тому +8

      Interesting take. They enslaved it. Just like evil spirits do to people who wont ise the right means of getting free. JESUS

  • @sillytalk3367
    @sillytalk3367 Рік тому

    I’ve been itching this whole time and I can’t stop

  • @AsifAAli
    @AsifAAli Рік тому

    I love the narration. I could use it as my lullaby.

  • @halowaffles
    @halowaffles Рік тому +7906

    As terrifying as this process is, I'm still of the opinion that the only naturally-derived creature that deserves to be truly, utterly extinct is the mosquito

    • @ihsahnakerfeldt9280
      @ihsahnakerfeldt9280 Рік тому +541

      And the fly

    • @SteadFast411
      @SteadFast411 Рік тому +4

      @@ihsahnakerfeldt9280 Flies at least acts as a visual/auditory sign that something nearby is dirty/rotten, and act to somewhat breakdown that rotten substance. Not their primary evolutionary purpose, but at least a purpose we've been able to use as a tell-tale sign to 'clean up' for centuries. And they act as prey for other, more enviornmentally useful insects.

    • @tatiana517
      @tatiana517 Рік тому +49

      Indeed !

    • @Tremere
      @Tremere Рік тому +1059

      100% fact, mosquitos have literally 0 justification to exist in this universe and the fact that humanity hasn't eradicated every single one is criminal

    • @CMTechnica
      @CMTechnica Рік тому +140

      Mosquitos and Alaskan horse flies

  • @123lovelylady
    @123lovelylady 3 роки тому +563

    Catapillar: GUYS HELP-
    Other caterpillars: nah we got some leaves

  • @thedeekabides
    @thedeekabides 8 місяців тому +1

    This is pretty metal.

  • @DoubleZ.2331
    @DoubleZ.2331 10 місяців тому +1

    This is whole new level of GORE!

  • @royhoequist8846
    @royhoequist8846 3 роки тому +1550

    Had no idea caterpillars could suffer from Stockholm Syndrome.

    • @NetNN
      @NetNN 3 роки тому +220

      More like brainwashing. It's brain is totally hijacked.

    • @modest_mind2526
      @modest_mind2526 3 роки тому +77

      @@LUITESLIFE Video states that taking care of the wasps is the only maternal instincts it has. Which means they do not do this for their own offspring.

    • @inverse2k1
      @inverse2k1 3 роки тому +83

      @@modest_mind2526 which is much creepier than one could ever imagine.

    • @manp1039
      @manp1039 3 роки тому +49

      i am thinking about the evolutionary steps that led to this.. it is amazing and puzzling and sad too.

    • @petergreen1354
      @petergreen1354 3 роки тому +27

      Something about that catapillar reminds me of a Democrat voter😂🤣

  • @JordanDeanFilms
    @JordanDeanFilms 3 роки тому +12367

    Incredible footage!

    • @TeamCandiru
      @TeamCandiru  3 роки тому +628

      Wow! Thanks! Your channel is amazing!

    • @mrantmr6782
      @mrantmr6782 3 роки тому +23

      Hey ants aus your here too!! I love you! Greetings from finland!

    • @thecommenter5278
      @thecommenter5278 3 роки тому +9

      Yo, ur here too. How's the ant house going

    • @williamnoragami8043
      @williamnoragami8043 3 роки тому +19

      Ants Australia and Team Candiru: have more than 20k subs but still aren't verified.
      Me: *confused screaming*

    • @lgmx4661
      @lgmx4661 3 роки тому

      @@TeamCandiru was

  • @middleclassic
    @middleclassic 11 місяців тому +1

    Much of nature is cute and heartwarming :-)
    And then you got this … Eesh!

  • @EggieAnimates
    @EggieAnimates Місяць тому +2

    Not me getting emotionally attached to a caterpillar and then being crushed by its death

  • @matthewcrome5835
    @matthewcrome5835 2 роки тому +2038

    My life may be shitty but goddammit I'm glad I'm not one of these caterpillars

    • @azharimran1969
      @azharimran1969 2 роки тому +4

      Hey I saw you in reddit!

    • @slothflutes222
      @slothflutes222 2 роки тому +22

      you'll next life maybe..

    • @operationada
      @operationada 2 роки тому +1

      WORD!

    • @Bynk333
      @Bynk333 2 роки тому +6

      We are all only catepillars fou ours politicians..... :-)

    • @nanochic
      @nanochic 2 роки тому +3

      @@slothflutes222 think about how many insects there are in the world… the odds of becoming one in our next life is way too high😭

  • @TheRealMTR
    @TheRealMTR 3 роки тому +4209

    Nah I'm good fam

  • @faunasticworld
    @faunasticworld Рік тому

    Looks like really cool dude!!!

  • @bobyoung1698
    @bobyoung1698 Рік тому

    Wow. What an elaborate process for survival.

  • @leolecerf
    @leolecerf Рік тому +3065

    the fact that the caterpilar is alive and defends the wasps just blew my mind!

  • @carrnil
    @carrnil 3 роки тому +1852

    I never liked wasps, and i like them even less now.

    • @Peacemaker-96
      @Peacemaker-96 3 роки тому +63

      It's nature's way of saving the plants from being overeaten by that caterpillar;
      But yeah, nobody likes wasps!

    • @EggwonMusk
      @EggwonMusk 3 роки тому +76

      Honey Bee: _makes honey_
      Wasp: _Staps people and has zero benefits_

    • @Pachvco_
      @Pachvco_ 3 роки тому +22

      @@EggwonMusk I mean they make honey but worse.

    • @MelodicTurtleMetal
      @MelodicTurtleMetal 3 роки тому +41

      @@EggwonMusk they kill other pests.
      Now let's talk mosquitos

    • @waffelo4681
      @waffelo4681 3 роки тому +11

      @@MelodicTurtleMetal mosquitos controls human populations.....lol

  • @dave7315
    @dave7315 5 місяців тому

    The suspense in this is wild

  • @PeterParker-gt3xl
    @PeterParker-gt3xl 6 місяців тому +1

    A script for another spooky Alien invasion movie. Caterpillar is not the only victim.

  • @botondkovacs6195
    @botondkovacs6195 3 роки тому +570

    My brain: It's disgusting.
    My eyes: *Don't stop watching!* 👀

    • @jochen_schueller
      @jochen_schueller 2 роки тому +3

      My larvae: Don't stop living

    • @pikaxechu6370
      @pikaxechu6370 2 роки тому +2

      I WANT TO STOP BUT I CANT

    • @MikeM-uy6qp
      @MikeM-uy6qp 2 роки тому

      it's sickeningly mesmerizing. it's very well-done.

    • @voidmaster6353
      @voidmaster6353 2 роки тому

      It's like a car crash!! I CAN NOT STOP!!!!

    • @xunk16
      @xunk16 2 роки тому +1

      And here it is folks, the definite proof that your eyes do hate your brain that much, possibly from being forcefully leashed to it and being prevented from going anywhere out.

  • @zenerstorm95
    @zenerstorm95 2 роки тому +1489

    At first I was like "Oh, it's only a few larvae, that's fine I guess". Then I saw just how many there were, and it made me shiver with fear

    • @garylloyd9949
      @garylloyd9949 2 роки тому +90

      When he said 50, it made me spill my drink...

    • @FishyDaGamer
      @FishyDaGamer Рік тому +75

      How do they even fit inside without killing the caterpillar??

    • @WahlVids
      @WahlVids Рік тому +105

      Makes me wonder just how much of that caterpillar is still a caterpillar when all those larvae are grown

    • @jessiehermit9503
      @jessiehermit9503 Рік тому +14

      @@WahlVids None.

    • @TallSilentGuy
      @TallSilentGuy Рік тому +16

      @@FishyDaGamer They begin as tiny eggs and, of course, not all of the larvae make it. There would be some fierce sibling rivalry going on in there!

  • @frolic63
    @frolic63 Рік тому

    Wow I must say that scared me more than a thriller, but f.. its amazing.

  • @ryanbrady5125
    @ryanbrady5125 Рік тому

    Fascinating!

  • @Lugtastic
    @Lugtastic 2 роки тому +644

    I like how the caterpillar attempts to eat the wasps wing like a leaf lol

    • @christiangallien3730
      @christiangallien3730 Рік тому +49

      Could you imagine being in such agony, as you're being tortured medieval style. And before finishing you off you hear a voice yell "any last words?!" You cry out with every last bit of life you posess, "Buh... buhh......... BACON SANDWICH!!!" as you blissfully accept your doom and fade into the hereafter.

    • @r0conscious
      @r0conscious Рік тому +1

      XD

    • @justarandomguy9705
      @justarandomguy9705 Рік тому +8

      @@christiangallien3730 what

    • @Electroblade360
      @Electroblade360 Рік тому +7

      @@christiangallien3730 ....yikes 😬

    • @disarisumbrus4492
      @disarisumbrus4492 Рік тому +5

      @@christiangallien3730 that's what the caterpillar said fr

  • @ls200076
    @ls200076 3 роки тому +217

    Gardener: I hate caterpillars.
    Wasp: I got you bro.
    Gardener: Wait..

  • @Guitarist888
    @Guitarist888 8 місяців тому +1

    This reminds me of the fight between the Engineers and the giant facehugger from Prometheus!

  • @syntaxed2
    @syntaxed2 8 місяців тому +1

    One moment - I need to close all windows.
    And put on a bio-hazard suit.

  • @llenny7974
    @llenny7974 3 роки тому +1557

    Larvae: We will eat your non essential tissue and won't spill any blood bursting out and in return you take care of us till you die, okay?
    Caterpillar: This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever

    • @warfar53
      @warfar53 3 роки тому +56

      its called parenting

    • @Guerilla423
      @Guerilla423 3 роки тому +18

      Biden : Bet.

    • @Jsrowson
      @Jsrowson 3 роки тому +14

      @@Guerilla423 hotel : trivago

    • @99999drake
      @99999drake 3 роки тому +4

      @@warfar53 The worst, is true XD

    • @thisisaname5589
      @thisisaname5589 3 роки тому +8

      Still a better deal than the TPP Obama tried.

  • @mingmingtv8403
    @mingmingtv8403 3 роки тому +591

    Bruh that caterpillar even acted as their mother

    • @naturespecialist1489
      @naturespecialist1489 3 роки тому +51

      MingMing TV more likely controled the caterpillar doesnt eat thus never becoming a butterfly

    • @americanfresh17
      @americanfresh17 3 роки тому +16

      It's their surrogate mom

    • @williamlevison9966
      @williamlevison9966 3 роки тому +24

      Is the caterpillar so stupid that it believes that they are its babies?...I mean, its not even a butterfly yet and not capable of giving birth!

    • @godfrey4461
      @godfrey4461 3 роки тому +55

      @@williamlevison9966 Venom from the wasp reprogrammed it. Now it's food for the babies

    • @williamlevison9966
      @williamlevison9966 3 роки тому +41

      @@godfrey4461 So its chemical warfare?

  • @taliahwright
    @taliahwright Рік тому +3

    07:41 and the test results are in………..
    YOU ARE NOT the mother!!!

  • @lc8671
    @lc8671 3 роки тому +406

    This is taking Stockholm Syndrome to another level.